Recently, the three major operators released their operating data for August. Overall, the performance of the three major operators in August was not much different from the previous months of this year. In terms of mobile users, China Mobile has surpassed China Telecom for several consecutive months; in terms of the number of 5G users, the gap between the three has widened, and China Mobile has more 5G users than China Telecom combined. In the future, even with the addition of radio and television, it may not be able to compete with China Mobile.

5G users enter a golden growth period

Since the beginning of this year, the increase of 5G users of the three major operators has been relatively considerable.

Specifically, the operating data released by China Mobile in August 2022 shows that in that month, the number of China Mobile Mobile customers increased by 2.109 million, and the total number of users reached 973.242 million. In the month, the number of China Mobile 5G package customers increased by 15.082 million, reaching a total of 538.794 million. The number of wireline broadband customers increased by 2.648 million, bringing the total to 260.903 million.

According to the main operating data released by China Telecom in August 2022, the number of China Telecom's mobile users increased by 1.9 million in the month, and the total number of mobile users was 388 million. Among them, the net increase of 5G package users was 6.27 million, and the total number of 5G package users was 243.6 million. In terms of wired broadband business, the number of China Telecom's wired broadband subscribers increased by 930,000 in the month, and the cumulative number of wired broadband subscribers was 177.07 million.

China Unicom said that the number of new 5G package users in August reached 4.881 million, reaching a total of 195 million. In terms of "Ubiquitous Smart Connectivity", as of August 2022, China Unicom's "Great Connection" users have reached 827.013 million, of which 5G package users have reached 194.834 million, and IoT terminal connections have reached 354.494 million. As of July 2022, the cumulative number of 5G package users has reached 189.953 million, and the cumulative number of IoT terminal connections has reached 343.403 million. This also means that China Unicom's new 5G package users and IoT terminal connections in August were 4.881 million and 11.091 million respectively.

In terms of innovative applications, as of August 2022, the number of China Unicom's 5G industry virtual private network service customers reached 2,552. In terms of smart services, China Unicom's smart customer service problem resolution rate in August reached 98.3%; in August, the proportion of smart customer service smart services reached 77.2%. In terms of technological innovation, as of August 2022, the cumulative number of patents authorized by China Unicom this year was 1,156.

The network terminal passes further verification

The comprehensive growth of 5G users in my country is due to a world-leading wide-coverage 5G network. According to the data, as of the end of July, 1.968 million 5G base stations had been built and opened nationwide, all prefecture-level urban areas, county urban areas and 96% of townships and towns had achieved 5G network coverage, and 5G mobile phone users had reached 475 million, a net increase over the end of 2021. 120 million households.

If wide coverage is basic, then high-quality network quality is the guarantee for users. In November 2021, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the "14th Five-Year Plan for the Development of the Information and Communication Industry", which clearly requires: accelerating the expansion of 5G network coverage, optimizing urban indoor 5G network coverage, and building a 5G network quality monitoring and analysis platform , carry out quality assessment and promote continuous quality optimization.

According to the "National Mobile Network Quality Monitoring Report (Phase 2)" released by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology in the second quarter of 2022. From a national perspective, the average downlink access rate of the 5G network in the second quarter of 2022 is 341.20Mbps, and the average uplink access rate is 71.98Mbps, which is a steady growth from the overall trend in the first quarter of 2022.

From the perspective of various telecom operators, China Mobile has the highest average access rate of 5G network downlink and uplink, reaching 355.31Mbps and 73.05Mbps respectively.

Behind the rapid growth of China Mobile's 5G users is not only the help of industry and policies, but also the quality of its high-quality 5G network.

Nowadays, 5G mobile phones have become standard, and problems such as power consumption and poor signal have become a thing of the past. This is also the cornerstone for 5G users to enter the golden growth period.

According to China Telecom's 2022 first (17th) "China Telecom Terminal Insight Report", the 5G mobile phone communication performance evaluation was announced.

In terms of 5G performance, the average throughput at the midpoint of the current network increased slightly compared with the previous period, and the average uplink and downlink rates increased by 4% and 6%, respectively, to 490.8Mbps and 60.3Mbps; The average value has increased significantly compared with the previous period, with an average increase of 10% compared with the previous period; the proportion of the MOS value of the midpoint voice quality of the existing 5G mobile phone network below 3.0 has dropped significantly.

In terms of battery life, the 5G mobile phones participating in the evaluation have an average battery life of more than 11 hours under the high-intensity business model, an increase of 13.4% compared with the previous period; the average remaining battery life of 5 hours of high-intensity use increased by 7PP compared with the previous period; the average time taken to fully charge a 5G mobile phone is the same as that of the previous period. The previous period was flat.

The 5G network and terminals have been officially evaluated, which will clear the concerns of some users. It is believed that in the future, more users will use the 5G network and enjoy the unique charm brought by technological progress.