5G applications take root in various industries, how to form healthy competition?

When it comes to 5G networks, the first perception of ordinary users is high speed and the Internet of Everything; when it comes to 5G applications, you may also think of the recently-hyped metaverse concept. In fact, as early as a year ago, the industry generally believed that 5G applications should first cover the industry, that is, the industrial Internet. This is the foundation of the digital society. Only by building a solid foundation can we better serve the field of people's livelihood. Today, although 5G applications have already taken root in the industry, there is a homogeneous competition with serious internal friction. For the healthy development of 5G applications, the industry needs to be further regulated.


5G applications are blooming in many industries
Recently, the People's Daily published an article stating that with the realization of 5G network coverage in all prefecture-level cities, more than 97% of county-level urban areas, and 40% of townships and towns, my country's 5G applications are taking root in various industries. According to statistics from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, there are currently more than 10,000 5G application innovation cases across the country, covering 22 important industries in the national economy. Facing the three major areas of information consumption, real economy, and people's livelihood services, during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, 5G applications in 15 industries are becoming the focus of promotion by relevant ministries and local governments.

Judging from the national regional coverage rate, industry coverage rate, and project innovation rate, 5G applications have now become one of the cores of digital city construction. However, from another point of view, 5G applications are generally divided by industry affiliation. For example, 5G applications in industrial Internet are known in the industry as 5G + industrial Internet; 5G applications in smart transportation are most remembered as 5G + smart street lights , 5G + smart bus station and other names, no one can shout out the brand of 5G application.

The phenomenon of "homogenization" of 5G applications is serious
5G applications can be called the software of strategic public infrastructure in the 5G era, and it is also an important engine driving economic and social development. However, the technical characteristics, demand scenarios, and professional thresholds of 5G applications in various fields are very different. The promotion of 5G applications in thousands of industries also faces difficulties in technical integration, wide coverage, long industrial chains, many business breakpoints, and large-scale It is difficult to copy the pain points and difficult points, and it is difficult to achieve it overnight.

Especially in terms of large-scale replication, as an industry expert said: Now it is necessary to establish a new business model as soon as possible to rapidly expand the scale of 5G industry applications. Every enterprise wants to have differentiated 5G applications. In this way, thousands of enterprises will repeatedly develop 5G applications, which will affect the progress of 5G application promotion.
In short, today's 5G applications present a situation of "hundreds of masters", and the intensity of competition is not an exaggeration to describe the red ocean. How to integrate industry resources and form effective communication? How to establish a brand effect and form a reasonably competitive industry market? How to establish unified standards and reduce ineffective competition? It is worth thinking about.

5G application construction needs to play a "team competition"
In July 2021, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released the "5G Application "Sail" Action Plan (2021-2023)" in conjunction with nine departments. Eight special actions were put forward in the areas of people's livelihood services, etc., which pointed out the direction for the development of 5G applications in the next three years.

Judging from the actual implementation situation, in the past year, local governments have also actively promoted 5G construction, strengthened top-level design and formulated special plans and action plans in many places. Mechanisms and other methods have effectively promoted the development of 5G.
In short, in promoting the development of 5G applications, we should think about solving the current industry "mystery". First of all, in the early stage of incubation, we should follow the law from pilot demonstration to large-scale promotion to large-scale commercial use, and use time for space to promote 5G applications. Second, from the perspective of the industry chain, the upstream and downstream enterprises in the depths need to rely on measures such as iterative updating of technology, management innovation, and communication and interoperability to strive to reduce the production cost of 5G applications; finally, in terms of the entire industry, it is more important to Play a good "team competition" and accelerate the formation of a big ecosystem of 5G application integration and development. Only in this way can we fundamentally crack the "mystery" of 5G application homogenization.