MIIT: 4G and 5G will coexist for a long time, and 5G will not be built to dismantle 4G or limit speed

On August 22, Wen Ku, Director of the Communications Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said in an interview that the coordinated development of 4G and 5G will be promoted. At present, the construction and development of 5G networks has just started, and it will take several years to build a 5G network covering the whole country. As an important component of the mobile communication network, 4G will coexist with the 5G network for a long time. There is no need to dismantle 4G or limit the 4G rate after building 5G. While using the characteristics of 5G's high speed and large bandwidth to divert 4G network traffic, we are also continuing to do a good job in the operation and maintenance and transformation of 4G, taking a two-pronged approach to ensure user experience.

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Wen Ku said that this year's government work report proposed to promote the expansion and upgrading of mobile networks so that users can truly feel faster and more stable network speeds. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology resolutely implements the national decision-making and deployment, and works with relevant departments and the industry to steadily advance various tasks to meet the people's growing and urgent needs for information and communication technology.

He said that the work of speeding up the network and reducing fees will continue. In May 2019, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission issued the Notice on Carrying out the 2019 Special Action to Deepen the Promotion of Broadband Network Speed-up and Fee Reduction and Support High-quality Economic Development, further improving 4G network coverage in traffic hotspots and areas with weak coverage such as subways, schools, hospitals, and large venues. Deepen the pilot of universal telecommunications services, support the construction of 4G base stations in rural and remote areas, and achieve 4G coverage of 98% of administrative villages across the country ahead of schedule. As of July 2019, the scale of 4G base stations in my country has exceeded 4.56 million, and the network scale ranks first in the world.