Ministry of Industry and Information Technology： Strive to let users use 5G terminals to enjoy 5G applications as soon as possible

　　CCTV News:On January 29th, the State Council Press Office held a press conference on the development of industrial communication industry in 2018. When answering a reporter’s question, Wen Ku, director of the Information and Communication Development Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that 5G will become the infrastructure for building a new generation information network of the Internet of Everything, and will work together with the global industry to jointly promote the maturity of 5G chips and terminals.

　　Reporter: What kind of city will get a temporary 5G license? 5G has completed the third phase of testing. What is the estimated investment in 5G in 2019?

　　Wen Ku: The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology attaches great importance to promoting the development of 5G, encourages enterprises to actively participate in the international standardization of 5G, and promotes the formation of a global unified 5G standard. In terms of R&D promotion, China has a 5G propulsion group, namely IMT-2020(5G) propulsion group. Under the organization of this promotion group, technology research and development experiments were carried out, which accelerated the technological maturity of relevant R&D enterprises in various countries; At the same time, China also has a major project, in which R&D enterprises including foreign enterprises are invited to jointly participate in the research and development of 5G, carry out technical experiments and strengthen overall cooperation in this respect.

　　In the early stage, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released the plan of 5G frequency in time, creating a good environment for 5G development. Last week, the IMT-2020 Promotion Group reported the entire 5G test in 2018 to the media. Judging from the test, the current system equipment products have basically reached the pre-commercial level; Chips and terminals, the terminals that can be seen at present are still large boxes of cabinet terminals, which are used for performance testing, but the real commercial terminals have not yet been seen. As far as we know, terminal chip and terminal research and development, chip companies and terminal companies are in full swing.

　　Judging from the current progress, it should be expected that there will be better commercial terminals in the middle of this year. Unlike 4G, 5G will become the infrastructure for building a new generation information network of the Internet of Everything, and there will be many applications in this respect. Among them, the Internet of Vehicles is one of the important areas of 5G applications. The accelerated development of the Internet of Vehicles has also accumulated experience for the exploration of cross-industry and cross-domain integrated applications of 5G, providing a better and broader platform for the development of 5G.

　　Next, we will further implement the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference, continue to adhere to the concept of openness, cooperation and sharing, strengthen international cooperation, persist in opening to the outside world, and work together with the global industry to jointly promote the maturity of 5G chips and terminals, accelerate the construction process of 5G networks, increase the promotion of 5G applications, and strive to enable users to use 5G terminals as soon as possible and enjoy all kinds of 5G applications.