Although the 5G era is coming, it still takes time for the application to land

This article comes from Economic Reference

       After the issuance of 5G licenses on June 6th, China's 5G layout has significantly accelerated. Industry experts said that after the 5G commercial license was issued, its track was officially opened. As the core driver of the new generation of communication technology, 5G technology innovation and development will build the infrastructure of the Internet of Everything, further promote the deep integration of the Internet, big data, artificial intelligence, etc. with the economy and society, change people's production and lifestyle, and promote all walks of life. profound change. But at the same time, it should be recognized that the capabilities that 5G can provide at present are only the tip of the iceberg, and it will take a long time for the real 5G large-scale scene development or application to arrive.

5G layout significantly accelerates

     At the 2019 World 5G Conference held earlier, State Councilor Wang Yong said that China's economy is in a critical period of accelerating the transformation of its development mode, optimizing its economic structure, and transforming its growth drivers. 5G integrates big data, artificial intelligence and other new-generation network information technologies, providing a rare opportunity for China's economic transformation and development, and a strong driving force for expanding new space for economic development.

    Wang Yong pointed out that it is necessary to accelerate network deployment and build a new type of infrastructure that is deeply integrated with 5G and artificial intelligence, industrial Internet, and the Internet of Things. It is necessary to strengthen technological research and development, accelerate technological upgrading, and promote overall breakthroughs in the industrial chain. It is necessary to deepen converged applications, get through the key links of 5G applications, support 5G to try first in key areas, and promote the development of the digital economy. It is necessary to strengthen security guarantees, strengthen information infrastructure network security protection, and information security laws, regulations, systems, and standards. We must adhere to open cooperation, encourage Chinese and foreign companies to participate together, achieve mutual benefit, win-win development and common development, and build a good development ecosystem for the global 5G industry.

     Minister of Industry and Information Technology Miao Wei said that in addition to satisfying the communication connection between people, 5G construction can also meet the industrial Internet, Internet of Vehicles, and the connection between things. 5G applications in industrial development, public services, social governance and other fields. According to Miao Wei, 113,000 5G base stations have been built nationwide, and it is expected to reach 130,000 by the end of this year. 5G package subscribers reached 870,000, and 5G development momentum is good. Among them, China Mobile has opened nearly 50,000 5G base stations and officially provided 5G commercial services in 50 cities. Next year, 5G commercialization will be implemented in more than 340 cities.

   Relevant officials in Beijing said that Beijing actively promotes the construction of 5G infrastructure and application scenarios, improves the coverage of 5G networks, deepens the demonstration application of 5G technology in major activities, major projects and key areas, and drives 5G technology into various fields. "We will vigorously promote open cooperation in 5G, deepen international cooperation in standards development, technology research and development, industrial collaboration, and digital governance, encourage domestic and foreign companies to participate in Beijing 5G network construction and application development, and allow the world to share technology, markets, and development opportunities . "

Corporate scramble for chain cake

    Relevant companies upstream and downstream in the 5G industry chain are also actively making arrangements to improve their investment and construction in the 5G industry chain. A person in charge of China Mobile said that China Mobile has built a new 5G terminal ecosystem with nearly a hundred companies. In the field of Internet of Things, China Mobile Internet of Things Alliance has gathered more than 900 members, covering 26 industry sectors and 8 major industry chains; China Mobile's Migu Company has joined hands with partners to establish in multimedia, animation, video, games and other fields The seven major alliances; in the field of smart medical care, expand 5G telemedicine, in-hospital medical treatment, hospital services, hospital management, emergency rescue five application areas, and more than 20 hospitals in more than 20 provinces to actively carry out 5G medical exploration and practice.

    Tong Jilu, chairman of China Tower, pointed out that at present, China Tower has built 110,000 5G base stations across the country, and the number of sites used by three telecommunications companies has doubled. Among them, 97% was realized by using existing site resources to transform, and the share rate of newly-built towers reached 80%, which greatly reduced costs. Among them, Beijing has built 12,000 5G base stations.

The market is still in its infancy

    "For 5G applications, we don't have to worry too much." Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Ji Hexun said that at present there is no representative application in the 5G industry, which is closely related to the fact that 5G networks do not have a certain scale. "3G came out in 2001, but smart phones only came out in 2007, and 3G only had smart phones; WeChat came out in 2011, and we have WeChat with 3G network foundation. Now 5G has just come out, and future 5G applications are not necessarily developed by the communications industry, but are likely to be developed by the general public. "

     Yi Zhiling, chief scientist of China Mobile Research Institute, also said that it is still at the starting point of early 5G, and it is difficult to be in place in a short time. Although the deployment of 5G standards in our country is much faster than the previous several technical standard innovations, and all are ahead of the global deployment time, from the perspective of 4G development, it took about 3, 4 to set up the 4G standard and start deployment. About 5 years, and the real large-scale application is after 4 or 5 years. Therefore, the mature application of 5G also takes a long time.

    "The future development potential of 5G still needs to be tapped." Yi Zhiling admitted that no one knows how much energy 5G will bring us now. For example, immersive experience education using cloud AR, cloud VR, or XR benefits from the large bandwidth and low latency of 5G, and immersive education is undoubtedly better than the flat effect of books. Such a platform will help schools in remote mountainous areas share resources. At present, relevant small-scale pilot work is already underway. It is hoped that such platforms can be preferentially applied in the 5G era.

    Yi Zhiling said that the capabilities that 5G can provide now are just the tip of the iceberg when 5G provides overall capabilities. She believes that the current 5G market space is only 20% to 30%. The possibility that 5G can provide us in the future, whether it is aimed at consumers or vertical industries, it takes time to sort out and accumulate experience. Ding Yukuan, general manager of JD.com ’s supply chain and product planning department, also said that 5G will not only be a basic communication bearer network, but will be added to various industries on a wider and faster track. During the World 5G Conference, JD.com and the conference organizers jointly held a 5G application design unveiling contest. The various projects in the final involved industries, consumer products, and other applications. In addition to the currently foreseeable consumer goods applications such as smart homes, unmanned cars, medical, power, education and other industries, as well as industrial control systems, ports, subways and other projects, all show the broad application scenarios of 5G in the future. "But the implementation of these projects takes time. It can not be applied immediately and on a large scale. These projects are now incubated and can be widely applied in two or three years.