5G Commercial Leads in China for One Year
On October 31, 2019, the three major operators of China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom officially announced 5G packages, opening the curtain of 5G commercial use.
Within a year of commercial use, China's 5G development has been steadily steadily growing.
The construction of base stations leads the world, the number of users and terminal connections exceeds hundreds of millions, and the application areas are extensive...5G has reached new heights and injected new momentum into the steady development of China's digital economy.
Large scale of infrastructure construction
How high can 5G "fly"?
In April of this year, at the 6500-meter advancing camp of Mount Everest, China Mobile and Huawei successfully completed the construction and opening of the world's highest 5G base station, achieving 5G coverage on the top of Mount Everest.
Today, the normalized 5G base station located at 5,300 meters continues to escort the Everest base camp.
How deep can 5G "potential"?
In June this year, China Mobile and Huawei went deep into the ground 534 meters to help Yangmei Group build the country's first underground 5G network in coal mines, setting a record for the world's deepest underground 5G network.
Being able to climb mountains and enter the earth, China's 5G development is accelerating, and more and more people are feeling the speed of 5G.
"In terms of network construction, we should give way to waiting for cars instead of waiting for cars," said Xin Guobin, deputy minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
The large-scale construction of 5G base stations has paved the way for the popularization and application of 5G.
Data shows that as of the end of September, China has accumulated more than 690,000 5G base stations, basically achieving prefecture-level 5G coverage. This year, the construction target of 500,000 5G base stations has been completed ahead of schedule, and the cumulative number of 5G terminal connections has exceeded 160 million.
Among them, China Mobile has opened more than 350,000 5G base stations nationwide, and commercialized 5G networks in all prefecture-level cities and some key counties; China Telecom and China Unicom have jointly built and shared 5G networks to efficiently achieve 5G network coverage. The number of 5G base stations jointly built and shared has reached 300,000 stations; recently, China Radio and Television, the fourth-largest operator in China, was formally established, and it is rapidly taking steps to commercialize 5G.
The large-scale establishment of 5G independent networking has also put China at the forefront of 5G development.
In August of this year, Shenzhen achieved full coverage of 5G independent networking, becoming the first city in the world to enter the 5G era.
Beginning in September, the three major operators have all stated that they have begun global commercial use of independent networking.
According to experts, there are currently two networking methods for 5G networks: non-independent networking (NSA) and independent networking (SA).
Among them, the non-independent networking is to transform the existing 4G network and add 5G equipment; the independent networking is to build a new network that supports greater bandwidth and more usage scenarios, can better utilize the network characteristics of 5G, and promote 5G applications Full landing.
Huang Yuhong, deputy dean of China Mobile Research Institute, said that China has strongly promoted the maturity of independent networking in all aspects.
After more than a year of standard polishing, three rounds of testing and verification, and two-pole application driving, it will be commercially possible this year.
Li Ying, head of the Information Technology Development Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, previously stated that the next step the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will actively promote basic telecommunications companies to accelerate independent network construction, increase joint construction and sharing efforts, and strive to build high-quality, cost-effective 5G networks.
Strong momentum for out-of-circle cross-border integration applications
How important is 5G?
In 2020, in the process of epidemic prevention and control and resumption of work and production, the digital economy continues to move out of circles and cross-border, and 5G applications are indispensable.
When the epidemic was most severe, the 5G HD webcast allowed people to witness the "China speed" of the construction of Wuhan Huoshenshan and Leishenshan hospitals, and confidence in the fight against the epidemic was strengthened; on the front line of epidemic prevention and control, 5G smart robots and 5G unmanned epidemic prevention vehicles , 5G thermal imaging temperature measurement system and other applications have played an irreplaceable role.
The epidemic has affected the work and life of many Chinese people, and it has also brought the speed and convenience of 5G to the front: "Health Code" provides simple and effective intelligent services for personnel communication and economic and trade exchanges; 5G enables online office and online The large-scale popularization of education has become possible...From the joint fight against the epidemic to the restart of life, every bit has 5G technology, bringing new changes to travel, consumption, and services.
