5G messaging reaches a new level, and the commercialization process is expected to accelerate

With the advancement of technology, the commercial use of 5G messages has opened up a new situation. For operators, 5G message trial commercial use is gradually being launched and will be gradually implemented. The promotion of terminals and the construction of application ecology are accelerating, and leading companies in the industry chain are also making early arrangements.

In order to accelerate the development of the 5G messaging industry, the 5G messaging joint laboratory established by China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, China Communications Enterprise Association, China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom, ZTE, Huawei and other seven units was officially unveiled. The laboratory maintains the principles of openness, neutrality and win-win. The laboratory will study the evaluation plan of 5G messaging products, carry out evaluation work based on the evaluation plan, and jointly formulate and promote relevant specifications with other partners in the industry.

At the "2021 China Value-added Telecommunications and Virtual Operator Summit - 5G Message Summit" held recently, Miao Jianhua, President of the China Communications Enterprise Association, said that 5G messages are expected to become the first batch of 5G applications for public users.

China Mobile

5G messaging private network successfully completed innovative pilot

Although China Mobile has not yet announced a timetable for the commercialization of 5G messages, it quietly announced on December 31, 2021 that the 5G message private network had successfully completed an innovative pilot.

It is reported that China Mobile's 5G message private network has now completed two specific industry customer-type private network prototypes: the LeFeng Hotel private network and the South China Agricultural University campus private network.

In addition, a learning-oriented private network for teenagers and children has been created, aiming to create a closed network space that schools and parents can rest assured about. It currently brings together learning-oriented private network applications such as Tencent Kaixinshu and Youdao Premium Courses, and explores application scenarios for platform-based private networks for the industry.

Today, China Mobile's 5G private messaging network can easily customize private networks for customers in any industry, making private network activation as convenient as service activation. Users can sign up for one private network, multiple private networks, or both a private network and a large network to meet ToB ToC needs.

At the "2021 China Mobile Global Partner Conference", China Mobile released three innovative products: Super SIM Card, Mobile Authentication 2.0 and SMS Mini Program 2.0 to break through the coverage bottleneck encountered in the development of 5G messages.

Among them, in order to solve the problem of limited coverage of 5G message terminals, China Mobile launched the "SMS Mini Program" service. Users of non-5G message terminals can achieve the same experience as 5G message terminals through "one more step", indirectly achieving full coverage of terminals. Now the release of SMS Mini Program 2.0 can serve as a supplementary solution for 5G messages to achieve full coverage of terminals.

China Telecom

Commercial use in January

At the "2021 China Value-added Telecommunications and Virtual Operator Summit Forum - Technology Innovation Conference under the Trend of 5G Converged Communications" held recently, China Telecom revealed that it plans to promote the commercial use of 5G messages in January and is currently in the process of formulating a plan.

January is already halfway through, and I wonder whether China Telecom can successfully launch the commercial service.

China Unicom

Commercial trial has started

In November last year, China Unicom launched trial commercial use.

At the 2021 China Unicom Partner Conference, China Unicom announced the formal establishment of the 5G Message Ecological Alliance. At the same time, it also released China Unicom's 5G message "Smart Message Sailing" strategic cooperation five plans: 5G message terminal development plan, 5G message application promotion plan, 5G message user experience plan, 5G message green governance plan, 5G message ecological empowerment plan, and launched the 5G message Winter Olympics application.

China Unicom stated that 5G messaging is a key project in the company's large-scale application strategy. China Unicom has included 5G messaging in the company's key investment areas, and the planned investment amount may exceed 1 billion yuan.

5G messaging empowers the digital transformation of the industry, which is an important historical mission of 5G messaging as a new type of telecommunications service. It is also the best way for vertical industries to achieve 5G integration at low cost and high speed. The formulation of industry standardization will be the focus of work in 2022. It is planned to launch industry white papers such as "5G Message Service Display Specification", "Dual-SIM 5G Message Terminal Technical Specification", "5G Message Terminal and Network Compatibility Test Specification" and "Chatbot Name Specification" in May 2022.

The development of 5G messages is the development of an ecosystem rather than a channel. Manufacturers and partners should work together to build and share, and jointly create a 5G message ecosystem. Through the coverage of 5G message industry customers, the development of the industrial ecosystem will be promoted, and efforts will be made to contribute to promoting full coverage of the 5G message application industry.