China plans to increase the penetration rate of 5G communication network among individual users to more than 85% by the end of 2027, according to an action plan developed by the Ministry of Industry and Informatization of China in cooperation with 11 other agencies. In three years, there will be 38 5G base stations for every 10 thousand people. At the same time, 5G will account for 75% of mobile Internet traffic, and the number of “Internet of Things” terminals connected to 5G will exceed 100 million.
The 5G penetration rate in large and medium-sized industrial companies will reach 45% by the end of 2027, according to a document cited by Xinhua.
The ministries’ plan is aimed, in particular, at actively promoting the large-scale development of 5G applications, popularizing and applying new generation information technologies.
According to the Ministry of Industry and Informatization, as of the end of September, the number of 5G base stations in the country amounted to about 4.09 million units, and the number of 5G mobile subscribers was 981 million. The 5G penetration rate among individual users has almost reached 70%, with the total population of the country at around 1.4 billion people.
