Recently, two 5G base stations and all locations of China Mobile ’s Everest 6500-meter forward camp were officially tuned. The 5G signal directly covered the top of Mount Everest. The special action of "5G on Mount Everest" was successfully completed. China Mobile and Huawei worked at an altitude of 5300 meters. The completion of the 5G network construction of Fengda Base Camp, 5800 meters above sea level transition camp and 6500 meters above sea level advance camp marks another milestone in the construction of 5G base stations in China.
"It only took us about one month to complete our task successfully." Su Xiaodi, head of Huawei's 5G brand in China, said, "Since receiving the task, Huawei has completed the design of Everest's 5G solution in only 3 days, and More than 20 people from the technical delivery and network security team with the strongest business capabilities in the Tibet Autonomous Region urgently went to the area above 5300m for 24-hour duty to fully guarantee the construction and opening of the Everest 5G network to ensure optimal network performance. "
Due to the difficulty in material transportation in the area above the Everest Base Camp, the poor hypoxic environment, and the complex and changeable climate, the Everest Station needs to select products that are light-weight, easy to handle, easy to install, and easy to open for agile deployment. "Huawei's compact 5G AAU adopted this time is small in size, small in the windward direction, low in mountain wind resistance, and can still work steadily under extreme low temperature and low pressure, which has become an important basic condition for this 5G base station to successfully mount Everest." Su Xiaodi said, "We transport 5G AAU and related materials through multiple yaks. We use three-prong counterweight holding poles in three camps, which are fixed by rivets, plus counterweight plates or stones, which can realize rapid on-site installation. Distribute configuration scripts to activate 5G services. "
"The measured rate of Everest's 5G can effectively meet the requirements of 4K and VR high-definition live broadcast on Everest. This is a milestone for Chinese operators in 5G commercial use, which means that we can know in an unprecedented way through VR / AR live broadcast Everest. "Su Xiaodi said. As of April 23, more than 13 million netizens have watched the full view of Mount Everest from a 360 ° VR perspective on the “Cloud Climbing” platform launched by China Telecom through 5G live broadcast signals, experiencing the immersive experience of watching Mount Everest at an altitude of 5000 meters .
In order to effectively protect the enterprise-level office and video live broadcast needs of the mountaineering team, command headquarters and media on Mount Everest, China Mobile has built a stable and reliable Gigabit enterprise dedicated line based on Huawei's Gigabit government-enterprise gateway. On the fiber access network side, China Mobile deployed a Huawei intelligent distributed all-optical access platform based on 10G PON; on the transmission network side, China Mobile deployed Huawei 200G ultra-high-speed optical transmission in the computer room near the Everest base camp at 5300 meters Platform to fully guarantee the reliable connection of the Gigabit fiber optic network.
"Everest 5G base station is the epitome of China's large-scale 5G construction." Su Xiaodi said that with the acceleration of the national "new infrastructure" strategy, representatives of excellent operators and equipment vendors such as China Mobile and Huawei were deployed in Everest The 5G base station provides a strong proof that 5G adapts to extreme physical environments and meets the needs of various user coverage scenarios.
It is understood that at present, 5G base stations have covered a large number of landmark buildings in China. The Badaling Great Wall, Forbidden City, Qufu "Three Holes", Suzhou Gardens and other places have all opened 5G networks, and subways in many cities are also connected to 5G.
"No problem to build 500,000 5G base stations this year"
Currently, 5G base stations are in full swing across the country. Recently, the world's first 5G independent networking shared base station was opened, and the first service was realized in Guangdong, Fujian and other places; Zhejiang launched the first "5G + smart street lamp charging pile" in the country, integrating smart lighting, 5G communication, car charging, video surveillance, The integration of information interaction helps to provide fine urban management. In Shanghai, China Mobile Shanghai has successfully deployed the world ’s first 5G site using 32T high-transmission rate equipment in Pujiang Town, Minhang District.
According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, as of the end of March, China had built 198,000 5G base stations and more than 50 million package users. Liu Xiangdong, deputy director of the Economic Research Department of the China International Economic Exchange Center, told this reporter that as China increases investment in new infrastructure, various regions have accelerated the deployment of new infrastructure investment construction represented by 5G, with the development of the digital economy as an investment development. Direction and focus. "In 5G construction, there are a series of processes such as design, survey, bidding, etc., which requires enterprises to further optimize their work processes, seize the construction period, and concentrate resources to accelerate the construction of 5G networks."
