Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Goal to achieve 4G coverage in national administrative villages by more than 98% by 2020

In order to further narrow the urban-rural digital divide, speed up the construction of a strong network, and promote rural development and border development, the General Office of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the General Office of the Ministry of Finance issued the "Guideline for the 2018 Annual Report on the Application of Telecom Universal Service Pilot Project" (hereinafter referred to as the "Guide"). In order to speed up 4G network coverage in remote and border areas, we will achieve 4G coverage in administrative villages by 2020 (4G coverage in administrative villages refers to 4G base stations within 5 km of the village committee of the village, or village committees, schools, and clinics And in any 20 or more population-populated areas, there are 4G signals) over 98%. In 2018, about 20,000 4G base stations are supported.

In terms of reporting conditions, the “Guide” stated that there are no 4G base stations in the administrative villages, more than 20 border settlement areas within 0-3 km of the border, no 4G network coverage in schools, health clinics, ports, post offices and surrounding roads, and no The perennially active islands/reefs of 4G base stations can report. The application of broadband network should take full account of the pilot, basic and strategic role.

The “Guide” pointed out that after the implementation of the enterprise's determination, the pilot municipal government signed an agreement with the company, and reported to the provincial (district, city) communications bureau, the Department of Finance (Bureau) for the record according to the support policy promised in the implementation plan. , City) Communications Administration Bureau, Finance Bureau (Bureau) and pilot implementation companies sign contracts and report to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology for the record. After the signing of the contract, the provincial (district, city) finance bureaus (bureaus) shall timely allocate funds to enterprises according to relevant regulations. Financial subsidy funds.

In addition, all parties shall strengthen collaboration in accordance with the contract and agreement to ensure that the pilot mission is completed in accordance with the high quality of the time node. The basic telecommunication enterprise group company shall make overall arrangements for the capital budget and timely guarantee the capital investment. The implementation enterprise shall comply with the requirements for the co-construction and sharing of the telecommunication infrastructure. To carry out construction, encourage open sharing to other companies through different modes such as roaming.

The pilot task shall be completed within one year after the signing of the contract. If it cannot be completed on time due to natural conditions and other factors, an application for extension shall be submitted to the provincial (District, City) Communications Administration Bureau three months before the expiration of the contract. Pilot Municipal Government Organize the county government to carry out the preliminary inspection of the project, and the provincial (district, city) communications authority will conduct the final inspection together with the industry and information management department and the finance bureau (bureau).