How to unleash greater potential of new infrastructure

Recently, several domestic mobile communication operators jointly released the "5G Message White Paper", proposing a new concept for 5G message services, which will upgrade traditional SMS services - SMS messages will no longer have length restrictions and can effectively integrate text, pictures, audio, video, location and other information. Once the 5G message service becomes a mandatory function for 5G terminals, users can conveniently use this service after purchasing a new 5G mobile phone.

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As an important part of new infrastructure construction, 5G construction can be seen as the leader of digital new infrastructure. The determination of mobile operators to develop 5G messaging services shows that the pace of 5G commercialization is accelerating, pushing China to become one of the first countries in the world to implement 5G commercial services. At present, the accelerated deployment of 5G base stations and the accelerated popularization of 5G applications on smartphones all indicate that the new infrastructure represented by 5G has begun to play a role. It can be said that the society is full of expectations for the commercial use of 5G.

The meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held not long ago emphasized that "the construction of new infrastructure such as 5G networks and data centers should be accelerated". This means that the new infrastructure will be more deeply and widely integrated into practice, and it also requires industry applications to keep up with the pace of the acceleration of the new infrastructure. my country's 5G network has long entered the actual construction stage from concepts and planning. Against the backdrop of the acceleration of new infrastructure, 5G development is leading the way. Although there is a large choice of 5G mobile phones on the market and the price-performance ratio is gradually improving, compared with 4G, 5G's industrial-grade applications and consumer-grade services are still not rich enough. The 5G messaging service has not only formed a good start, but also stimulated higher social expectations: with the continuous laying of 5G networks and the construction of capability platforms, more and more commercial applications with good experience and market value will emerge.

While the pace of new infrastructure construction is accelerating, we should also focus on the construction of industrial ecology. Take 5G as an example. A 5G network connects the upstream and downstream industrial chains from communication equipment manufacturers, communication operators, Internet service providers, to entities in various industries. It can support a huge new generation of information industry and can also penetrate into other fields, forming a strong spillover effect and traction effect. Only when all parties in the industrial chain work together to find the excellent fit between technology and business can a good 5G industrial ecosystem be established, and 5G can truly help digitalization, networking, and intelligent transformation, meet consumer needs and the needs of economic transformation and upgrading, and thus create greater comprehensive benefits and social value.

In the context of coordinating the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic and economic and social development, the huge potential of new infrastructure is even more precious. During the epidemic prevention and control period, digital technologies such as cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and big data have played a positive role in various fields such as medical services, scientific research, and online education. The consumption habits cultivated in this process will continue, forming a strong demand for new infrastructure. It can be said that strengthening new infrastructure represented by 5G can hedge the impact of the epidemic in the short term, help stabilize the economy and growth under the normal conditions of epidemic prevention and control, and meet the needs of the digital economy; in the long run, every major infrastructure construction in history will help industrial development, and new infrastructure will also stimulate more new demands, create more new formats, promote China's economic transformation and upgrading, and help high-quality economic development.

The new development opportunities brought by industrial digitalization and digital industrialization should not be missed. By accelerating the construction of new infrastructure such as 5G networks and data centers, giving full play to their enabling role, and stimulating more new technologies, new applications, and new business forms, we can firmly grasp opportunities, enhance the ability to effectively resolve challenges, and create greater development space and a better future.