5g is coming in 2019. According to the world media of communication, the state network of radio and television will obtain the 50MHz spectrum of 4.9ghz band, and the 96mhz bandwidth of 700MHz band will be used by IMT by the Ministry of industry and information technology. 5g license will be issued to SARFT or four! Why is 5g license plate not broadcasting? Let's learn the latest news about the application for 5g license plate.
Communication world media learned from relevant authorities in the industry that 5g spectrum will be released at the end of this month and 5g license will be released at the end of this year or early next year. This time may be in line with previous expectations. But the specific division scheme is really unexpected.
According to the understanding of all media in the communication world, 5g spectrum division scheme is as follows:
China Telecom and China Unicom take 100MHz spectrum of 3.5GHz frequency band respectively;
China Mobile obtains 160MHz spectrum of 2.6GHz frequency band;
State radio and television network will obtain 50MHz spectrum of 4.9ghz frequency band and use 96mhz bandwidth of 700MHz frequency band by the Ministry of industry and information technology of the people's Republic of China.
Spectrum publishing time is in line with international standards:
The rumored spectrum and license issuance time are in line with expectations. Previously, it was widely expected that the Ministry of industry and information technology will clarify 5g spectrum in Q3 this year; unlike 3G / 4G era, this spectrum distribution will not be released synchronously with commercial licenses.
If China chooses to issue 5g spectrum and license plate in this period, it is synchronous with the global 5g deployment rhythm. According to foreign media reports, at; t, the largest U.S. operator, is preparing for the world's first mobile 5g network to be launched by the end of the year. At; t announced that it will be the first to use 5g network in 12 cities in the United States by the end of 2018, expanding the scope to 19 cities in 2019, and ensuring that at least 200 million users experience 5g network in the United States in 2020.
In contrast, Verizon launched the world's first 5g broadband service in October. Sk Telecom, the South Korean operator, also announced that it will launch 5g commercial network in Seoul in December this year, and 5g commercial service in South Korea in March 2019. In order to seize the 5g window period, the global 5g progress is accelerating. Experts from the Institute of communication and information technology have also said that China's 5g licensing time will be synchronized with that of the world. According to this calculation, the licensing time will be near.
About the spectrum division scheme of the three major operators, there have been rumors in the industry before, and now the rumors are basically the same as before. China Telecom and China Unicom take the 3.5GHz frequency band, which is considered as "gold" by the world, to the two operators. But in terms of spectrum, the two companies need to clear up. At present, on 2.6GHz, China Unicom (2555mhz-2575mhz) and China Telecom (2635mhz-2655mhz) also have some (20MHz) frequency bands.
Now that the 2.6GHz band is largely given to China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom will retire their respective bands. It is understood that the time and mode of frequency clearing are very complex. It is not known how to implement the two methods. To move users of these frequency bands to other frequency bands, you need to disconnect them first. In recent years, these two companies have launched multiple free meals, and 4G users are increasing gradually. Therefore, the impact and time consumption of the frequency clearing are hard to estimate.
It's not surprising that China Mobile gets 2.6GHz. The industrial chain of this frequency band is not mature. It's up to China Mobile to gnaw the "hard bone". At present, the most uncertain thing is how much spectrum can China Mobile get in these two frequency bands. Each spectrum should be no less than 100MHz, because this is the national regulation for 5g spectrum division.
Is it necessary for radio and television to obtain 5g license plate?
As for license plate and spectrum division, the industry may have guessed the process correctly before, but did not guess the end. "The addition of radio and television has added a bit of uncertainty to 5g's competitive landscape.
It is understood that there is a precedent for the issuance of basic operation licenses to radio and television. In the 4G period, radio and television got a basic telecom business license for fixed wireless broadband. In May 2016, the Ministry of industry and information technology issued the basic telecommunication business license to China Radio and television network Co., Ltd.
According to reports, in the application materials of China Radio and television, the applicant is to operate the Internet domestic data transmission business and domestic communication facilities service business nationwide, without applying for wireless communication business operation qualification. This may mean that in the future, China's Radio and television may not launch wireless services. Therefore, there is a view in the industry that China Radio and television, the fourth largest operator, is only a fixed network operator at present, and only 'half a license plate' is obtained.
