my country has initially built the world's largest 5G mobile network

"Since the implementation of network speed increase and fee reduction in 2015, in terms of speed increase, my country has built the world’s largest broadband network infrastructure, achieving'same network and same speed' in rural and urban areas; in terms of fee reduction, fixed broadband unit bandwidth and mobile The average rate of network unit traffic has dropped by more than 95%.” At the State Council's regular policy briefing held on the 19th, Liu Liehong, deputy minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said.

Since the "13th Five-Year Plan", what achievements have been made in my country's network speed-up and fee-reduction work? The State Council executive meeting held a few days ago deployed to continue to promote network speed-up and fee reduction. What is the key direction this year? The relevant officials from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission introduced the relevant situation.

The user experience speed has increased by about 7 times compared with 5 years ago

"In recent years, my country's network speed-up and fee-reduction work has achieved positive results. The fixed broadband and mobile network speeds have been greatly increased, and the tariffs have been greatly reduced. This has played an important role in improving the quality of life of the people, reducing business costs, and prospering the digital economy." Liu Liehong said.

From the perspective of network capabilities, the user rate has jumped sharply. Since the "13th Five-Year Plan", my country has built the world's largest information and communication network. Looking at fixed networks, the proportion of fiber-optic broadband users has increased from 56% at the end of 2015 to 94% now. Gigabit optical networks cover more than 120 million households. Looking at mobile networks, 4G base stations account for more than half of the global total. There are 792,000 5G base stations and 260 million 5G mobile phone terminal connections. The 5G network in independent networking mode has covered all prefecture-level cities, and the world's largest 5G mobile network has been initially established. At present, the end-to-end user experience speed of my country's fixed broadband and mobile networks has increased by about 7 times compared with 5 years ago.

From the perspective of tariff level, the feeling of tariff reduction is real. In the past five years, the average tariff for fixed broadband unit bandwidth and mobile network unit traffic has fallen by more than 95%. The average rate of enterprise broadband and dedicated line unit bandwidth has dropped by more than 70%, and various tariff reduction measures have benefited more than 1 billion users annually, with a cumulative profit of more than 700 billion yuan.

From the perspective of innovative applications, integration and empowerment have achieved remarkable results. Speeding up the network and reducing fees promote the rapid popularization of various Internet applications and stimulate the potential for information consumption. The average monthly traffic of mobile users has increased from 205MB in early 2015 to 10.85GB now, an increase of more than 40 times.

Not only that, by speeding up the shortcomings of rural network infrastructure, the urban-rural "digital gap" has been significantly reduced. At present, the proportion of optical fiber and 4G in my country's administrative villages both exceeds 99%.

Accurate fee reduction for small and medium-sized enterprises, senior citizens and other groups

This year's "Government Work Report" proposed that the average broadband and private line tariffs for small and medium-sized enterprises should be reduced by another 10%; the construction of 5G networks and gigabit optical networks should be increased to enrich application scenarios. What is the focus of the new round of network speed increase and cost reduction, and how will it be implemented?

"The focus of this year's work on speed up and fee reduction will be shifted from network coverage and popularization to speed up and quality improvement, and from ‘inclusive fee reduction’ to ‘precise fee reduction’.” Liu Liehong said.

In terms of network acceleration, the coordinated development of "dual gigabit" networks represented by 5G and gigabit optical networks will be promoted. A few days ago, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued an action plan that clearly stated that it will take about three years to basically build a "dual gigabit" network infrastructure covering urban areas and qualified townships, and realize that fixed and mobile networks generally have "gigabit to home". ability.

Liu Liehong proposed that this year, a larger scale of gigabit optical network upgrades and home renovations will be carried out, and the on-demand construction and in-depth coverage of 5G networks will be promoted in an orderly manner. At the same time, the co-construction and sharing of telecommunications infrastructure will be deepened.

In terms of tariff reduction, we will continue to implement precise tariff reductions. We will promptly organize basic telecommunications enterprises and clarify detailed measures for key groups such as small and medium-sized enterprises and rural poverty-stricken households, the elderly, and the disabled. Liu Yulin, head of the Information and Communication Development Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, introduced that at present, basic telecommunications companies have launched some specific implementation measures, such as launching enterprise broadband speed-up and benefiting enterprises for small and medium-sized enterprises, and launching "cloud + network + applications" and other integrated product discounts , Continuously reducing the cost of enterprise network and cloud. Offer a 50% discount on basic communication service charges for rural poverty-stricken households. "We will continue to guide companies to pay more attention to key groups and launch more targeted, differentiated, and exclusive tariff plans or tariff reduction measures that meet specific needs."

In terms of improving the basic rural information network, Liu Liehong introduced that this year is expected to support the construction of 10,000 4G base stations in rural and remote areas. By the end of this year, the number of administrative villages without broadband access will be dynamically cleared.

Accelerate the transformation to emerging businesses and improve operational efficiency

How do central telecommunications companies balance the relationship between achieving economic benefits and fulfilling social responsibilities, and ensure the sustainability of speed increase and fee reduction?

According to Liu Shaodi, head of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, central telecommunications companies have strengthened their ability to increase speed and reduce fees through investment and construction to promote development and coordinated development to promote sharing.

In terms of investment, during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, in accordance with the principle of moderate advancement, 4G construction was accelerated and 5G investment expanded. The cumulative investment in fixed assets such as base stations reached 1.7 trillion yuan, equivalent to 2.6 times the net profit during the same period, of which 5G cumulative investment More than 200 billion yuan.

From the perspective of coordinated development, on the one hand, the integration of tower resources is promoted and the level of co-construction and sharing of towers has been improved. The sharing rate of towers has increased from less than 15% at the beginning of its establishment to more than 80% at present, which is equivalent to a total of 840,000 towers less built, saving the overall industry The investment exceeds 150 billion yuan. On the other hand, to promote the coordinated development of 5G, China Telecom and China Unicom have built more than 350,000 shared base stations, saving more than 70 billion yuan in investment.

During the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, the central telecommunications enterprises made every effort to increase speed and reduce fees. On the basis of accumulative profit distribution of more than 700 billion yuan, they realized a cumulative net profit of more than 650 billion yuan, an average annual growth rate of 4.3%. "Liu Shaolai introduced that this year, the central telecommunications enterprises will continue to put the publicity and public welfare of the communications industry in the first place, and provide communications services that benefit the whole people. On the one hand, they will focus on cutting-edge and strategic industries such as 5G, industrial Internet, and big data. Accelerate the transformation from pipeline business to new business, and cultivate new profit growth poles. On the other hand, through strict control of management expenses, reduce sales expenses, expand the profit growth space of the enterprise, and continuously tap the potential of speeding up and reducing expenses.

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