Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: The number of 5G terminal connections this year has exceeded 200 million

Wen Ku, spokesman for the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said today that the number of 5G users has grown very fast this year, and the number of 5G terminal connections has exceeded 200 million. In the next step, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will work with relevant departments to further optimize the layout of data center construction, improve the level of application development, and gradually improve the types of applications, cloud service capabilities, application depth and software richness, so as to strongly support the needs of 5G and the digital development of various industries.

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Wen Ku pointed out that it is necessary to strengthen technological innovation, continue to promote 5G technology research and development experiments, accelerate the maturity of technical products such as network slicing, edge computing, chip modules, and instrumentation, enhance the basic support capabilities of the industry, increase the intensity of millimeter wave experiments, and promote the maturity of millimeter wave products. Accelerate the mature application of the R16 standard, and at the same time promote the continuous evolution of the subsequent R17 and R18 standards. In addition, we must look to the future, carry out 6G vision research, and promote the sustainable development of the mobile communications industry.