Entering the 5G era: Internet speeds are fast, tariffs are falling, and opportunities are here
"Posting a video" and "seeing online" are now the catchphrases of Jiang Linrong, a farmer born in the 70s.
During the National Day holiday, he appeared as a bearer at a friend’s wedding banquet. He carried the sedan chair on his shoulders, and he was not idle. He took a few short videos of himself and sent them to WeChat Moments and Douyin.
"Now the data and broadband at home are very cheap. You can watch TV and videos on your mobile phone," said Jiang Linrong.
Two years ago, few people installed broadband networks in their villages.
The Internet speed is faster, the signal is better, and the phone bill is cheaper... During the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, the "speed up and fee reduction" action promoted by the government has brought tangible benefits to the people.
In the past five years, my country has built the world's largest information and communication network, and the average tariff of fixed broadband and mobile phone traffic has dropped by more than 95%.
The spokesperson of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and Director of the Information and Communication Development Department Wen Ku said at a press conference of the State Council recently that network speed-up and fee reduction are not only a "red envelope" for the common people, but also have a beneficial effect on stimulating consumption, promoting entrepreneurship and employment, and promoting national economic transformation and upgrading Significantly.
Network tariff dropped by over 95%, "no need to look for WiFi everywhere"
With regard to speed increase and fee reduction, Xiao Liu, a post-95 college student, feels the most intuitive.
In 2012, he was still in high school, and the internet broadband at home was only 4M, costing 960 yuan a year, and mobile phone traffic was very expensive, "you have to use it every day."
Wenku feels the same for "flow anxiety".
"In the past, everyone took their mobile phones and went to a place to see if there was a free wireless LAN around them."
The expectation of users is the driving force of the communications industry.
Since the "13th Five-Year Plan", my country has accelerated the construction of communication networks. 4G base stations accounted for more than half of the global total. In the past five years, the proportion of fiber optic users has increased from 34% to 93%.
The proportion of 4G users increased from 7.6% to 81%, which is much higher than the global average.
"Now the network tariffs are cheap, and there is no need to look for WiFi everywhere. This is the most intuitive experience for the majority of users." Wenku said that the lower tariffs have promoted the popularization of the network and the promotion of applications.
The data shows that the average monthly consumption traffic of users reaches 10.86G, which is 38 times higher than in 2015.
After going to college, Xiao Liu used a package of 49 yuan for his mobile phone, which included 40G unlimited speed and unlimited data, 1,000 minutes of talk, and the annual fee for gigabit broadband at home was only 1,000 yuan.
"The old days of 5 yuan and 30M are gone forever."
"Useful, affordable, and well-used" is a true portrayal of network communication in the past five years.
With the upgrading of technology and the advanced deployment of network infrastructure, the network speed has also doubled.
According to the data monitored by the Broadband Development Alliance, the end-to-end average download speed of my country's fixed broadband and 4G users has increased by more than 7 times compared with 2015. The end-to-end speed of the fixed network is 43M, and the end-to-end speed of the mobile network (4G) is 29M. , The user experience of Internet speed has been significantly improved.
Telecom operators have also launched various preferential tariff plans, canceling domestic long-distance roaming charges and data roaming charges for mobile phones, and introducing measures such as "traffic is not cleared for the month", "speed is increased without price increase" and other measures, and are targeted at the needs of low-income and elderly groups , Launched the "floor price" tariff plan.
In the past five years, the average tariff of fixed broadband and mobile phone traffic in my country has dropped by more than 95%, and various measures have benefited more than 1 billion mobile or communication users each year.
Speeding up the network and reducing fees also brought tangible benefits to rural areas.
Over the past five years, the proportion of administrative villages and poor villages in the "three districts and three prefectures" of the country that have access to optical fiber and 4G has reached more than 98%. The pilot administrative villages that have already connected to optical fiber have reached a speed of more than 70M. The level of information infrastructure in rural and remote areas has been significantly improved. To achieve the "same network and same speed" in rural cities, the "digital gap" between urban and rural areas is gradually narrowing.
For the younger generation, speed increase and fee reduction not only bring convenience to online consumption, but also create opportunities for entrepreneurship.
Seeing the popularity of short videos by many people, Xiao Liu also learned short video production in his spare time and shot a few Vlogs.
"There are so many skills that you don't want to hold yourself down, maybe you will need this skill when you find a job in the future."
From following to leading, 690,000 5G base stations were built a year
Internet speed changes are always faster than you can imagine.
