On the 6th, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued 5G commercial licenses to China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom and China Radio and Television. In 2019, China officially entered the first year of 5G commercial use.

On May 5, 2016, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the “Basic Telecommunications Business Operation Permit” to China Radio and Television Network Co., Ltd., and approved China Radio and Television Network Co., Ltd. to operate the Internet domestic data transmission service and domestic communication facilities service business nationwide. This means that China Radio and Television has become the fourth largest telecommunications operator after China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom.

5G is really coming, and netizens are talking about it. “If you just bought a mobile phone, do you still need to change your mobile phone?” “Is the tariff cheaper?” “How much is the 5G mobile phone?”

What is a 5G license?

Like car owners who need to obtain a driver's license to drive on the road, telecom operators must first have a 5G commercial license and operate in order to launch a 5G service.

Yang Lan, secretary general of the China TD Industry Alliance, explained that when a country issues a 5G license, the industry will invest in the country's market to meet its market demand, develop products for it, form an industrial advantage, and then form a commercial application advantage. Therefore, all countries hope to gather industrial resources through the issuance of licenses.

Which cities can take the lead in using 5G?

Since the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology approved the license for the 5G test frequency at the end of last year, the three major domestic telecom operators have begun to work hard on 5G construction.

It is understood that China Unicom has started to build 5G networks in 40 cities, especially in the 5G urban areas in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Nanjing, Hangzhou and Xiong'an.

In China Mobile, it launched 5G scale trials in 17 cities, including scale trials in five cities including Hangzhou, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Suzhou and Wuhan, as well as demonstration applications in 12 cities including Beijing, Chengdu and Shenzhen.

China Telecom also said that it has launched 5G trials in eight cities including Beijing.

In addition to operators, the radio and television system also received a valuable 5G license to participate in 5G.

Need to change your phone?

If you want to use 5G network, you definitely need to change 5G mobile phone, which is beyond doubt. Fortunately, a batch of 5G terminals will be able to meet users immediately, such as Huawei Mate 20 X 5G version, Samsung S10 5G version, Xiaomi Mix 3 5G version, OPPO Reno 5G version, vivo NEX 5G version, ZTE Tianxing AXON 10 and so on.

However, at present, these mobile phones are expensive, and tens of thousands of yuan are basically 'standard.'

Independent telecommunications analyst Fu Liang advises users, don't worry about it, often go to the operator's business hall to understand the progress, after March next year, 5G mobile phone price is about 6,000 yuan; next year's fourth quarter, the price is about 2,000 yuan, and Now most of the performance of 10,000 mobile phones.

The good news is that users need to change cards when 3G transitions to 4G. According to the news released by the three major operators, users can experience 5G high-speed Internet access and voice services without changing cards or changing numbers, saving a lot of trouble.

Will 4G mobile phones be eliminated?

'I just bought a new mobile phone. You can tell me this now.' Some netizens have questions. 'Does this mean that my 4G mobile phone has to be eliminated?'

In fact, it can't be eliminated, just like the 2G users still have a lot of 2G users, they are still using 2G mobile phones.

Therefore, users who are not anxious to experience 5G networks can continue to use the current 4G mobile phones, and the three major operators can still provide good 4G network support. Moreover, the current 4G network speed is also very fast, and in the case that applications such as 5G high-definition video are not popular, the 4G network can also meet the daily needs of users.

5G tariff is not expensive?

In 2013, when 4G was first launched, netizens had a section of “Do not turn off 4G overnight, and the house belongs to telecom operators”. When the 5G is coming, will the traffic rate be very expensive?

Communication industry expert Xiang Ligang said in an interview that the traffic price is measured according to the technical level of the base station. With the advancement of technology, 'At 5G, the price of 1G traffic may be 1 yuan or 5 cents.'

It should be noted that in the 4G era, users use traffic from MB to GB era. In the 5G era, users will use more and more traffic. The specific cost depends on the user usage traffic and carrier package pricing, but one The trend is that the unit price of traffic will become cheaper and cheaper.

5G brings business opportunities, how to earn money?

Regarding the business model of the 5G era, Yang Guang, general manager of the Industry and Business Cooperation Department of China Mobile Communications Research Institute, has such a picture.

The first is the traditional to C mode, which means buying traffic online. The business model of this 4G era will certainly not disappear.

The second category is the to B model, which uses 5G technology to provide customized services for the energy, medical, and education industries. For example, it provides a dedicated connection for information transmission and information collection in the energy industry. This is a customized service, and the quality and safety of information transmission and collection can be guaranteed.

This may adopt a new business model, not charging by traffic, but charging according to the value of the service, such as how much money is charged for a custom service, and how much to charge for a custom service.

The third category is to B plus to C. For example, the network UAV, 5G can be used in the civil drone industry to form 5G network drone services and products, and ultimately provide services for the majority of individual users. For example, networked drones, driverless, telemedicine, etc. used in the logistics industry.

5G, come on!

(Source: CCTV News, Xinhuanet Thinker, China News Network, People's Post and Telecommunication, etc.)