Several China ｜ my country's 5G mobile phone users reach 475 million households

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 19 (Reporter Zhang Xinxin) Xie Cun, director of the Information and Communications Development Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said on the 19th that as of the end of July, there were 1.968 million 5G base stations in the country, all prefecture -level cities, county towns and 96%of 96% Township and townships achieve 5G network coverage. 5G mobile phone users reached 475 million households, an increase of 120 million households from the end of 2021. Gigabit Light Network has the ability to cover more than 400 million households. household.

Xie Cun made the above statement at the theme press conference of "Economic and Social Information Elves" held by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on the 19th.

The "dual Gigabit" network represented by 5G and Gigabit Optical Network has the characteristics of ultra -large bandwidth, ultra -low latency, advanced reliability, etc., and is an important composition and carrying base for new infrastructure. In accordance with the decision -making deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a series of policy documents with relevant departments to vigorously deploy and promote the construction and application of 5G and Gigabit Light Network.

The construction of the network has accelerated and the supply capacity is enhanced. Focus on application innovation, and the integration and empowerment continues to show. Xie Cun said that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly carried out pilot demonstrations such as "5G+Medical Health" and "5G+Smart Education" to hold the "Blooming Cup" 5G Application Contest and the "Guanghua Cup" Gigabit Light Network Application Innovation Competition. There are more than 50,000 cases. At the same time, in -depth promotion of the 5G network co -construction and sharing, 97%of the new 5G base stations are realized through sharing resource reactions through shared stock address.

Xie Cun said that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will continue to promote the construction of new information infrastructure represented by 5G networks and Gigabit Optical Network, and accelerate the deep integration of the "double Gigabit" network with various fields. At the same time, adhere to demand -oriented, gradually promote high -quality networks such as 5G and Gigabit Light Network to extend to rural areas, and actively expand a new model of rural network applications.

[Editor in charge: Zhang Yongsu]

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