This year, there are so many big and happy events, there are so many moments to remember. After careful combing and analysis, the editorial department of People's Posts and Telecommunications has selected the top ten news events in China's information and communication industry in 2019, and reviewed with you the vitality of the high-quality development of the information and communication industry in this year.
1. The Politburo of the CPC Central Committee learned blockchain collectively
On October 24, 2019, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee conducted the 18th collective study on the status quo and trend of blockchain technology development. We should take blockchain as an important breakthrough in the independent innovation of core technologies, clarify the main direction of attack, increase investment, strive to overcome a number of key core technologies, and accelerate the innovation and development of blockchain technology and industry.
It is necessary to promote collaborative research, accelerate core technology breakthroughs, and provide safe and controllable technical support for the development of blockchain applications. It is necessary to strengthen research on blockchain standardization and enhance the right of international discourse and rule-making. It is necessary to accelerate industrial development, give full play to market advantages, and further open up the innovation chain, application chain, and value chain. It is necessary to build a blockchain industrial ecosystem, accelerate the deep integration of blockchain with cutting-edge information technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, and the Internet of Things, and promote integrated innovation and converged applications. It is necessary to strengthen the construction of talent teams, establish and improve the talent training system, build various forms of high-level talent training platforms, and cultivate a number of leading figures and high-level innovation teams.
2. 5G licenses are issued and officially commercialized
On June 6, 2019, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued 5G licenses to four enterprises: China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom and China Broadcasting and Television. On October 31, 2019, 5G was officially commercialized. Steady progress has been made in network construction, with 126,000 5G base stations opened nationwide, providing 5G commercial services in more than 50 prefecture-level cities. The industrial ecosystem and application innovation continue to mature, a number of key 5G technologies have made breakthroughs, and the performance of mid-band system equipment, terminal chips and other products is leading the world. At present, 5G base station chips have generally adopted the 7-nanometer process, and performance, power consumption, and stability have been greatly improved. In terms of standards, China's ultra-high intensity investment and close collaboration between industry parties have created high-value 5G patents and accelerated the development and industrialization process of 5G equipment. Chinese manufacturers have been in the first camp in the global 5G intelligent terminal field. 5G not only causes new hot spots in general-purpose consumer applications, but more importantly, the integration of 5G and thousands of industries will inject new momentum into industrial development, and hundreds of 5G innovative application scenarios have been formed in industries and fields such as industry, transportation, and medical care, which will become a new engine for the high-quality development of China's economy.
3. The country officially provides "number carrying network transfer" service
On November 27, 2019, the country officially provided the "number carrying network" service, pushing China's communication services to a new height. In just eight months, under the deployment of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the communications industry completed the construction and transformation of more than 1,800 systems, carried out more than 1.03 million network and internal network joint testing projects, and built a real-time interactive system of "number carrying and network transfer" in 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) across the country with a cumulative investment of over 3 billion yuan. It took the lead in achieving "hour-level" carrying efficiency. Local communication bureaus actively implement relevant policies, and accelerate the implementation of "number carrying network transfer" in various places by holding special meetings, introducing management rules and increasing supervision and inspection efforts. At the same time, the three major operators are also actively promoting the "number transfer network" landing.
4. The proportion of optical fiber and 4G in administrative villages exceeds 98%
As of August 1, 2019, the proportion of optical fiber and 4G network access in China's administrative villages both exceeded 98%, achieving the target of the national 13th Five-Year Plan ahead of schedule. As the main force of universal telecommunications services, China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom and other enterprises with a high sense of political responsibility, invested in the front line of network poverty alleviation, broadband coverage of administrative villages continued to improve, and on the basis of network services, the establishment of a support mechanism, the superior resources into a rope, to help the designated poverty alleviation counties to introduce industrial chain and social resources. We will select projects for poverty alleviation through industries. At the same time, poverty alleviation should be combined with moral and intellectual support, and poverty alleviation models should be innovated, focusing on long-term results, so as to make more contributions to narrowing the digital divide and bringing more benefits to the people.
5. "5G+ Industrial Internet" 512 Project Promotion Plan "was released
In November 2019, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the "5G+ Industrial Internet" 512 Project Promotion Plan ", which clarified the development goals of the "5G+ Industrial Internet" 512 project. By 2022, China will break through a number of 5G key technologies for the specific needs of the industrial Internet. Create a number of "5G + Industrial Internet" Intranet construction and transformation benchmarks and model projects, and form at least 20 typical industrial application scenarios.
