The total number of 5G base stations in Shanghai will reach 77,000 by the end of 2023
China’s main financial hub, Shanghai, will deploy an additional 10,000 5G base stations this year, local press reported, citing information by the Shanghai Communications Administration.
With this planned expansion, the total number of 5G base stations in Shanghai will reach 77,000 by the end of 2023, according to the report.
The fiber optic networks will cover 2,000 office buildings and all newly-constructed smart factories, said the Shanghai Communications Administration.
Also, 5G data traffic is expected to represent over 60% of the total telecommunications traffic in Shanghai by 2023.
By the end of 2023, 5G applications will cover over 30% of education, medical, culture and tourism industries in Shanghai, and over 35% of large-scale industrial firms, according to the local administration.
Meanwhile, China’s capital, Beijing, had a total of 63,000 5G base stations as of the end of July 2022, up 11,000 from the end of last year, according to previous press reports.
According to Sun Lixin, an official from the city’s communications administration, Beijing had 28.9 5G base stations per 10,000 people.
Sun also noted that 5G services were available in 68% of Beijing’s 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Ring roads and also in 84% of 145 key public areas including hospitals, railway stations, and subway stations.
The official also highlighted that China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom provided fixed broadband services to 8.56 million subscribers in Beijing by the end of July.
Chinese operators had deployed a total of 2.29 million 5G base stations nationwide as of the end of November 2022, according to data from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
This figure represents an increase of 862,000 compared to the end of 2021 and accounts for 21.1% of all mobile base stations in the country.
Chinese operators added a total of 29.6 million subscribers in the 5G segment during the last month of last year.
China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added a total of 18.6 million 5G subscribers during December. The carrier also said it ended last year with 614 million 5G subscribers. China Mobile added a total of 227.2 million subscribers in the 5G segment during 2022.
Meanwhile, China Telecom added 5 million 5G subscribers last month to take its total 5G subscribers base to 267.9 million. During 2022, the telco added a total of 80.16 million 5G subscribers.
China Unicom added a total of 3.27 million 5G subscribers during December, the telco said on its website.
The carrier also said it ended last year with 212.7 million 5G subscribers. China Unicom added over 42 million subscribers in the 5G segment during 2022.
