What will the 5G charges be like?

The 5G era is coming. With the issuance of licenses, the gradual construction of operator networks, and the launch of smart terminals, the question is, are the charges expensive?

Recently, Wang Jianzhou, former chairman of China Mobile, said that based on experience, the price of data traffic will drop with each upgrade from 2G to 3G and from 3G to 4G. The more advanced the technology, the lower the unit cost. It is predictable that the unit price will definitely drop after the transition from 4G to 5G, that is, the price of each G of traffic will definitely drop. This is certain.

According to online rumors, there is a 5G public beta package price list for China Mobile, with a monthly rental fee of 50 yuan, which includes 5TB of general traffic, 5TB of Tencent video directional traffic, and 5TB of iQiyi video directional traffic. Judging from this alone, it is much cheaper than 4G.

Let's take a look at the situation abroad. According to Korean media reports, South Korea's three mobile operators have basically determined the 5G package fee standards. Among them, the starting price of 5G services of the three companies is 55,000 won (about RMB 325).

In detail, the top 55,000 won 5G packages of SK Telecom (SKT) and KT include 8GB of data traffic, and LG U+ includes 9GB of traffic. However, when the package fee is upgraded to 75,000 won (about RMB 444), the data traffic provided by SKT and LG U+ will be greatly increased to 150GB, and the 95,000 won (about RMB 562) packages of these two operators provide 200GB and 250GB of data traffic respectively. Operator KT provides unlimited data services in packages above 80,000 won, but there are differences in roaming speeds.

Therefore, in the 5G era, the unit price of traffic charges will definitely be greatly reduced. However, we must also see that because the traffic speed of 5G will increase, many Internet applications will likely continue to increase consumption, and user usage will also increase. Therefore, even if the unit price continues to decline, users' traffic charges may increase.

In the ideal state of many people, the cheaper the data traffic fee is, the better, and the less money spent, the better. However, operators also have a certain tolerance. If trillions of dollars of investment cannot bring enough returns, then the entire 5G investment will slow down, and users will not be able to enjoy a good Internet experience. This is both a paradox and a win-win situation necessary for the healthy development of the industry.

We believe that the unit price of traffic should be significantly reduced, but it should also be complementary to the increase in traffic usage and be a gradual relaxation process.

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The use of 5G is not just about data traffic fees, but also about the Internet of Things, so it is worth considering this aspect. Previously, China Telecom and others have announced Internet of Things packages.

From the long-term trend, it is inevitable that charges will be reduced, and the system will become simpler. In particular, the complicated package model may disappear, and it is also possible to simply price in the same way as water, electricity and coal. However, because 5G networks involve too many fields, it is possible to creatively generate diverse charging models on different terminals.

To sum up, in the early stage of 5G, the user scale has not yet developed, and the cost is difficult to reduce. The charges may be relatively high, or similar to the current 4G. As 5G gradually becomes popular, the charges will gradually decrease, and we will all enjoy better information services.

About the author: Ma Jihua, public account: Northland Knight (Nknight), 2008 Sohu Excellent Blogger; 2009 Mobile Internet Influential Person; 2010 LBS Most Influential Blogger; 2010 Communications Industry Top Ten Bloggers; 2010 Communications Network Top Ten Figures; 2013 Internet Most Influential Self-media; 2015 Tencent Technology Most Influential Self-media; 2015 Communications Circle Self-media God; Sina Finance Opinion Celebrity, Baidu Top Ten 100 Authors, Weibo signed self-media.