IT House news on March 8, after the second plenary session of the fifth session of the 13th National People's Congress opened the "ministerial channel", inviting some responsible persons of relevant ministries and commissions of the State Council who attended the meeting as observers to accept interviews through online video.
Xiao Yaqing, minister of industry and information technology, pointed out that at present, 1.425 million 5G base stations have been built in the mainland, and it is expected to exceed 2 million this year. In addition, we will continue to increase the research on key core technologies, and consider the deployment technology research in the direction of the evolution of next-generation mobile communication technology (6G).
He said that China's 5G users have exceeded 500 million. At the Beijing Winter Olympics, many 5G technologies were applied to make everyone's experience more abundant. The next step is to work the base station, the current base station is not enough, and strive to exceed 2 million this year. This year, we will also expand and enrich the application scenarios.
At the end of February, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that the mainland had built and opened more than 1.425 million 5G base stations, and the number of 5G mobile terminal connections reached 520 million. All venues of the Beijing Winter Olympics have achieved 5G coverage, providing strong support for the creation of a "smart Winter Olympics".
IT Home learned that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology also said that more than 600,000 new 5G base stations will be built this year, and the cumulative number will reach 2 million by the end of the year.
Xiao Yaqing said that the construction of new information infrastructure in the mainland has increased, with a total of more than 1.425 million 5G base stations built and opened, and the number of 5G mobile terminal connections has reached 520 million households. 5G applications in the fields of industry, energy, transportation and other fields are also expanding rapidly, the results of empowering thousands of industries are very remarkable, new formats, new models emerge in an endless stream, the digital economy shows a vigorous momentum, last year the communications industry, software and information technology service industry business revenue increased by 8% and 17.7% respectively.