In Sakata, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, the world’s first 5G SA network distribution network differential protection ushered in the “debut”, and six technical achievements reached the world’s first. It is understood that differential protection is one of the most superior protection in the relay protection, when the fault occurs, differential protection is like the power grid “brain”, can make intelligent judgment on the fault for the first time, as soon as 0.02 seconds to achieve automatic isolation, truly achieve power failure “zero perception”. This is a vivid case of 5G enabling thousands of industries. Today, the new generation of information and communication technologies represented by 5G has not only built key infrastructure to support the digitalization, networking, and intelligent transformation of the economy and society, but also brought new value to the new connection, ushering in a new stage with more imagination and exploration potential.
Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released the economic operation of the communications industry in the first half of 2021, and the telecom business revenue totaled 753.3 billion yuan, an increase of 8.7%, and the growth rate reached a new high in recent years. This is not only a record growth rate, but also a fruitful digital transformation. Nowadays, the information communication industry is on the road of high-quality development.
Basic telecom enterprises continue to deepen digital transformation
Entering 2021, telecom operators continue to deepen digital transformation, take the digital economy as the fulcrum, embrace the innovative development model, continue to amplify the multiplier effect of technology, promote the digital transformation of the economy and society into the “fast lane”, and open up a new development path for the information and communication industry.
In the first half of the year, China Telecom further promoted the strategy of “cloud to number” in an all-round way, gave full play to the advantages of cloud network integration and rich experience in the field of industrial digitalization, and accelerated the growth of industrial digital businesses such as industry cloud, IDC, networking lines, Internet of Things, digital platforms and big data, with revenue reaching 50.1 billion yuan, an increase of 16.8%. Tianyi Cloud revenue reached 14 billion yuan, an increase of 109.3%. Smart family income reached 7.2 billion yuan, an increase of 32.9%, the whole house WiFi, Tianyi watch home users increased 99.5% and 231.9% over the same period last year, respectively, the value of smart family contribution increased significantly.
In accordance with the overall deployment of the development strategy of creating a world-class “power building”, China Mobile comprehensively promoted the transformation of digital intelligence, in-depth implemented the “5G+” plan, actively opened up the new blue ocean of digital economy, focused on key products and key industries, continued to promote the integrated development of “network + cloud + DICT”, and maintained rapid growth of government and enterprise market revenue, reaching 73.1 billion yuan. Year-on-year growth was 32.4 per cent. DICT revenue reached 33.4 billion yuan, up 59.8% year on year. Among them, the mobile cloud revenue reached 9.7 billion yuan, an increase of 118.1%, and the public cloud revenue share entered the top ten in the industry; IDC revenue reached 11.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 27.0%.
China Unicom adheres to the strategy of “focus, innovation and cooperation”, integrates into digital industrialization, industrial digitalization and governance modernization, firmly acts as a practitioner and enabler of digital transformation, promotes the integration strategy of national IT concentration, builds an industry-leading business operation support system, and builds a base for digital transformation. Relying on 5G, cloud computing, big data, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies, with “cloud, data, intelligence” as the core, the company took the lead in passing the DCMM(Data Management Capability Maturity) Level 4 certification; The number of Internet of Things connections reached about 240 million, and the self-built Yanfei Zhilian CMP platform carried more than 80 million connections; In the field of artificial intelligence, 40 atomic capabilities in six categories have been developed.
China Tower continues to promote the high-quality development of “one body and two wings”, improve the efficiency of asset operation, and on the basis of maintaining the continuous and stable development of operator business, cross-industry site application and information business and energy business show rapid growth. In the first half of the year, the revenue of the “two wings” business reached 2.737 billion yuan, an increase of 73.3%, and the proportion of the new revenue exceeded 40%. Make full use of the advantages of middle and high point, and actively promote the upgrade of “communication tower” to “digital tower”, and the cross-industry business tenants reached 195,000 households in the first half of the year, achieving revenue of 1.853 billion yuan, an increase of 46.6%.