Strong 5G demand——
At the end of March, China Mobile's total number of 5G package customers reached 31.723 million, a nearly five-fold increase from two months ago. During the epidemic prevention and control period, the emerging live broadcast industry and industrial e-commerce generated new 5G demand. At the same time, the rapid growth of Internet traffic recently is a direct demand. Huang Libin, spokesperson of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and director of the Operational Monitoring and Coordination Bureau, said that in the first quarter of 2020, China ’s mobile Internet access traffic increased by 39.3% on the basis of a 129.1% increase in the same period last year. , The highest point in the past 12 months.
5G base station collection and landing
Recently, China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom jointly launched the purchase of wireless main equipment for the 5G SA new project in 2020. The total bidding of 5G base station procurement for operators with a total amount of 76 billion yuan has been completed. The three major operators' 5G wireless main equipment centralized procurement involved 520,000 base stations, including China Mobile's 5G phase 2 new construction + expansion part. A total of more than 270,000 5G base stations were purchased. China Telecom and China Unicom adopted a joint network. Procurement of 250,000 5G base stations.
Earlier, China Telecom issued a report announcing that it will jointly build and share 250,000 5G base stations with China Unicom in 2020; China Mobile also said that by the end of 2020, China Mobile will build 300,000 5G base stations to ensure that all prefecture-level cities will be built in 2020 The above cities provide 5G commercial services.
"It is expected that the goal of completing the construction of 500,000 5G base stations this year will be no problem." Wen Ku, director of the Information and Communication Development Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that 5G, as an important engine of the digital economy, is a key new infrastructure to realize the interconnection of all things. Consumption and upgrading have an important role. Next, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will continue to accelerate the construction of 5G networks, optimize the innovation environment, and inject new vitality into economic growth.
5G new infrastructure helps high-quality economic development
With the implementation of 5G bidding by operators, 5G investment related to radio and television networks will gradually be launched, the 5G base station industry chain is busy, and the acceleration of 5G network construction will drive the release of capacity throughout the industry chain.
Recently, Dongshan Precision stated in the performance forecast that in the first quarter, the downstream customers of the company's core products, printed circuit boards, had strong demand and sufficient orders; the printed circuit board manufacturer Shennan Circuit said in a survey by the reception agency that compared with the same period last year, communications, The proportion of data centers (servers) and medical orders have all increased. The company's main supply to the data transmission and communications companies of Nantong Datacom Phase II factory has entered the state of connected production, and is currently in the stage of ramping up production capacity. With the increasing demand for construction of 5G core network, bearer network and cloud computing in the future, it is expected that the demand for related printed circuit board products will continue to grow.
China's 5G construction is still in the early stages of large-scale network construction. Industrial development is faced with the problems of rapid network construction, imperfect industrial chain, and immature business model. Su Xiaodi said that Huawei will do its utmost to support Chinese operators to build 5G networks better and faster, link various product lines to improve the 5G industry chain, and adhere to joint innovation and application exploration to promote the development of the 5G industry.
"The price of 5G personal terminals is still relatively high. Most industry terminals and modules are subject to the progress of chips before they are listed at the end of 2019." Su Xiaodi said, "Huawei will continue to work on 5G chips and terminals, and it is expected to appear in 2020. Personal terminals less than US $ 300 will promote more mature and rich industry terminals and continue to improve the industry chain. "
"In the field of new infrastructure, 5G networks have leading investment opportunities." Liu Xiangdong said, "As a general technology similar to railways and automobiles, 5G technology is expected to become a strong support platform for the rapid development of mobile Internet, which is a huge data and information volume Transmission provides high-speed transmission channels, complementing the shortcomings that restrict artificial intelligence, big data, industrial Internet, etc. in information transmission, connection scale, and communication quality. "He said that 5G networks will promote China's traditional industries to accelerate technological transformation and cross-border integration To promote the digitization, intelligence and networking of China's vertical industries, make production networks more efficient, improve the quality and efficiency of industrial development, and expand new space for industrial innovation and development.
The construction of new 5G infrastructure will provide a boost to high-quality economic development. Liu Xiangdong believes that with the gradual application of 5G technology in various fields, especially the high integration of mobile communication networks, social relationship networks, and national governance systems, it can effectively improve the highly-developed society and modernize national governance capabilities, thereby providing high-quality economic development. A good institutional foundation fosters new momentum for economic development. Editor / Huang Lijun
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