More than two years have passed since the commercialization of China's 5G networks, and during this time, domestic operators have continuously accelerated the construction of 5G networks, allowing China to maintain a leading position on the 5G track.
So how big is China's advantage in 5G? Previously, data released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology showed that as of December 2021, China had built and opened 1.425 million 5G base stations and connected 518 million 5G mobile terminals.
Judging from the current coverage situation, 5G base stations have covered all cities and urban areas above the prefecture level in the country, more than 98% of counties and districts, and 80% of townships and towns, and built the world's largest and most technologically advanced 5G independent networking network.
China's advantages in the 5G track have also been confirmed by the state media, and the People's Daily mentioned in a report a few days ago that China's 5G base stations account for more than 60% of the total number of the world, with an average of 10.1 5G base stations per 10,000 people, doubling the number of the previous year.
The reason why China can have such a huge advantage on the 5G track, the author believes that there are three main factors to help.
First of all, the reserve of 5G essential patents is the first in the world, China has Huawei and ZTE, two communication giants, Huawei has 3325 patents, accounting for 15.87%, ZTE has 2204 patents, accounting for 10.52%.
It is worth mentioning that in addition to the two giants of Huawei and ZTE, there are also enterprises such as China Telecom Research Institute and Datang Communications, and then the head mobile phone manufacturers, all of which have a certain share of 5G patents, and Chinese companies account for a total of 33.31% of the 5G essential patents.
The comprehensive and leading technological advantages make China have an absolute leading advantage in the development of 5G networks, so it can become the world's largest 5G commercial country.
The second is the continuous investment of the three major operators, from the perspective of investment, the three major telecom operators and the four companies of China Tower in 2021 alone have invested a total of 184.9 billion yuan in the 5G field, an increase of 8.9% compared with 2020.
Thanks to the huge capital investment, the mainland has a very obvious advantage in 5G construction, 5G network coverage continues to improve, the scale of users continues to expand, and the quality of 5G services has also been significantly upgraded.
Of course, China's 5G can be quickly built, in addition to the joint efforts of operators, but also with the strong support of the state is inseparable, with the support of the state, operators can quickly layout 5G networks.
In addition, the mainland in the selection of 5G solutions, the mainland has also made the right choice, did not use the millimeter wave program selected by the United States, but chose a wider coverage of centimeter wave technology, which is also the international mainstream choice.
Compared with the millimeter wave 5G solution selected by the United States, centimeter wave has stronger penetration ability and coverage, although the bandwidth is slightly inferior, the data capacity is also lower, but from the actual application scenario, centimeter wave is more in line with the use needs of the mainland.
It is precisely because of these advantages that the mainland is running in the front of the 5G track, and in terms of 5G network deployment, the mainland has a more ambitious plan, and it is expected that by the end of 2022, the number of domestic base stations will reach 2 million, and the coverage will be more extensive.
It is safe to say that 5G has become the fastest cellular technology ever deployed, and China has also demonstrated to the world the huge energy and potential of 5G, providing an important supporting capacity for digital transformation.
At the same time, domestic mobile phone brands have also shown strong strength in the 5G era, and it is believed that with the continuous enhancement of the mainland on the 5G track, the advantages in the 5G ecology will become more and more obvious in the future. What do you think about this, welcome to comment, like, share.