5G news is expected to be commercially available by the end of this year, and it has become a common choice for operators-
5G industry applications break ground
On November 19th, at the 2020 China 5G+ Industrial Internet Conference in Wuhan, Hubei, staff are demonstrating a 5G intelligent coal mining system.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Cheng Min
Is 5G just downloading videos faster and playing games smoother?
of course not.
5G news, 5GtoB Suite, 5G Capital innovation projects...In the past year of 5G commercial use, a series of 5G industry applications and solutions have been unveiled one after another, which is helping the industry's digital transformation and upgrading.
In the future, the integration and innovation of 5G and key industries are highly anticipated.
5G news catches the eye
——Without downloading APP, one-stop business experience such as interaction, search, sharing and payment can be realized in the message window
On October 14th, at the 2020 China International Information and Communication Exhibition, China Mobile opened 5G message-friendly customer commercial use to 15 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities including Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
China Mobile Internet Company has also specially developed a short message applet, which is based on "SMS + authentication + H5 applet" to meet the experience needs of Apple mobile phone users for 5G messages.
The new application of 5G news immediately attracted attention from all walks of life.
According to reports, 5G messaging based on converged communication technology is an upgrade to traditional short message services.
Data shows that in 2019, there were about 286 million monthly active users of global converged communication technology-related businesses, and the number of global converged communication technology operators reached 169, which is expected to rise to 486 by 2023; at the same time, the current industry SMS global The total market is 62 billion U.S. dollars. It is estimated that by 2021, the total global market for industry SMS based on converged communication technology may reach 74 billion U.S. dollars.
5G messages use the native SMS button on the smartphone as the entry point, and support users to use various rich media message forms such as graphics, audio and video, group chat, file transfer, and content sharing during calls. Interaction can be realized in the message window. One-stop service experience such as search, sharing and payment has the advantages of covering more terminals, high message delivery rate, mobile phone number as user ID, and real-name authentication of message port.
For example, in the dialogue with 12306, users can quickly realize ticket reservation, payment, and change operations by sending voice or text, and clicking keywords.
The 5G news is progressing rapidly and is expected to be commercialized by the end of this year.
On November 19, the relevant person in charge of China Mobile Internet Co., Ltd. stated at the China Mobile Global Partner Conference that mobile phones of Huawei, Xiaomi, Samsung and other brands have passed the 5G message function test.
Among them, many of Xiaomi's mobile phones have supported the use of 5G messaging by China Mobile users. ZTE demonstrated the world's first 5G messaging platform jointly built with China Mobile and stated that the company has long adhered to 5G messaging innovation and research and development. Operators have launched comprehensive cooperation to assist operators in building 5G messaging platforms.
At the same time, Huawei will also upgrade the 5G messaging function to the mobile phone users of China Mobile on the live network at the end of November.
Industry insiders pointed out that 5G messaging is regarded by operators as the fastest 5G application for 5G commercial use. It integrates communication services such as voice, messaging, status bar, and location. From the perspective of industry applications, finance, insurance, securities, and e-commerce There is an urgent need for 5G messaging applications in industries such as these industries. These industries have problems such as high APP installation costs and low frequency of use. 5G messaging will greatly improve the efficiency and experience of communication between enterprises and users in these industries.
"5G messaging is the common choice of operators. Based on the unified GSMA RCS standard, it will bring customers new experiences such as multimedia messaging, commercial messaging, intelligent messaging, interactive services, security and anti-counterfeiting." Dong Xin, deputy general manager of China Mobile Say.
Promote the digital upgrade of the industry
——Some applications are moving from "model houses" to "commercial houses", beginning to have the ability to replicate on a large scale
In addition to 5G news, 5G applications in the communications industry can be described as blooming everywhere, helping the industry's digital transformation and upgrading.
During the 2020 Global Mobile Broadband Forum held in November, Yang Chaobin, president of Huawei’s wireless network product line, proposed a future-oriented "1+N" 5G target network, and released a full range of 5G solutions that support "1+N" as well as operations-oriented solutions. 5GtoB Suite, an operation and maintenance solution for commercial industry networks.
Yang Chaobin told reporters that compared with traditional networks, many industries have put forward higher requirements for the construction and maintenance of 5G networks, which has brought new opportunities and challenges to operators.
"5GtoB Suite brings intelligence and automation to the various stages of toB network'planning, construction, maintenance, and optimization'. It supports the realization of intelligent and precise planning of industry networks, minimal on-demand provisioning, and active terminal network operation and maintenance. The industry's 5G wireless network business development injects new impetus." Yang Chaobin said.
Ding Yun, executive director of Huawei, believes that the industry market will become a new revenue growth point for operators.
