Beijing: 63,000 5G base stations will be put into operation by 2025

The Beijing Municipal Communications Administration recently released the "Beijing 14th Five-Year Plan for the Development of the Information and Communications Industry" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan"), which proposes that by the end of 2025, 63,000 5G base stations will be built and put into operation in the city, basically achieving continuous coverage of cities, county towns, townships, administrative villages and main roads.

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The plan shows that Beijing will vigorously promote the construction of new digital infrastructure such as 5G networks, broadband networks, communication networks, and mobile Internet of Things. In terms of 5G networks, it is planned to build and open 63,000 5G base stations in the city by the end of 2025, basically achieving continuous coverage of cities, county towns, townships, administrative villages and main roads.

First, improve the 5G coverage level of key scenarios, and give priority to achieving continuous 5G network coverage in key areas such as the central urban area, the city's sub-center, Yizhuang Economic and Technological Development Zone, Future Science City, and Huairou Science City. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, 25,000 5G base stations will be built, bringing the total to 63,000, and a high-quality, large-scale independent networking 5G network will be built. Second, optimize the networking architecture, reduce operation and maintenance costs, and vigorously promote the construction of C-RAN networking, achieving 90% of the full macro base station C-RAN deployment by the end of the 14th Five-Year Plan. Third, accelerate the construction of 5G industry virtual private networks in the fields of industrial Internet, Internet of Vehicles, etc. Actively introduce technologies such as network slicing and edge computing to further enhance the 5G network service capabilities and have large-scale end-to-end network slicing capabilities.

According to data released by the Beijing Municipal Communications Administration, as of the end of April 2021, Beijing has opened a total of 56,400 5G base stations, achieving full 5G network coverage of key functional areas such as the capital's functional core area, Beijing's sub-center, CBD, and the Olympic Center area.