On November 1, according to foreign media reports, China opened 5g commercial network in the first 50 cities in China on November 1, which will make China surpass other countries in deploying 5g.
China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom, China's top three wireless operators, will open 5g networks to the public in 50 major cities, including Beijing and Shanghai, Chen Zhaoxiong, Vice Minister of the Ministry of industry and information technology, announced Thursday at the China International Information and Communication Exhibition 2019. 5g business can enable users with 5g smart phones to purchase packages and access the network.
Although wireless operators in the US and South Korea were already offering 5g commercial services a few months ago, China is expected to catch up in the next few weeks. China has made the construction of 5g network a national priority, constantly reducing costs and enabling the three major wireless operators to introduce new technologies as soon as possible.
5g technology is expected to become the backbone of the Internet in the future. By providing seamless wireless connection 100 times faster than the current 4G network, it can change almost all industries. The speed and capacity of 5g networks may make innovations such as driverless cars, automated factories and networked pacemakers possible.
Government officials say China already has more than 80000 5g base stations. China will have about 130000 base stations by the end of the year, they said, while Bernstein research expects South Korea to come in second with 75000, followed by the United States with 10000. Before Thursday, China's three major wireless operators said they had pre registered more than 10 million 5g users. Chris lane, an analyst at Bernstein, estimates that China will have 120m 5g users by the end of 2020 and 465m by the end of 2021. He said: 'in fact, 5g will not really mature until the next year. But for early adopters, this is an opportunity. '
The cheapest 5g package price is 128 yuan per month, including 30GB of data flow, according to people at the Telecom Industry Conference on Thursday.
China accelerated 5g construction earlier this year, which will benefit Huawei and other companies. Chinese operators have purchased most of Huawei's equipment, according to telecom executives.
As of September this year, China Mobile has 942 million mobile phone users, which is the largest wireless operator in the world. This integration is larger than the total number of mobile phone users owned by China Telecom and China Unicom. The two companies are jointly building 5g network. The cooperation will save costs and speed up the construction.