4G network covering urban and rural areas in 2017

4G network covering urban and rural areas in 2017

The General Office of The State Council recently issued the Guiding Opinions on accelerating the construction of high-speed broadband networks and accelerating fee reduction. In the next three years, China will accelerate the construction of the all-optical fiber network city and the Fourth Generation Mobile Communication (4G) network. The total investment in network construction will exceed 1.1 trillion yuan, greatly increasing the network speed, effectively reduces network fees.

The opinion clearly states that to accelerate the construction of the Full-fiber network city and the Fourth Generation Mobile Communication (4G) network, the cumulative investment in network construction in the next three years shall not be less than 1.1 trillion yuan. In 430 billion, the network construction investment was over 700 billion yuan, and the cumulative investment in was not less than yuan. In 2015, the fiber optic transformation of 45 thousand copper cable access residential areas was completed, with more than 80 million fiber-to-household households created; 14 thousand administrative village broadband connections were added, and fiber-to-village construction was implemented in 10 thousand administrative villages; more than 1.3 million 4G base stations are built to achieve in-depth network coverage in villages and towns and above, with more than 0.3 billion 4G users.

According to the comments, by the end of 2015, more than 50% of the country's urban districts and cities will achieve full-fiber network coverage; the average access rate of broadband users in major cities such as municipalities and provincial capitals will reach 20 Mbps; more than 95% of administrative villages use fixed or mobile broadband. By the end of, Mbps optical fiber access was available for all districts and cities in China and most households in non-district cities. The average access rate of broadband users in major cities, such as municipalities and provincial capitals, had exceeded 30 Mbps, basically reached the average level of developed countries in 2015; more than 80% of administrative villages were fiber-to-village; 4G networks fully covered cities and rural areas, and the mobile broadband Population penetration rate was close to that of moderately developed countries.

In response to consumer concerns regarding the reduction of network fees, the comments clearly encourage telecom enterprises to speed up broadband and reduce prices free of charge in cities with significantly higher network fees, the access rate of copper cable users below 4 Mbps with network conditions is increased to 4 Mbps to 8 mbps for free, and the Access Fee of Mbps optical fiber access is lowered. It guides and promotes Telecom enterprises to reduce traffic fees and improve cost-effectiveness through preferential targeted traffic and free-time traffic. Telecom companies are encouraged to provide services such as non-zero traffic, transfer of traffic, and plan matching to instruct telecom enterprises to improve the traffic reminder service.

In addition, the "Opinions" also propose to give full play to the innovative vitality of private capital and promote the formation of a market pattern in which multiple subjects compete, complement each other, and develop together, through orderly competition, we will continue to promote the improvement of broadband service quality and lower the cost level. Among them, more than 2015 pilot enterprises will be available for broadband access services by the end of 100, driving private capital investment to exceed 10 billion yuan, and the number of pilot cities increased from 16 to more than 30, in 2017, the pilot cities were expanded to various regions throughout the country.