China Telecom and China Unicom have decided to jointly establish a team, which is not a joint venture, in order to implement 5G co-construction and sharing, Telworld reported quoting people familiar with the matter.
The report said that China Telecom and China Unicom have decided to set up a 5G co-construction and sharing leading group, and a 5G co-construction and sharing working group is set up under the group. At present, it has been roughly determined to be a 5G co-construction and sharing center.
China Telecom and China Unicom set up a 5G co-construction and sharing leadership group at the group company level, which is composed of the chairman of the two sides and the company's management and leadership, as the highest overall coordination and coordination organization for 5G co-construction and sharing.
Under the 5G co-construction and sharing leadership group, an independent full-time 5G co-construction and sharing working group was set up to implement the resolutions of the two sides on co-construction and sharing. The main responsibilities include: leading the organization of unified planning.
Earlier, China Telecom and China Unicom have jointly announced that they will cooperate to build a 5G access network nationwide. The two sides define the area and the district construction. Each of them is responsible for the work related to the construction of the 5G network in the designated area. , Who invests, who maintains, and who bears network operation costs.
This has led to speculation about how the two sides will implement. One kind of speculation is that the two parties will jointly establish a 5G network construction company. One kind of speculation is that both sides will deploy personnel to implement it together.
China Telecom and China Unicom's decision to form a 5G co-shared office means that rumors that the two companies will establish a joint venture are no longer possible.
It is reported that the administrative level of the 5G co-established shared office has also been determined. It is determined as a second-level positive agency, which is at the same level as the operator's provincial company. The number of management positions is 2 positive and 2 vices. .
Leaders of the working group are selected by the two companies. The division of labor has its own emphasis, and the division of labor is rotated every six months. The working group has a staff of 40, with 20 full-time staff from each side, and a return channel and guarantee mechanism for the full-time staff. That is to say, the staff of the 5G co-shared working group can also return to work in other departments of China Telecom and China Unicom.
It is reported that the 5G co-construction and sharing working group has four offices, including the Construction and Operation Coordination Office, the Technology and Coordination Office, the Planning and Coordination Office, and the Integration and Coordination Office.
There is 1 manager in each department, among them: the General and Coordination Office is responsible for daily integration and coordination, the Planning and Coordination Office is responsible for leading the organization to unified planning, the Technical and Coordination Office is responsible for clarifying unified technical standards and technical systems, and coordinating construction and operation The Division is responsible for coordinating and advancing to the construction and operation of the network.
And China Telecom and China Unicom simultaneously set up 5G joint construction and sharing working groups at provincial, prefecture and city branches. The provincial 5G co-construction and sharing working group is mainly responsible for coordinating the cooperative work of the two parties in the territories, organizing unified planning, formulating relevant systems, rules, procedures, processes, etc.? Implementing the relevant work deployed by the higher-level working group. The prefecture-city 5G co-construction and sharing working group is mainly responsible for coordinating the network construction and operation cooperation between the two territories and implementing related work deployed by the higher-level working group.
At the city and city level, China Telecom and China Unicom's 5G joint construction and sharing working groups are composed of relevant personnel of the local companies of the two sides. The staffing is determined by the local companies of the two sides. The team leader and deputy team leader are each set up. The specific contractor will serve. The other 5G co-construction and sharing working groups are mainly contracted cities, and non-constructed cities and cities send 4 to 6 people to understand and understand the construction and operation.
It has been previously determined that in the area of 5G network construction, the two parties will construct 5G networks in 15 urban subregions. Taking the total scale of 4G base stations (including room divisions) of both parties as the main reference, the five cities in the north of Beijing, Tianjin, Zhengzhou, Qingdao, and Shijiazhuang, the ratio of the construction area of Unicom and telecommunications is 6: 4; Shanghai, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou , Nanjing, Suzhou, Changsha, Wuhan, Chengdu and other southern cities, the ratio of China Unicom and telecommunications construction area is 4: 6.
China Unicom will independently build 9 cities in Guangdong Province, 5 cities in Zhejiang Province, and 8 provinces in the north (Hebei, Henan, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Shandong, Shanxi); Telecom will be independent Construction of 10 prefectures and cities in Guangdong Province, 5 prefectures and cities in Zhejiang Province, and 17 southern provinces outside the aforementioned areas.
In fact, co-construction and sharing of 5G networks is new. Telecom and China Unicom have been competing for many years. Both parties are accustomed to grab each other's markets. They suddenly shake hands on the network and reconcile.
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