In recent years, in the field of video, traditional operators, radio and television have been eroded by the application of Ott manufacturers. Ott means that Internet companies develop all kinds of video and data services based on the open Internet over operators, which makes operators become a pure 'transmission pipeline', unable to touch the value of transmission in the pipeline.
Zeng Jianqiu, a professor at Beijing University of Posts and telecommunications, believes that the two-way access of radio, television and Telecommunications advocated in the past has not really been realized. For a long time, radio, television and telecommunications have essentially focused on competition rather than cooperation, which allows Internet enterprises to find opportunities, and the Ott industry has impacted the telecom and radio and television business. It was not until the general office of the State Council issued the "three networks integration promotion plan" last year that the three networks integration was truly implemented, and telecommunications and radio and television began to hope for a win-win situation. Radio and television get broadband license, but there is no wireless business. The future focus is mainly based on the development of cable broadband license. Because Wi Fi is a "hot spot" built on the local fixed network, the current mobile Internet competition is fierce, and there are many opportunities for radio and television to develop new business.
However, the 5g era license is about to be issued, radio and television try to engage in wireless business, apply for 5g license, and strive for spectrum division. It is said that during this year's Beijing Communication Exhibition, relevant departments have decided to issue 5g license plates, but radio and television emergency written to the senior management, asking to consider the needs of radio and television operation 5g. Many experts in the industry said that it is not impossible for radio and television to obtain a 5g license plate. If radio and television in the 5g era still maintains its original development trend, and cannot achieve continuous innovation, it may indeed be left behind by the times.
In 5g era, one of the three scenes, the embB scene, one of the main applications, is AR / VR, which can be used in the field of smart home and entertainment, can watch panoramic live broadcast at high speed, and can also participate in sports experience. In this year's major exhibitions, this business display has always been the focus of attention. If AR / VR and 5g + 8K are popularized in the future, and gradually encroach on the family market of radio and television, the only one waiting for radio and television may be 'the sunset, the heartbreaker is in the end of the world'.
5g radio and television operation faces many challenges:
If radio and television really got 5g license, is it capable of operation? Experts in the industry still said they would wait and see.
When radio and television got the fixed network broadband license, it once claimed to build 200000 base stations. In October 2016, a national deployment plan for radio and television two-way wireless base stations was circulated on the Internet. According to the plan, radio and television will adopt 470mhz-798mhz frequency band and other unauthorized frequency bands for wireless network construction. According to the plan, the overall situation of photoelectric bidirectional wireless base stations in China is 2854 macro stations and 204131 small base stations, i.e. more than 203000 base stations in total.
Now it seems that this plan, whether true or false, has not really been implemented. Because communication is a 'burn money' industry, it needs a lot of money and time investment. Xiang Ligang, a telecommunications expert, once said that if radio and television want to obtain a license in the wireless field, it needs to prove that it has the strength to operate. At present, the registered capital of State Grid Corporation (radio and television) is only 4.5 billion yuan, while the registered capital of China Mobile is 300 billion yuan, which is not in the same level at all. In addition to the lack of financial strength, China's current talent reserve and capacity accumulation are also difficult to undertake this task.
However, perhaps in the 5g era, radio and television will not return to Wu, Xia and Amun. After the success of Unicom's mixed reform model, radio and television may also attract funds and talents. Radio and television has great advantages in video business content and promotion, which is a key point that it can rely on to check and balance with the three major operators. Radio and television can play its own advantages and occupy a place in the 5g era in the future.
Besides, radio and television has been mentioned by the communication industry 700MHz re cultivation problem. Radio and television had planned to use 700MHz frequency band for future mobile communication in 2015. However, at the 2013 radio and television exhibition, Wang Xiaojie, director of the science and Technology Department of the State Administration of press, publication, radio and television, said that China's terrestrial digital television broadcasting coverage network will be basically completed by 2020. This means that 700MHz will be released by 2020. Up to now, this spectrum has not been released.
In 5g era, due to the joining of vertical industries, spectrum resources are even more tense. Industrial and energy private network construction hope to deploy in low frequency, and call for low frequency spectrum distribution. The construction of the Internet of things is also in full swing. Based on the characteristics of its large connection, low-frequency deployment has more advantages. The low-frequency resources are very limited. If radio and television can really release the 700MHz frequency band, it is a great blessing for the communication industry.