5G Accelerates Commercial Use, Next Year Large-Scale Base Station Construction Will Be Moderately Ahead Of Schedule

In 2020, 5g construction will accelerate, and the domestic base station construction scale will rank first in the world.

At the world 5g Conference on November 26, Liu Liehong, Vice Minister of industry and information technology, said that as of October this year, more than 700000 5g base stations and 180 million terminal connections had been opened. At present, China's 5g independent network has initially realized scale business, covering cities above prefecture level and key counties and cities in China.

In terms of terminal products, up to now, 253 terminals have been granted network access permission in China, including 218 5g mobile phones. The price has gradually dropped to about 1500 yuan, and there is still room for further exploration. 5g multi form, multi type, multi-functional pan terminal continues to break through. Ten domestic modules have been licensed for network access, and many 5g modules have been put into commercial use.

At the same time, the challenges of 5g construction also follow. For example, when upgrading 3G and 4G, the user traffic usage is doubled, and the total tariff is also increased. Operators have great motivation to provide infrastructure. But now 5g costs are high, and the expected 5g incremental market and b-terminal revenue space have not been opened, and there is no high-scale growth in terms of profits.

However, it is undeniable that 5g technology is stronger than ever and is still being updated. Some people in the communication industry pointed out to reporters: "now the mode of industrial development has changed. Once demand driven technology, now technology drives demand, and technology promotes social progress, which often requires long-term research and accumulation, or even long-term no output input, which is not achieved overnight. 5g will also start a new round of technical research with commercial use, which is a long way to go, and requires long-term construction investment. "

Accelerate b-end business

In 2020, the coverage of 5g will be more and more extensive, such as the deployment of 5g network in the Everest camp at an altitude of 6500 meters, covering 8844.43 meters of Mount Everest, to ensure the climbing team climbing the summit of Mt. Qomolangma in 2020; the deployed 5g coal mine special network has successively realized the network coverage from 534 meters underground to 800 meters underground, and completed several 5g + Intelligent coal industry application innovation.

Taking core enterprises as an example, Huawei has continued to invest in key fields such as connectivity, AI, computing, cloud, industry applications, and combined with Huawei's capabilities in cloud computing, AI computing infrastructure, Kunpeng computing industry, etc., to accelerate the digital transformation of all walks of life, build industry ecology, and realize 5g multi scene business value. At the conference, Huawei released the shengteng intelligent manufacturing enabling platform.

From the perspective of commercial cases, 5g's large bandwidth, low latency, super uplink, secure and reliable connectivity enhancement features, and its integration with cloud based high-performance computing and AI, have been applied to many scenarios in intelligent manufacturing, smart mining, smart port and many other industries.

In the exhibition area of "5g accelerating the digital transformation of the industry", Huawei's 5g solution has been widely used in port RTG / rail crane remote control, intelligent tally, AGV truck intelligent scheduling, driver behavior analysis, etc., and has been commercialized in many ports.

At the intelligent manufacturing exhibition site, the application of 5g cloud PLC innovative solution in Midea 5g smart factory was demonstrated. Through 5g, the on-site wiring free was realized, and the centralized cloud deployment of PLC controller was realized to reduce the comprehensive cost.

He Jun, vice president of TCL and CEO of Gechuang Dongzhi, told the 21st century economic reporter that in the field of 5g + industrial Internet, TCL has established 5g demonstration parks in Huizhou and China Mobile, combining 5g with intelligent logistics; in the panel factory of csot, 5g + AI pilot has also been started to carry out remote detection. For example, there are many Korean and Japanese equipment in the panel factory, and experts are resident in China With high-end equipment, but unable to come to the scene during the epidemic, Gechuang Dongzhi used ar glasses to share the video images of the scene with experts from abroad, remote equipment detection and field personnel guidance.

However, the application of 5g in B end also has some problems, one of which is the cost. Some manufacturing executives pointed out to the reporter that they hope the 5g laying speed should be accelerated, but we can't simply talk about the base station coverage rate. In fact, in the factory production scenario, the coverage rate of 5g is not high enough. On the one hand, operators are not willing to cover, because the application is not up, and the business model is not clear. On the other hand, for ordinary companies, the cost is too high. Therefore, we are also looking forward to the further popularization of 5g to further reduce the technical cost.

Yang Chaobin, President of Huawei's wireless network product line, told 21st century economic report: "different industries have different pains. In addition to the business model, it is also a question mark whether the readiness of different industries at B end is sufficient. In the application process of 5g in different industries, it is not a direct substitute, but involves the production process and organizational structure. In the process of digital transformation, it is also necessary to consider whether other ICT infrastructure can keep up with it. Only when 5g is combined with cloud and AI can the efficiency be truly brought into play. As a result, it does not depend on the organization's own time to adjust its strategy and production process on a large scale. "

Large scale construction of 5g base station

There is no need to say much about the achievements of the first anniversary of 5g commercial use. According to the reporter's understanding, the construction of 5g base station in China will be carried out on a similar large scale next year.

At the world 5g conference, Liu Liehong said that in accordance with the principle of moderate advance, we should steadily promote the construction of 5g network, adhere to the needs of different scenarios, build on demand, deeply cover, and create a high-quality 5g network. The Ministry of industry and information technology is working with operators to formulate the base station construction plan for next year.

Wang Xiaochu, chairman of China Unicom, said: we will continue to promote the co construction and sharing of 5g, strive to improve the productivity of total factors, ensure that it will take about three years to complete the scale deployment of 5g network, and basically realize the regional coverage of 5g network in major urban areas, expressways, railways, key counties and large towns.

Previously, China Telecom disclosed that it has opened more than 320000 5g sites, covering more than 300 cities in China, and has built the largest co construction and sharing 5g network with China Unicom in the world.

At the recent China Mobile 2020 global partners conference, China Mobile chairman Yang Jie said that China Mobile has now built the world's largest 5g SA network, opened more than 385000 5g base stations, and completed the annual goal ahead of schedule this year; it will develop more than 90 million 5g terminal users and more than 130 million 5g package users.

Yang Jie said that it will increase 5g investment, actively promote co construction and sharing, give full play to the advantage of frequency synergy, and expand the scale of construction intensively and efficiently. By 2021, it will achieve good coverage of cities, counties, urban areas and some key towns in China; improve the "3 + 3 + X" data center layout, and increase the cumulative installed capacity to 1.08 million.

Jian Qin, vice president of China Mobile, predicts that the proportion of 5g mobile phones will reach 80% in 2021, and the penetration rate of 5g in 1000 yuan mobile phones will exceed 90% by the end of 2021. In terms of sales volume, China Mobile predicts that the terminal market size will exceed one trillion yuan in 2021, and mobile phone sales will exceed 350 million units, including 280 million 5g mobile phones and 1 billion other intelligent hardware sales.

However, it will be a long time for 5g network to be covered and put into use. Yang Chaobin told reporters that this year is the first year for the global 5g network to start batch construction. To build this network, it is very difficult to rely on one year and two years. It will take at least five or six years to continuously improve. In the process of commercial use, 5g should cover the whole area first, and then blind and adjust the areas that can't be covered. It needs to be constructed in one phase.

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