Build a second growth curve
At present, China has built the world’s largest and leading 5G network. 5G should not only be built well, but also used well. According to the calculation data of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, 5G spillover effect is significant, and in 2022, China’s 5G will directly drive the total economic output of 1.45 trillion yuan, indirectly drive the total output of about 3.49 trillion yuan, and indirectly drive the economic added value of about 1.27 trillion yuan.
In the process of enabling the digital transformation of thousands of industries, “5G+ industrial Internet” is also an important starting point for operators to optimize their own income structure and transform from traditional telecom companies to new technology enterprises.
In the first three quarters of this year, China Unicom’s industrial Internet business revenue was 60.69 billion yuan, accounting for 24% of the main business revenue, up 1.8 percentage points over the same period last year. China Unicom said that in the first three quarters, the number of 5G virtual private network service customers reached 6,897, an increase of more than 3,000 from the end of last year.
From the perspective of the first half of this year, China Unicom’s industrial Internet business revenue reached 43 billion yuan, an increase of 16.5%, driving the main business income increase of 3.8 percentage points, becoming an important engine to promote the company’s revenue growth and structural optimization. China Unicom introduced in the semi-annual report that the company actively promotes the deep integration of the new generation of digital technology and the real economy, and the cumulative number of 5G industry applications exceeds 20,000, fully covering 60 categories of the national economy, and accelerating from model rooms to commercial housing. The 5G virtual private network has served more than 5,800 customers, and the contract value of the 5G industry reached 6.2 billion yuan. Continued to iterate the 5G private network PLUS product system, carried out research on core technical capabilities, and reached more than 2,600 5G factories, and the application depth continued to expand. Complete the full band 5G RedCap test and verification in 8 major fields such as industry and power, effectively promoting the integration and innovation of 5G and vertical industries.