"After a year of exploration, the boundaries of 5G applications have continued to expand, and many industry applications are moving from'model houses' to'commercial houses', and initially have the ability to replicate on a large scale. Operators are also actively exploring the business model of 5G enabling thousands of industries. "Ding Yun said, "Unlike individual users who focus on rate experience, for industry customers, incubating new capabilities is the key to maximizing network value. The telecom industry needs to build basic network capabilities for 5G industry applications in response to the differentiated needs of industry customers. High-reliability network service capabilities and flexible networking solutions."
A few days ago, Beijing Unicom and Huawei jointly released the results of the 5G Capital innovation project.
In terms of personal experience, the two parties create high-quality experience model sites, including Beijing Financial Street model sites, Capital Airport and Daxing Airport boutique experience network; in terms of industry applications, the two parties work with industry partners to enable smart parks, smart construction sites, smart healthcare, and smart venues , Smart education and other industry applications, promote the end-to-end implementation of 5G in industry exploration; in terms of innovative solutions, the two parties will jointly complete the creation of outdoor gigabit and indoor gigabit experiences this year.
Miao Shouye, head of China Unicom’s 5G co-construction and sharing working group, pointed out in an interview with our reporter that the core of the new infrastructure led by 5G is to be driven by technological innovation, based on information networks, and facing the needs of high-quality development. , A new infrastructure system that provides services such as digital transformation, intelligent upgrade, and integration innovation.
"To help China become an innovative country, the high-quality 5G network built by operators will shoulder an important mission. It is an infrastructure builder, operator, industry application value carrier, and an integrator of industrial ecological forces in the digital economy era." Miao Shou Ye said.
Empower thousands of industries
——5G gives the power to break ground in the future, and it will become the driving force of the national economy
In addition to applications in the communications industry, 5G is expected to give birth to new formats in the manufacturing and service industries.
"Cloud Games"-Tencent senior technical operations engineer Fu Yabin introduced to reporters that based on 5G technology, in the future, you only need to have a cloud game client to directly experience various games without downloading.
"The frame rate, bit rate, and resolution of cloud games have extremely high requirements on the network. To ensure that cloud games run smoothly without frame loss, we can put the computing power of cloud games on the edge computing nodes of mobile communications to reduce end users to the edge. The network source of computing power, so that the network speed can be improved.” Fu Yabin said, “I believe that with the rollout of 5G SA networks, the edge computing power of cloud games in the future will be more and more sinking to the edge computing nodes of mobile communications. Give users a better experience."
"Smart construction site"-Liu Wei, deputy general manager and chief technology officer of Beijing Yitong Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd., introduced that in the 5G independent networking mode, large bandwidth, high reliability, and low latency can be achieved, which is a construction site. The interconnection of people, things and people provides a high-speed neural network.
"The latest developments in 5G networks have brought possibilities for smart construction to achieve remote control." Liu Wei said, "Our smart construction platform uses a one-way multi-power four-drive architecture. One link is to build a 5G network on a construction site. The multiple capabilities of technologies such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and blockchain drive the four elements of quality, safety, cost, and efficiency on construction sites. The future of smart construction in the 5G era has come."
How to accelerate the integration and innovation of 5G and key industries?
Wen Ku, director of the Information and Communication Development Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, proposed that the first step is to lower the threshold of 5G industry application and promote industry network deployment.
Accelerate the research and development, engineering and industrialization of general chips, modules and new terminals in the 5G industry; the second is to enhance 5G application innovation capabilities and accelerate the construction of application ecology.
Promote the deep integration of 5G and the new generation of information and communication technologies, collaborative innovation with new technologies such as artificial intelligence and cloud computing, and coordinated development with industries such as the Internet of Vehicles and high-definition video; the third is to strengthen policy support and accelerate the development of integrated application standards.
Taking 5G new infrastructure as an opportunity, focusing on key areas such as industry, medical care, and Internet of Vehicles, strengthen policy research on new businesses, new formats, and new models that appear in the digital transformation, and promote 5G networks and applications to be included in the planning of key industries such as transportation and energy .
Ding Yun believes that the development of 5G industry applications is not only a matter for operators, but also requires the entire industry chain to work together and twist it into a rope.
"The next 10 years will be the golden decade of 5G. The entire industry needs to have firm beliefs, build high-quality networks for individual users, incubate new capabilities for industry customers, and maximize the value of wireless networks." Ding Yun said.
"5G will serve as an incubator and enabler for the development of the digital economy in the next 10 years. It has a huge market space of hundreds of billions of dollars. At the same time, it will leverage and boost a larger industry market of tens of trillions and become the frontier of the national economy. The driving power engine." Miao Shouye said.
Our reporter Kong Dechen