The "Plan" proposes to rely on the industrial Internet innovation and development project to create 5G network transformation and promotion service platforms within five industrial Internet enterprises, build a network test environment to meet the needs of industrial enterprises to carry out 5G network application research and development verification, and provide smes with a "5G+ Industrial Internet" Intranet construction and transformation template. Based on the principle of "relatively common application, deep degree of integration, greater industrial impact, and upstream of the industrial chain", 10 key industries are selected to encourage the construction of "5G+ Industrial Internet" integration application pilot areas across the country, build a "5G+ Industrial Internet" park network, and lead the integration and innovation of 5G technology in vertical industries. Relying on the Industrial Internet innovation and development project and industrial Internet pilot demonstration, we will create a number of "5G+ Industrial Internet" Intranet construction and transformation benchmarks and model projects, promote the extension of 5G network deployment and application from the peripheral links of production to the internal links of production, and excavate and refine at least 20 typical industrial application scenarios that can be replicated and promoted.
6. The IPv6 infrastructure is fully ready
In April 2019, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology launched the "2019 IPv6 Network Readiness Special Action", which clearly considers the continuous improvement of IPv6 network and service performance as an important task, vigorously promotes the comprehensive improvement of IPv6 network quality, and lays a solid foundation for the smooth carrying of large-scale and diversified services by IPv6 networks. Up to now, China has completed the IPv6 transformation of all 13 Internet backbone direct connection points, continued to promote the expansion of IPv6 inter-network bandwidth, a total of 8.8T inter-network bandwidth, IPv6 network quality is basically similar to IPv4 network, IPv6 network service carrying capacity greatly improved.
7. The communications industry has entered a period of transition
In December 2019, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released the economic operation of the communications industry from January to November, and the cumulative revenue of China's telecommunications business completed 1203.9 billion yuan, an increase of only 0.5%. In particular, in the first three quarters of 2019, China's telecom business revenue showed negative year-on-year growth again, and the development of the industry entered a period of transformation. With the gradual saturation of mobile users, the peak growth rate of traffic consumption, and the continuous decline of traffic tariffs, the mobile Internet dividend is disappearing, and the mobile data and Internet business income is difficult to get rid of the downturn in the short term.
8. China Broadcasting and Television obtained 5G license to become the fourth largest basic operator
On June 6, 2019, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology officially issued 5G commercial licenses to four enterprises, and China Radio and Television became another enterprise to obtain 5G commercial licenses in addition to the three major basic telecommunications enterprises. On November 21, 2019, China Broadcasting and Television announced the official commercial 5G network in 2020, and used the 700MHz band and independent networking mode to build the network. Broadcasting and television's entry into the Bureau will help build an independent and reliable basic network for publicity, ideology and culture in the new era, and promote the common development of broadcasting and television networks and telecommunications networks.
9. China Telecom and China Unicom work together to promote 5G co-construction and sharing
On September 9, 2019, China Telecom and China Unicom reached consensus on 5G network co-construction and sharing, and signed the 5G Network Co-construction and Sharing Framework Cooperation Agreement. The two sides will cooperate to build a 5G access network across the country, delineate regions and build sub-regions. 5G network construction and sharing adopt the access network sharing method, 5G core network, service carrier network and each business platform are built separately, 5G frequency resources are shared, forming a "physical network, logical two networks", each has an end-to-end controllable complete 5G network. The two sides will jointly ensure the unification of network planning, construction, maintenance and service standards in the 5G co-built and shared area to ensure the same level of service. Both brands and business operations remain independent, users do not need to change the card number, adhere to the "three unchanged" principle, that is, the user ownership is unchanged, the service interface is unchanged, and the business perception is unchanged.
10. 5G terminals are accelerating maturity
In the first year of 5G commercial use, 5G mobile phones are accelerating maturity. Data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology show that from January to November 2019, the cumulative shipment of 5G mobile phones was 8.355 million units. The choice of 5G mobile phones has become increasingly rich, only in November 2019, the number of new 5G mobile phones on the market reached 24, the function of 5G mobile phones has been very perfect, and the 5G mobile phones supporting the two networking modes of NSA/SA are increasing, and the 5G mobile phones using the black technology of folding screen has won the favor of users; The price of 5G mobile phones is also accelerating, and 5G mobile phones priced below 2000 yuan are already on the market.
