Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: 5G network construction has quickly advanced 5G mobile phone users to 475 million households

21st Century Business Herald reporter pays wing to fly Beijing report

On August 22, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released the economic operation of the communications industry from January to July 2022. From January to July, the cumulative revenue of telecommunications business completed a total of 944.2 billion yuan, an increase of 8.3%year-on-year, and the growth rate was the same as the first half of the year. The total number of telecommunications business calculated based on the unchanged price last year increased by 22.2%year -on -year.

Among them, the scale of mobile phone users has increased steadily, and 5G users have developed rapidly. As of the end of July, the total number of mobile phone users of the three basic telecommunications companies reached 1.672 billion, a net increase of 29.41 million more than the end of the previous year. 5G mobile phone users reached 475 million, an increase of 120 million households from the end of the previous year, accounting for 28.4%of mobile phone users, accounting for an increase of 6.8 percentage points at the end of the previous year.

At the same time, 5G network construction is also rapidly advancing. As of the end of July, the total number of 5G base stations reached 1.968 million, accounting for 18.8%of the total number of mobile base stations, accounting for 4.5 percentage points at the end of the previous year. From January to July, 5G base stations were built 543,000.

The 21st Century Business Herald noticed that the current 5G construction and user proportion in the eastern region are leading positions. As of the end of July, 5G base stations in the east, Central and Western and Northeast regions reached 946,000, 420,000, 479,000, and 123,000, respectively, accounting for 20.8%, 18.3%, 16.3%, 17.7 17.7, respectively. %; 5G mobile phone users reached 21.157 million, 110.18 million, 121.99 million, and 30.91 million respectively, accounting for 29.1%, 28.6%, 27.6%, and 26.1%of the total number of mobile phone users in the region.

Earlier, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released a favorable signal and accelerated the construction and innovative applications of 5G. This year, it plans to add 600,000 new 5G base stations this year. It will also implement the "100 Thousand Thousands" project of the 5G industry. Be benchmark demonstration, build 1,000 5G industry virtual products, and create an upgraded version of "5G+Industrial Internet".

It is worth noting that from January to July, a total of 184.3 billion yuan was completed, a year -on -year increase of 35.1%, accounting for 19.5%of the telecommunications business revenue, and the increase in telecommunications business revenue increased by 5.5 percentage points. Among them, cloud computing and big data revenue increased year -on -year growth of 131.7%and 60.3%, respectively, data center business revenue increased by 16.5%year -on -year, and IoT business revenue increased by 25.9%year -on -year.

Wanlian Securities Research Report pointed out that 5G and AI, big data, cloud computing, Internet of Things, edge computing, blockchain and other technologies can meet industrial manufacturing, autonomous driving, drone control, remote medical, smart cities and other fields The communication needs really become a new engine to promote the digital transformation of the industry. At present, 5G applications cover many living areas such as transportation, medical care, education, and cultural tourism. The cases have accumulated more than 20,000 cases, and the distribution is distributed in "two eight laws", that is, the communication between people only accounts for only total applications for applications. About 20%, 80%of applications are in the fields of TO B in the Internet of Vehicles and Industrial Internet. This is also the new market development direction of operators and equipment vendors in the industry.

Xie Xie, Director of the Information and Communications Development Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said at a special conference on August 19 that the next step of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will continue to promote the construction of new information infrastructure represented by 5G networks and Gigabit Optical Networks, to accelerate the "double Gigabit" network network In -depth integration with various fields, and continuously consolidate the digital base of high -quality economic and social development.

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