The three major operators unveiled their latest 5G strategies

As the global 5G latest version standard is locked, telecom operators have sounded the charge for industrialization. One day before the opening of the 2018 Shanghai World Mobile Communications Conference, the three major operators have unveiled their latest 5G strategies and are fully committed to promoting 5G deployment. A 5G competition is about to begin.

China Mobile launches 5G SA launch campaign

Huang Yuhong, deputy director of China Mobile Research Institute, said yesterday that China Mobile will launch the 5G SA launch campaign at this conference together with a number of partners. During the campaign, the world's first 5G SA holographic call will be made, and a major 5G white paper will be released.

Huang Yuhong pointed out that China Mobile has made huge investments and contributions to the birth of the 5G independent networking standard. As 5G technology matures, China Mobile will build the most advanced and intelligent 5G network. The goal of the 5G SA launch action is to promote the commercial maturity of the 5G independent networking end-to-end industry as soon as possible and provide support for 5G to support multiple scenarios.

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In addition, regarding the development of 5G terminals, which has attracted much attention, Wang Hengjiang, deputy general manager of China Mobile Terminal Company, revealed yesterday that China Mobile will launch 5G terminal product guidelines. This will be the first time that a global operator has released guidelines for 5G terminal product planning, including product form, product technical requirements, and product quality requirements. Terminals have always been the biggest bottleneck for commercial use. Currently, major mobile phone manufacturers are sharpening their knives, and the "guidance" of operators will undoubtedly accelerate the commercialization process.

China Telecom announces 5G technology roadmap

Recently, 3GPP has finalized the 5G standalone networking standard (SA), and together with the 5G non-standalone networking standard (NSA) released at the end of last year, the first phase of 5G standardization has been completed. As a result, 5G has entered a critical period from standardization to commercial deployment, and all parties in the global industry chain have entered a high level of preparation.

Yesterday, China Telecom released the "China Telecom 5G Technology White Paper". This is also the first white paper released by an operator to comprehensively explain the 5G technology viewpoint and overall strategy after the first version of the 5G standard was frozen.

He Zhiqiang, general manager of China Telecom's technology department, said that China Telecom uses the SA standard to build a 5G network. It is understood that China Telecom's 5G target network architecture is "three clouds" - access cloud, control cloud and forwarding cloud. The "three clouds" 5G network will be a converged network that can be flexibly deployed according to business scenarios. He Zhiqiang said that the SA networking route was chosen to give users a better experience and avoid the frequent network transformation and terminal complexity of NSA.

China Unicom launches 5G trials in 16 cities

At present, the three major operators have selected some cities for 5G pilot projects. At the 2018 China Unicom International Partner Conference held yesterday, China Unicom General Manager Lu Yimin revealed the company's latest progress.

He said that China Unicom will conduct 5G scale experiments in 16 cities this year, and carry out business applications and typical demonstrations, realize 5G pre-commercialization in 2019, and officially commercialize it in 2020. At the same time, the company said that it will use 5G technology in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics to provide global audiences with a new full-scene, ultra-high-definition visual experience.

It is also worth mentioning that the three major operators have expressed their hope to work together with global partners to accelerate the implementation of 5G.