China's three major operators announce 2020 interim results: 5G investment in the first half of the year 88 billion yuan

　　China News Service, Beijing, August 18 (Reporter Liu Yuying) According to the 2020 interim results of China’s three basic telecom operators, the three companies’ 5G capital expenditures in the first half of the year were approximately 88 billion yuan (RMB, the same below). China Telecom and China The number of mobile 5G package users reached 108 million.

　　China Telecom announced the first half of 2020 results on the 18th. In terms of basic network, China Telecom continued to carry out 5G network construction and sharing with China Unicom. In the first half of the year, it invested 20.2 billion yuan to build and open about 80,000 5G base stations and nearly 210,000 5G base stations in use.

　　China Mobile’s financial report shows that as of the end of June 2020, China Mobile has opened a total of 188,000 5G base stations in more than 50 cities to provide commercial services. In the first half of the year, 5G-related capital expenditure was 55.2 billion yuan, and the annual plan is about 105 billion yuan.

　　China Unicom announced its results on the 12th. In the first half of 2020, China Unicom's 5G capital expenditure will be approximately 12.6 billion yuan, and approximately 150,000 5G base stations will be jointly built and shared with China Telecom. As of the end of June, China Unicom has accumulated about 210,000 available 5G base stations, of which China Unicom has built more than 100,000 stations and achieved continuous coverage in more than 50 key cities.

　　According to the above disclosure, the three telecom operators' 5G capital expenditures totaled 88 billion yuan in the first half of the year. According to the 2019 performance report, the three operators' 5G capital expenditure plans this year exceed 180 billion yuan.

　　Wang Zhiqin, vice president of China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, said recently that judging from the current progress of the three major operating companies, it is expected that it will be possible to complete the full-year work target in September. China's 5G network construction is the fastest in the world.

　　In terms of the number of users, China Telecom’s 5G package users reached 37.84 million, and China Mobile’s 5G package customers reached 70.2 million. The two companies have reached 108 million households. (Finish)