5G news trial commercial soon, mobile plans to purchase technical support services

2021.10.15

5G news will have a high probability of trial commercial use nationwide in late October. Prior to this, China Mobile had already implemented 5G message trial commercial use on multi-brand customized machines. China Unicom and China Telecom’s related bidding for construction was a little late, but it has also entered the stage of preparing for trial commercial use.

Zhongguancun Online News, a recent "Announcement on the Comparison and Selection of 5G Message Application R&D Support Projects for Online Service Companies in 2021" was published on the China Mobile Procurement and Bidding website. Judging from the announcement, the procurement content is the technical support service of 5G news, and the total procurement budget is 4,299,960 yuan. Based on the news from the previous days, there is a high probability that 5G news will be trial commercialized nationwide in late October. Prior to this, China Mobile had already implemented 5G message trial commercial use on multi-brand customized machines. China Unicom and China Telecom’s related bidding for construction was a little late, but it has also entered the stage of preparing for trial commercial use.


"5G messaging" is an important service launched by operators in the 5G era. In addition to inheriting the original short message function, there are more social features of the Internet. 5G messaging is centered on enhanced messaging and commercial messaging. Messages are platforms, messages are services, and messages are applications. SMS messages are upgraded to rich media messages, card messages, Chatbot (chat robot) applications, etc. The user can complete it in the message window One-stop business services such as search, dialogue, interaction, and payment, without the need to install and rely on APP, directly reach operators and third-party applications, and bring a brand new business experience to 5G terminal users and industry users.

 

In May 2020, China Mobile briefly released version 1.0 of the "5G News" App, which was classified as social. Later, due to some technical problems, the App was offline. China Mobile also explained at the time that the app was launched on the app market to protect the name of "5G News" from malicious preemption.

 

5G messaging uses native SMS portals to realize a new channel rich in media, lightweight, high-reach, and interactive. It is a typical new consumer business that has emerged with 5G commercial use. The powerful capabilities of 5G messaging in enabling the digital transformation of the industry have been verified, and accelerating the development of 5G messaging services is a major requirement for enriching 5G application scenarios.