By December this year, the number of shared 5G base stations opened by China Telecom and China Unicom had exceeded 27,000, said Wang Zhiqin, vice president of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, on December 26.
China Unicom and China Telecom stated On September 9 in an announcement that they will carry out 5G network sharing cooperation. According to the agreement, the two parties are responsible for 5G network construction related work in the designated area. In the area of network construction, the two sides will co-construct 5G networks in 15 cities.
In Beijing, Tianjin, Zhengzhou, Qingdao, Shijiazhuang, the construction area ratio of China Unicom to China Telecom is 6:4; in Shanghai, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Suzhou, Changsha, Wuhan, Chengdu, China Unicom and China The ratio of telecommunication construction areas is 4: 6.
China Unicom will independently build 9 cities in Guangdong Province, 5 cities in Zhejiang Province, and 8 northern provinces (Hebei, Henan, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Shandong, Shanxi) outside the aforementioned regions; China Telecom will 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.
Earlier, the two sides stated that the joint construction and sharing of 5G networks, especially the continuous 5G frequency sharing between the two parties, will help reduce 5G network construction and operation and maintenance costs, efficiently achieve 5G network coverage, quickly form 5G service capabilities, and enhance 5G networks and services Market competitiveness.
