Sino-Singapore Jingwei Client March 10th (Zhang Meng) If 2019 is the first year of 5G commercial use, then 2020 will be the year of accelerated 5G network construction. According to incomplete statistics, 22 provinces including Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hubei, Liaoning, and Jiangxi have announced 5G development goals for 2020.

Data map: 5G. Zhongxin Warp and Weft

Several meetings of the central government and ministries focus on 5G network construction

Recently, the central government and ministries and commissions have focused on 5G network construction.

On February 21, the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China pointed out that it would increase the support for the development of reagents, drugs, and vaccines, and accelerate the development of biomedicine, medical equipment, 5G networks, and industrial Internet.

On March 4, the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China called for a meeting to accelerate the construction of new infrastructure such as 5G networks and data centers.

On March 6th, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology held a special meeting to accelerate 5G development to study and deploy new infrastructures such as 5G networks to accelerate epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development.

Xiang Ligang, the director of the Information Consumption Alliance, pointed out in an interview with the client of Sino-Singapore Jingwei that infrastructure is the most basic thing related to the country's efficiency, capacity and long-term development of the country. Infrastructure construction must address three aspects: transportation, energy, and communications. Speeding up the construction of 5G networks today can drive the development of the entire industry, reduce social costs and increase efficiency.

Independent telecommunications analyst Fu Liang believes that the world ’s most popular competition areas such as the Internet, artificial intelligence, and industrial automation are closely related to 5G. At the national level, not only China, but also Japan, South Korea, and the United States attach great importance to 5G infrastructure construction. The development of 5G networks is very meaningful for economic transformation, and vigorous development of 5G can bring more added value to the industry.

Shanghai, Guangdong and other places press 5G construction "fast forward key"

According to incomplete statistics, previously, 22 provinces including Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hubei, Liaoning, and Jiangxi have announced 5G development goals for 2020. Among them, compared with the development goals announced earlier last year, Shanghai, Guangdong and other places have accelerated the pace of 5G base station construction this year.

On February 26, 2020, the Shanghai Economic and Information Commission issued a document entitled "Shanghai will resume work and resume production in the information and communications industry, and comprehensively start 5G network construction in 2020." The article mentioned that Shanghai accelerated the pace of 5G network construction, ensured the completion of the task of building 30,000 5G base stations this year, and strived to "complete the tasks in three years and two years."

The client of SinoSingapore Jingwei found that in the "Implementation Opinions of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government on Accelerating the Construction and Application of 5G Networks in this City" in 2019, the target set at that time was to build a total of 20,000 5G base stations by 2020, 2021 Complete the task of building 30,000 5G base stations annually. Now, the task of building 30,000 5G base stations will be completed one year in advance in 2020.

In addition, Guangdong has also pressed the "fast forward key" for the construction of 5G base stations.

The Guangdong Provincial Government's work report in 2020 shows that 48,000 5G base stations were newly built in Guangdong during the year, and strive to achieve prefecture-level 5G network coverage and basically achieve continuous coverage of the central urban area of ​​the Pearl River Delta.

On March 3, at the 2020 Guangdong Provincial Information and Communication Industry Working Conference, Su Shaolin, director of the Guangdong Provincial Communications Administration, revealed that due to the impact of the epidemic, the target was adjusted accordingly. Guangdong is expected to complete the construction of 50,000 5G base stations at the end of the third quarter of this year, and strive to build 60,000 base stations throughout the year, and the number of 5G users in the province will reach 20 million. In 2020, Guangdong Province strives to increase its total telecommunications business by 20% year-on-year.

The comparison found that in the new target of Guangdong, the number of base stations to be built at the end of the third quarter was 22,000 more than the previous year's target, and the annual target was to build 12,000 more base stations than the previous target.

From Xiang Ligang's point of view, everywhere is vying for the development of 5G, which is just needed. After the epidemic, 5G network construction will usher in a period of accelerated development.

Fu Liang said that this year's 5G construction will be higher than everyone expected, because the national level attaches great importance to it and will create a better environment for operators.

Photograph of Xin Jingwei in 5G mobile phone data map

Expert: Terminal business must keep up

What issues need to be paid attention to during the construction of 5G networks, and how can they be better developed?

Fu Liang said that 5G is definitely not completely a base station. It is an integrated network, including base stations, applications, and terminals. At present, local development is relatively fast, but there are some issues that have not been resolved, such as electricity bills. A lot of electricity is not directly obtained through the power company, and the electricity price is obviously on the high side.

According to the first financial report, the relevant person in charge of China Tower revealed that about 80% of the electricity used at 5G sites is directly powered (referred to by grid companies directly), and about 20% is transferred to power (referred to by companies other than grid companies such as property companies). (Mainly power supply), the average price of the power supply station site is significantly higher than the average price of direct power supply. China Tower cooperates with three telecommunications companies. On the one hand, it actively strives for national preferential policies on electricity tariffs for 5G networks; on the other hand, it vigorously promotes the work of transferring power stations to “transformation and straightening” to save electricity costs.

Xiang Ligang suggested that the construction of 5G networks should follow scientific methods and maintain construction efficiency. In addition, in addition to 5G network construction, terminals, including services, must keep up as quickly as possible, and local governments must also provide more support. (Zhongxin Jingwei APP)

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