China's opening of 5G base stations exceeds 200,000 5G networks are expected to cover all prefecture-level cities before the end of the year
Economic Daily-China Economic Net Beijing May 17 (Reporter Huang Xin) The 2020 World Telecommunication and Information Society Day Conference hosted by the China Communications Society was held online on the 17th. Chen Zhaoxiong, deputy minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and chairman of the China Communications Society, said that China's 5G commercial use has accelerated and more than 200,000 5G base stations have been opened. It is also necessary to improve the supporting capacity of new infrastructure such as digital infrastructure, promote industrial digitization and digital industrialization, promote the accelerated development of 5G, and strive to achieve the coverage of 5G networks in all prefecture-level cities across the country by the end of this year, and promote the integration of "5G +" vertical industries.
At the meeting, Gao Tongqing, deputy general manager of China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd., said that as of the end of April this year, China Mobile had a total of 4.62 million base stations nationwide, including 3.15 million 4G base stations and nearly 140,000 5G base stations. Over 300,000. This year, China Mobile will achieve 5G network coverage in prefecture-level cities and above, with a net increase of 70 million 5G package customers.
According to Fan Yunjun, deputy general manager of China Unicom, China Unicom and China Telecom have signed a 5G network co-construction and sharing agreement. The two parties will jointly build and share on the site and spectrum resources, and strive to complete the construction of 250,000 base stations nationwide by 2020. As of April, the two sides have opened a total of 100,000 5G base stations, opened 5G co-construction and sharing in 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities across the country, and realized the official commercialization of 5G in more than 50 cities. Zeng Qingjun, deputy general manager of China Radio and Television Network Co., Ltd., said that he will work with partners to accelerate the construction of 5G network for broadcasting and television, and strive to basically achieve nationwide coverage of 5G broadcasting and television by the end of 2021.