Mobile phone companies plan to add about 600,000 5G base stations across China this year.
China is expected to complete the installation of a total of 2.9 million 5G base stations this year, local state news agency Xinhua News Agency The report cited Minister of Industry and Information Technology Jin Zhuang Long.
Chinese mobile phone operators plan to add about 600,000 5G base stations this year, expanding the reach of 5G services in rural areas and industrial parks, the person said. China currently has more than 2.34 million 5G base stations.
Jin also said that efforts will be made to promote the industrial application of 5G, especially in manufacturing, and there are plans to build more than 10,000 5G factories during the period 2021-2025.
Shenzhen, a technology hub in southern Guangdong province, aims to add 10,000 5G base stations this year as part of a plan to boost internet connectivity and digital economic activity in the city, according to recent reports. That’s what it means.
According to the report, the Shenzhen Municipal Government’s Industry and Information Technology Bureau recently announced an action plan that includes upgrading 5G mobile services and promoting widespread adoption of Gigabit Ethernet fiber optic networks.
The city had more than 64,000 5G base stations at the end of December, according to the latest official statistics.
According to recent reports, Shanghai, China’s main financial hub, also plans to deploy 10,000 more 5G base stations this year.
With this planned expansion, the total number of 5G base stations in Shanghai will reach 77,000 by the end of 2023. Meanwhile, the fiber optic network will cover 2,000 office buildings and all newly built smart factories, the Shanghai Communications Bureau said.
Additionally, 5G data traffic is expected to account for more than 60% of Shanghai’s total communications traffic by 2023.
According to the local administration, by the end of 2023, 5G applications will cover more than 30% of Shanghai’s education, medical, cultural and tourism industries, and more than 35% of large industrial enterprises.
Meanwhile, as of the end of July 2022, there are a total of 63,000 5G base stations in China’s capital, Beijing.
Chinese carriers recorded a net addition of 16.53 million 5G subscribers in January, according to the carrier’s latest available statistics.
China Mobile, the world’s largest carrier in terms of number of subscribers, added a total of 8.46 million 5G subscribers in the first month of this year. The company announced that it ended last month with 622.47 million 5G subscribers. China Mobile added a total of 227.2 million subscribers in its 5G segment during 2022.
Meanwhile, China Telecom added 5 million 5G subscribers last month, bringing its total 5G subscriber base to 273 million. During 2022, the carrier added a total of 80.16 million 5G subscribers.
Rival carrier China Unicom said it added a total of 3.07 million 5G subscribers during the last month. The company’s 5G subscriber count at the end of January was 215.8 million. China Unicom added more than 42 million subscribers in its 5G segment during 2022.
