In the afternoon of March 6th, China Mobile today announced the announcement of the centralized procurement of the main equipment for the second phase of the 5G wireless network in 2020, involving 28 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities. According to C114 statistics, the total demand is 232,143 stations. The announcement shows that the project uses share bidding, and the number of successful bidders ranges from 2-4.
At the end of February, Yang Jie, chairman of China Mobile, said during the 5G test site survey of the Mobile Research Lab that 5G is an important part of the national strategy and is of great significance for China to achieve high-quality economic development. The requirements of steadily advancing the construction of 5G communication networks, insisting on the development of 5G construction as a major political task, grasping the details, grasping the key time nodes, grasping the progress of 5G independent networking testing, and gradually returning all aspects of work to normal completion 5G network construction so that the goal of 5G construction remains the same, and the pace of development continues.
It is reported that China Mobile has fully completed the construction of the first phase of 5G and has achieved 5G commercialization in 50 cities. The start of the second phase of 5G engineering equipment collection is aimed at ensuring that the number of 5G base stations will reach 300,000 by the end of 2020, and ensure that 5G commercial services will be provided in all cities at and above the national level in 2020.