The number of 5G package users far exceeds the number of 5G mobile phone users. Are you infected by 5G?

If we distinguish by telecommunications scale, there are only two countries in the world, one is China and the other is a foreign country. Thanks to the huge investment of the three major operators in recent years, plus the great breakthroughs made by Huawei and ZTE in 5G technology, my country has become the most developed country in the world in the field of "5G new infrastructure". Public data shows that the number of 5G base stations in my country accounts for about 70% of the world's total, and it is also the country with the largest number of 5G users in the world.

It is worth noting that although my country has the largest number of 5G users, some data makes people feel a little outrageous after seeing it!

5G user data released

Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released the "Economic Operation of the Communications Industry from January to April 2022". The report mentioned that the number of domestic 5G users reached 413 million, and the net increase in these four months was 57.71 million. Surprisingly, the three major operators, China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom, also announced the number of their own 5G package users, with a total of 870 million.

Careful netizens may have discovered such a problem. The number of 5G package users of the three major operators exceeds the number of 5G users counted by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. This strange data also means that many 5G package users are not real 5G users. Why does this happen? In fact, this has a lot to do with the package planning and "routines" of the three major operators.

Package planning and "routines" of the three major operators

First of all, there are fewer choices. The three major operators actually no longer support 2G/3G networks, and many mobile phones are also required to no longer support connections to 2G and 3G data cellular networks when they join the network. Not only that, the three major operators have also stopped supporting 4G networks, and in many areas, many business halls have also cancelled cost-effective 4G packages and launched more favorable 5G packages. Many consumers have no choice but to choose cost-effective 5G packages. In order to solve the problem of mobile Internet access for parents or students, they often apply for "secondary cards", which has greatly increased the number of users of 5G packages.

Secondly, 4G package 5G terminal. For many users, they may be able to afford a 5G mobile phone, but it is difficult to accept the price of 5G package of hundreds of yuan per month. However, each operator has assessment tasks, so we often receive calls from customer service for free 5G traffic services, and users who have used these 5G traffic services will also be counted as 5G package users. When the construction of 4G network is suspended and the network speed begins to decline, this 5G traffic service can indeed improve the user's network experience, but it is not a real 5G user.

In addition, in order to increase the penetration rate of 5G packages, operators have launched a series of "plans" for users. For example, the business hall "painted a big picture" for some elderly groups. 3G can only watch pictures, 4G can watch aunties dancing square dance, and 5G can dance square dance with aunties. In order to cope with the task, some operators force users to open 5G packages without the consent of users or in a misleading way. On the Black Cat Complaint Platform, we can see many such complaint cases. If the 5G network experience is excellent, consumers may be willing to spend more money, but in many cases, although we seem to be connected to the 5G network, the measured network may only have a bandwidth of tens of megabytes, which does not meet the true 5G standard at all.

Regarding the behaviors that "run counter to the interests of the masses" such as the forced promotion of 5G packages and the exaggeration of 5G packages, both the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the People's Daily have repeatedly exposed and called for rectification of such chaos. 5G technology itself serves the masses and makes our lives more convenient. Therefore, the number of 5G package users should not become a data for the three major operators to compete with each other. As much as possible, the user experience of users should be improved and the transparency of 5G packages should be improved, and the number of package users will naturally increase.

For consumers, applying for 5G packages should also be based on their own circumstances. For example, they can check the local network coverage through the operator's exclusive APP, understand the 5G network quality in the community through the owner group, and then decide whether to upgrade.

However, as the preferential strength of 5G packages continues to increase, and the 5G network and ecology continue to improve, the 5G network experience will become more and more outstanding, and upgrading to 5G is also the general trend! Have you been 5G?