On the occasion of May 17 telecom day, Shanghai Mobile announced new progress in the commercialization of 5G communications and 'speed increase and decrease of fees'.
At present, Shanghai Mobile has taken a critical step in commercial trials of 5G. The Xinhua reporter learned that this year China Mobile has added two new 5G base stations in Shanghai that use the new air interface standards, which are located in the North Bund and Qingpu respectively.
'Our goal is to be able to build more than one hundred 5G base stations in Shanghai in 2018.' Yan Wei, general manager of Shanghai Mobile's Plan Development Department, told the media during the 2018 World Telecommunication Day event.
Yan Yan said that currently China Mobile has built a 5G open laboratory in Shanghai, aiming to explore 5G commercial application scenarios and models together with industry partners. 'At present our partners are doing more drones, testing unmanned. The results of the real-time image backhaul have already achieved results. In the future, further attempts will be made to implement UAV security and drone logistics experiments.
It is reported that at the end of April this year, China Mobile completed 5G coverage at the North Bund in Shanghai. It successfully achieved 360-degree shooting of the Bund's panoramic 4K high-definition video and transmitted data over a 5G network. The remote VR helmet can be viewed in real time after connecting to a 5G terminal. Panorama of North Bund.
According to China Mobile’s previously estimated time, large-scale commercial use of 5G will be implemented around 2020. Yan Wei said that the coverage of 5G base stations in China Mobile can already be used to test large bandwidth services brought by 5G networks, such as experiencing VR, AR. , Fast transmission of 3D holographic images, etc.
As for when ordinary consumers can experience the convenience brought by 5G, Yan Yan said that this mainly depends on the speed of development of 5G terminals. '5G networks are still based on display, and ordinary consumers still need to wait because ordinary terminals. The development of the network will be delayed by more than half a year than the construction of the Internet.
According to reports, Shanghai Mobile will continue to expand the construction of the 5G trial network, in conjunction with the World Mobile Conference in June this year, the artificial intelligence conference in September, and the first China Import Expo in November. Business leading pilot and exploration.
'At the fastest time in the World Mobile Conference in June, we will be able to see the display of our latest 5G applications, including demonstrations that can support more advanced automatic driving technology.' Yan Yan told reporters present.
In terms of speed increase and fee reduction, the data provided by Shanghai Mobile shows that from 2010 to 2017, under the premise of an exponential growth in the monthly traffic usage of users, the overall tariff of Shanghai users has dropped by 85%. Currently, Shanghai Mobile users It has exceeded 25 million, and Shanghai Mobile upgraded its 'Speed Up and Fee Reduction' initiative. It released unlimited traffic and then upgraded, including the launch of the Globalpass Unlimited Program, starting at RMB 288 per month, and achieving traffic in 31 provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities and Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan in Mainland China. Not limited to quantity, international traffic is unlimited for 7 to 14 days per month, domestic SMS is unlimited, domestic calls are available from 1200 minutes.
In terms of broadband, Shanghai Mobile also launched a Giga Crowdfunding plan: If consumers have Gigabit broadband access requirements, they can submit a crowdfunding application online. The community with the highest crowdfunding popularity will give priority to Gigabit Aurora Broadband transformation. The personalized broadband demand of the elderly “two-headed”, innovative introduction of daily-rent broadband 100Mbps, open to older customers over the age of 55, 1 yuan per day, do not have to spend money. At the same time presented 'smart housekeeping' high-definition camera, high-definition camera Cloud storage service, 'Magic Baihe' TV service, the first reduction of fixed monthly fees and long distance charges.