The list of China's first 5G commercial cities has been announced

 Release time：2019-06-18     Times of browsing：1243 second

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China's ministry of industry and information technology has issued 5G licenses to China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom and China radio and television company .This means that the four operators will be able to formally build 5G networks.

China telecom, China mobile and China unicom will each cover their networks in at least 40 cities this year, and roll out 5G services in some cities.

China Mobile and China Unicom have chosen the same 40 cities. China Telecom has not disclosed the complete list of 40 cities, but Yingtan and Qionghai are the first 5G cities that are unique to telecom.

China mobile: 5G service by the end of September this year

China mobile said that after 5G business permission, China mobile will speed up 5G network deployment and create the best products in the world's largest 5G network, vigorously promote "5G +" project, before the end of September this year in more than 40 cities provide 5G service, customers "don't change card" "don't change, can open the 5G service, follow-up will continue to expand the scope of service, let customers, fast and convenient to use 5G, 5G enjoy benefits brought by new technology.

In terms of terminals, China mobile has launched the "China mobile 5G terminal pioneer plan", and the united industry has launched more than 10 5G mobile phones and data terminals, which are expected to exceed 30 within this year, and gradually drive down the price of terminals.

China unicom: 5G demonstration and experience hall has been launched in 40 cities

China unicom said it would continue to expand the range and number of friendly experience users, depending on network construction and terminal supply.5G demonstration and experience halls have been launched in 40 cities.

China telecom: launch 5G package in due course

China telecom has carried out 5G scale test and application demonstration in 17 cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Xiongan, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Wuhan, Chengdu, Fuzhou, Lanzhou, Qionghai, Nanjing, Haikou, Yingtan and Ningbo. On this basis, it will be rapidly expanded to 40 cities.

Are you ready for 5G?

1. With 5G, need to change the mobile phone?

If you want to use 5G networks, you need to switch to 5G phones, no doubt about it.Fortunately, a batch of 5G terminals will be able to meet users immediately. However, the current price of these phones is not cheap, and tens of thousands of yuan is basically "standard".

The expert suggests a user, do not worry about start, can often go to operator business hall to understand progress.5G phones will sell for about 6,000 yuan after march.It will sell for about 2,000 yuan in the fourth quarter of next year, with most of the current 10,000 yuan features.

According to China mobile's forecast, 5G phones will cost more than 8,000 yuan in the pre-commercial phase of 2019.By 2020, the scale of commercial phase, 5G mobile phone prices may be reduced to thousands of yuan.

2. China mobile: do not change the card does not change the number, can open 5G

One piece of good news is that unlike 3G users who need to change their SIM CARDS during the transition to 4G, users will be able to experience 5G high-speed Internet access and voice services without changing their SIM CARDS or Numbers, which will save a lot of trouble, according to previous announcements by the three operators.

Yang jie, chairman of China mobile, said that 5G services will be provided in more than 40 cities by the end of September this year, and customers can start 5G services without changing their SIM CARDS or Numbers. The service scope will continue to expand in the future, so that customers can use 5G services conveniently and quickly and enjoy the benefits brought by 5G new technology.

3. Will 4G mobile phone be eliminated?

Does this mean 4G phones are dying out?

In fact, it can't be called obsolete, just as there are still a large number of 2G users in the 4G era, who still use 2G phones.

So users in no hurry to experience 5G network can continue to use the current 4G mobile phone, and the three major operators can still provide good 4G network support.In addition, the current 4G network speed is also very fast, in the case that 5G hd video and other applications are not popular, 4G network can also meet the daily needs of users.

4. Is 5G expensive?

According to incomplete statistics of interface data, the current global cost of 5G commercial package is basically more than 300 yuan per month.

Global 5G commercial package charges

Xiang said in an interview：In 5G, the price of a gigabyte of traffic may be 1 yuan or 50 cents in China
 
Telecom operator Countries Package Content Cost
AT&T The United States 15G Date Flow/Month 70 USD/Month
1 hot spot 500 USD
Verizon The United States Fixed wireless 50 USD/Month
（The first three months are free）
Other users 70 USD/Month
SK Telecom South Korea 8G Date Flow/Month 55000 KRW/Month
KT South Korea 8G Date Flow/Month 55000 KRW/Month
LG U+ South Korea 9G Date Flow/Month 55000 KRW/Month
Optus Australia Fixed wireless
（unlimited）		 70 USD/Month
Elisa Finland Unlimited 50 EUR/Month

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