5G, opening up new space for consumption ("House economy" activates new consumption ④)

During the epidemic prevention and control, famous medical experts from all over the country far away consulted and monitored patients through 5G technology. Thousands of students and office workers learned through classes on the online platform, resumed work and resumed production.

Faster, better and more convenient 5G technology is changing the lives of Chinese people, and it is also changing the way the world consumes and produces. On March 20, the "Notice of the General Office of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Promoting the Accelerated Development of the Industrial Internet" was issued, which clearly pointed out that the construction of new infrastructure was accelerated and the industrial Internet platform was guided to enhance 5G, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and augmented reality / virtualization. New technology and other support capabilities. In the future, 5G will play an important role in the fields of industrial Internet, online education, and telemedicine. It will also promote consumer transformation and upgrade and stimulate new vitality.

5G applications are constantly landing

——In January this year, the market share of 5G mobile phone shipments exceeded 25%, and China Mobile's 5G package users reached 10 million

5G construction and 5G applications are rapidly increasing.

According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, as of the end of 2019, there were more than 130,000 5G base stations nationwide. In January 2020, the total domestic mobile phone market shipments were 20.831 million, of which 5.465 million were 5G mobile phones, accounting for more than 25%. Domestic 5G mobile phone chips are put into commercial use, and 5G applications in many fields have achieved positive results.

Beijing girl Zhang Shuihan is a digital product enthusiast. In early March this year, she snapped up Huawei's latest 5G-enabled mobile phone online. "The future is the world of 5G." Zhang Shuihan said, "My consumption philosophy is to buy early and enjoy early. Although 5G coverage is not very high now, I believe that 5G mobile phones will be the mainstream in the future." Zhang Shuihan believes that 5G mobile phone sales The growth also shows that users have positive expectations and sufficient confidence in 5G. "The country has recently introduced many policies to support 5G construction. I also want to keep up with this pace and catch up with the trend." Zhang Shuihan said.

Li Ding, a Beijing office worker, is also eager to try: "I am in the communications industry. Now there are many new applications that gradually support 5G. I will consider 5G mobile phones when I change my next mobile phone."

As of the end of February, 80% of China's 5G network construction was implemented as planned. China Mobile has initiated the purchase of the main equipment for the second phase of 5G wireless network. The number of 5G base stations has exceeded 80,000, and the number of 5G package users has reached 10 million. Although affected by the epidemic, the goal of “building 300,000 5G base stations and covering 5G cities nationwide at or above the national level” remains unchanged this year.

According to Liu Xiangdong, deputy director of the Economic Research Department of the China International Economic Exchange Center, compared to 4G, 5G has characteristics such as low latency and high bandwidth. The convenience of 5G networks is an important reason for most users to switch phones. From the perspective of operators, the shorter the 5G infrastructure investment recovery cycle, the greater the possibility of expanding reinvestment, and the effect of the network itself can only be better if the scale of the network itself is expanded. "In order to support the cycle of investment recovery, operators need to promote 5G basic users and further expand the construction of base stations." Liu Xiangdong said, "From the perspective of users, as 5G base stations become more widespread and infrastructure is more and more complete, If the cost of replacing 5G does not increase significantly compared to before, most users are more willing to try 5G. With this complementary effect, the pace of 5G mobile phone replacement will gradually accelerate. "

"In the future, we will respect the laws of the market and promote the progressive development of 5G applications. At the same time, we will firmly open up and cooperate with the global industry to promote the development of the 5G industry." Minister of Industry and Information Technology Miao Wei recently stated publicly. In fact, judging from the development of 3G and 4G for many years, application development needs to go through a gradual and continuous improvement process. "5G applications involve many emerging fields, and more need to be continuously explored and summarized. In the cultivation process, a strategy of" laying eggs along the way "can be adopted to make 5G applications continue to land." Miao Yan said.

5G makes the user experience better

——5G technology will make online education and remote office more “smart”

During the epidemic prevention and control, office workers use remote office software to work from home, and students use live software to teach at home. Information and communication technologies such as 5G remote office and remote education are helping to achieve the fight against the epidemic and return to work.

Jiang Xiaoying, a Chinese teacher at Beijing No. 171 Middle School, recalled that most of the teachers in the school had entered the state of "war readiness" in early February. "Half a month before the start of school, I started to prepare lessons, record online lessons, and prepare for live lessons at home. One job is a whole day." Teacher Jiang said, "Recently, teachers and students are at home. Fortunately, students can be led through the Internet. Learning tasks, the network is really convenient. "

Lai Kunyuan, a graduate student in law at Peking University, said that online lessons not only save preparation time and improve efficiency, but also exercise students' self-control. "I usually get up at 7 o'clock in class at 8 o'clock and make a series of preparations, it is really hard, but I can turn on the computer 5 minutes in advance at home, which is relatively more flexible and more efficient." Lai Kunyuan said, "In In the classroom, if you don't concentrate, the teacher can see at a glance that it is easier to distract online classes at home and the teacher can't detect it in time. This requires our students to have greater self-control and focus on the classroom. "

However, there are still some shortcomings in online education at this stage. Jiang Xiaoying believes that because some students do not turn on the camera and microphone during online classes, teachers cannot adjust the content of the class in real time based on the students' reactions. Lai Kunyuan believes that due to various factors such as the instability of the network, sometimes the teacher's live broadcast class will be stuck and other situations, which will reduce the learning efficiency.