During the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, 4G construction is still on the way, and 5G will be on the agenda.
In October 2019, my country took the lead in launching 5G commercial use in the world.
In less than a year, more than 690,000 5G base stations were built nationwide, and the number of 5G connections reached 160 million, ranking first in the world.
Every week, more than 10,000 5G base stations are built nationwide.
In the 1G era, China was 6 years behind the earliest international commercial use, 2G was 3 years later, 3G was 6 years later, and 4G was 3 years later.
Well-known communications expert and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Wu Hequan concluded that China only began to have some domestic brands in the 3G era, and there have been great improvements in the 4G era.
Although the previous generations of communications have reduced the risk of trial and error, we only paid the market price and had to bear the increased product cost due to the lagging of our own patents. The industry chain also lost the opportunity to lead.
Today, China's 5G construction is in sync with the world, and some areas still have leading advantages, achieving a leap from following to parallel running or even leading.
Behind the unprecedented "China speed" is the result of "co-construction and sharing" in the communications industry.
In September 2019, China Telecom and China Unicom signed the "5G Network Co-construction and Sharing Framework Cooperation Agreement", announcing that the two parties will cooperate to build a 5G access network and work together to promote 5G network deployment.
The two operators jointly built and shared the same 5G network. This is the first case in the world. It is technically difficult, innovative and challenging, but it can also effectively save network construction and operation and maintenance costs, and enhance 5G networks and services. Market Competitiveness.
Since then, the two parties have opened more than 140,000 5G base stations in less than 9 months.
Not only among operators, resources from all walks of life are trying to break the barriers of interest and open up a new situation for 5G network construction.
In the process of 5G base station construction, some residential communities and commercial buildings are "difficult to enter the site", which affects the progress to a certain extent.
Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, together with several ministries and commissions, are jointly promoting the problem of "difficulties in entering the market" of commercial buildings, and solving the current "last hundred meters" broadband access problems.
"Tengyun driving things" in the 5G era will give birth to a large number of industrial apps
The implementation of network speed and fee reduction and the arrival of the 5G era have also promoted the leapfrog development of the digital economy.
In the latest Fortune Global 500 list, there are 7 Internet companies worldwide, 4 of which are from China.
During the new crown pneumonia epidemic, many industries have encountered setbacks, and the industrial opportunities brought by 5G have been indirectly proved.
During the epidemic, remote consultation, airborne ultrasound, and 5G ultra-clear live broadcast were widely used; the construction of Wuhan Huoshenshan Hospital had a total of 40 million “cloud supervisors” watching online live broadcasts.
Data shows that the current cumulative shipments of 5G mobile phones in China have reached 120 million, and 5G package users have exceeded 150 million. The 5G innovative business for individual users will soon enter a period of rapid development.
At the 2020 Beijing International Telecommunications Exhibition held recently, Wu Hequan predicted that many new 5G formats will appear in a few years, and the application of 5G in vertical industries will stimulate more and larger new formats.
He calculated an account, considering the construction, operation and maintenance of macro stations and dense micro stations, 5G operating income will exceed 6 times that of 4G.
Compared with any previous generation of communication technology, the energy of the 5G era is greater, and more industry applications are gradually emerging.
According to Wang Haigang, deputy general manager of Xinyuan Company of Shanxi Yangquan Coal Group, the most worrying thing in the process of mine mining is whether various indicators can be returned in time and whether ground operators can grasp the conditions of underground operations in real time.
“In the past, the coal industry had problems such as difficult wired maintenance, narrow wireless bandwidth, and high latency in the transmission link. Many systems could only achieve monitoring and could not perform real-time monitoring.” Wang Haigang said that in recent years, Yangmei Group has cooperated with operators to try The application of 5G technology during mine mining enables simultaneous uploading of 4K high-definition video from multiple locations underground, and realizes the visual management of underground operating environment, personnel, and equipment; real-time upload of massive data of the mine, connecting underground and underground, to achieve equipment operation, spare parts, labor, and storage , Logistics and other comprehensive coverage, production and management of the entire link control.
In Wu Hequan's view, the most important feature of 5G is "tight clouds, drive things, integrate intelligence and empower", which is the new engine of the digital economy.
The new infrastructure with 5G as an important platform will stimulate a larger market, accelerate the penetration and expansion of applications, and also bring new technical challenges and network security risks, and raise many new topics for innovation.
China Youth Daily and China Youth Daily reporter Wang Lin Source: China Youth Daily