With the upgrade and expansion of 5G networks, more and more applications are being deployed.
The deep integration of 5G with traditional industries such as industry, transportation, medical care, education, and energy has brought about new changes in economic and social development.
Recently, Baidu's self-driving taxi Apollo GO appeared on the streets of Beijing.
With the help of 5G networks and the maturity of hardware technology, smart transportation has become a "area" for technological integration and development.
Zhang Yi, senior architect of Baidu's intelligent driving business group, said that thanks to the integration and calculation of high-precision maps, perception algorithms, and massive data, the level of intelligence and vehicle-road collaboration capabilities of automobiles have been greatly improved.
"The next period is a golden period for the development of autonomous driving, which will drive the rapid development of related industries and intelligent transportation."
According to the monitoring of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, as of May this year, China has already implemented 484 5G applications in actual scenarios.
From the perspective of sub-industries, the fields of smart healthcare, news media, smart cities, Internet of Vehicles, and industrial Internet have achieved the first implementation of 5G.
“5G is stimulating technological progress from the industry, cultivating new momentum for transformation and upgrading from the economy, and creating a new paradigm of life from the social level.” Liu Duo, Dean of China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, believes that as the penetration rate of 5G users increases, 5G Related innovative businesses will grow substantially.
Healthy development, technological innovation and promotion of ecology
As the blueprint of the "14th Five-Year Plan" is slowly rolled out, the speed, breadth and depth of my country's 5G development is expected to continue to lead.
Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released its response to the proposal No. 2524 of the third meeting of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. It said that it will actively consider including 5G and other key areas into the “14th Five-Year” national special plan, speed up 5G network construction, and improve 5G. Business models and business applications.
Effectively solve the "stuck neck" problem, and provide strong support for building a modern economic system and achieving high-quality economic development.
"In the next three years, my country will be in the lead-in period of 5G development. We must adhere to a moderately advanced pace of construction and form a 5G benign development model that promotes usage." Wen Ku, Director of the Information and Communication Development Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that the new infrastructure is digital The foundation of the innovation of the times, the promotion of 5G aims to consolidate the digital foundation, incubate more innovations and inject more new kinetic energy.
Wenku said that the next step is to cooperate with the deployment of 5G independent networking, carry out technological model innovations such as network slicing and industry virtual private networks, and improve network coverage.
At the same time, continue to focus on 5G application innovation, deeply explore the needs of vertical industries, continue to enrich application scenarios, and build a wide range of application ecology.
The Global Association for Mobile Communications Systems predicts that in the next five years, 1/5 of the world's connections will be based on 5G networks.
According to information released by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, from 2020 to 2025, China's 5G commercial use is expected to indirectly drive the total economic output of about 24.8 trillion yuan.
For ordinary consumers, 5G will be within reach.
Data show that as of the end of August, the number of 5G users nationwide has exceeded 110 million.
From January to July this year, the cumulative shipment of 5G mobile phones nationwide was 77.508 million units, accounting for 44.2% of the total mobile phone shipments during the same period.
5G terminals are dazzling, the product gradient is gradually complete, and prices will continue to drop.
On the first anniversary of commercial use, 5G development has delivered a dazzling report card.
However, experts also pointed out that the current 5G development is still in the lead-in period, and there has not yet been a "killer" core application, which can easily lead to problems such as high operating expenses and difficult cost recovery.
Wu Hequan, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, believes that looking at the entire construction cycle, 5G investment returns are comparable to 4G.
At present, operators are under great pressure on the return on investment of 5G, and need to advance the deployment of 5G networks moderately and steadily in advance, cultivate the ecology, and form a benign model of "building and promoting usage".
"5G has broad development prospects, but it needs continuous innovation to achieve. Many capabilities need to be tightly coupled with the Internet of Things, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. It requires collaborative development. 5G commercialization means the beginning of a new round of technological innovation." Wu Hequan said .
Liu Yao