The addition of 5G technology will greatly improve the efficiency of online education and remote office work, making it more "smart". Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly issued the "Notice on Organizing and Implementing New Infrastructure Construction Projects in 2020 (Broadband Network and 5G)", and proposed 7 5G innovative application enhancement projects, among which, 5G + smart education applications, "Internet + "The exploration of collaborative manufacturing of 5G virtual enterprise private network construction has become a new topic for future 5G applications.

The "Notice" proposes that in the future, 5G, VR / AR, 4K / 8K ultra-high-definition video and other technologies will be used to create excellent cases for hundreds of schools and thousands of students, and explore the application of 5G in distance education, smart classrooms / classrooms, and campus security. , Focusing on 5G + high-definition remote interactive teaching, AR / VR immersive teaching, holographic classrooms, remote supervision, high-definition video security monitoring and other services; in remote office, will focus on building 5G networks that serve enterprises or parks, and build 5G network-based The industrial collaborative manufacturing platform promotes the integration of 5G technology with industrial networks, industrial software, and control systems, accelerates the promotion and application of industrial collaborative manufacturing platforms and solutions, and promotes the digitalization, networking, and intelligent transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry.

Liu Xiangdong analyzes that working at home, having a video conference, or distance education requires a sense of presence. In the future, technologies such as augmented reality or virtual reality may be applied. This requires wireless communication network transmission with strong stability and high connectivity. And 5G technology can provide support in this area more than enough. "Not only to enhance the convenience of wireless communication, but also to expand a series of applications such as remote monitoring, automatic control, and smart connectivity in the future, 5G can well play the role of a universal support platform."

5G leads transformation and upgrading in multiple fields

——In the future, 5G will play the role of “adhesive” in the industrial Internet and other fields to promote consumption upgrade

In this epidemic, 5G has played a huge role in remote consultation, remote command, and video conference.

In Wuhan Vulcan Mountain Hospital and Lei Shenshan Hospital, 5G network coverage has become standard to ensure the hospital's smooth remote consultation and remote monitoring. Doctors from all over the country participated in the diagnosis and treatment of Raytheon Mountain Hospital through the "5G Remote CT Collaboration Platform". According to the internationally accepted DICOM protocol and daily clinical practice, a standard CT image contains about 5,000 to 6,000 consecutive pictures, and also stores many scanning parameters, which has important reference value for doctors' judgment. Such an image file ranges from several tens of megabytes to as many as several hundred megabytes. In the past, it was difficult for large-scale remote transmission. The 5G technology is used to quickly transfer the "original images" of various medical images to cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, so that doctors on the line can see CT images of patients and give feedback in a timely manner. This is also accomplished by combining 5G technology with medical remote diagnosis and treatment requirements. The latest application. Many experts believe that 5G technology in epidemic prevention has shown great advantages. After the epidemic situation, this technological innovation will have a very good demonstration effect on advancing the level of diagnosis and treatment and alleviating the problem of uneven resources.

Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology held a special meeting to accelerate 5G development. Chen Zhaoxiong, Deputy Minister of Industry and Information Technology, pointed out at the meeting that 5G, as a key new infrastructure to support economic, social digitalization, networking, and intelligent transformation, not only assists in epidemic prevention and control, and resumes production The role is outstanding, and it also has great potential in terms of stabilizing investment, promoting consumption, helping to upgrade, and fostering new kinetic energy for economic development. In the future, 5G will play the role of "adhesive" in the fields of industrial Internet, online education, and medical care, and it will also be a great help to promote consumption upgrade.

"As a general-purpose technology, 5G plays the role of basic interconnection and interoperability, especially its high-bandwidth and low-latency features, which can be displayed faster and more conveniently in the process of human-computer interaction and the interconnection of all things." Liu Xiangdong "In the field of the Industrial Internet, to make industrial production more intelligent and convenient, 5G plays the role of a" binder ". It can connect the entire industrial system to the Internet, greatly improving the efficiency of industrial production, and thus greatly Improve the quality and efficiency of industrial production. "

Liu Xiangdong pointed out that 5G technology will promote the upgrade of information consumption and will also drive the development of a number of emerging consumers and the transformation and upgrading of retail. "5G itself is a communication technology. Calls, text messages, and network consumption are all information consumption. As 5G technology matures, consumers' demand for information volume increases, and information consumption upgrades are inevitable." Liu Xiangdong said, "In addition to In addition to its own communication functions, 5G will also support and derive a number of new formats and functions. For example, the construction of the Internet of Vehicles, the Internet of Things, and the ubiquitous Internet will lead to the emergence of a number of smart devices and emerging product consumption scenarios to achieve consumption. upgrade."

In what areas will the construction of 5G technology be increased in the future?

Chen Zhaoxiong proposed that the next step is to deepen integration applications, enrich 5G technology application scenarios, develop 5G-based platform economy, drive 5G terminal equipment and other industries, and foster new economic growth points; strengthen the industrial ecology and strengthen the coordinated development of upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain , Accelerate the research and development of 5G key core technologies, expand international cooperation and exchanges, and continue to improve the level of 5G security.

"The 5G ultra-high speed can meet the needs of some high-end consumer groups for virtual reality, ultra-high-definition video, and large-scale online games, and it can also solve the phenomenon of network congestion in some urban hotspots. But the larger 'Blue Ocean' is still in the Internet of Things and industry Internet. "Miao Wei said.

Kong Dechen

Kong Dechen