By Dai Qi
Local governments of the Yangtze River Delta have signed an agreement with four Chinese telecommunication companies to collaborate on the 5G development project, the Economic Information Daily reported Wednesday.
China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom and China Tower will be involved through centering on the construction of 5G infrastructure in the area.
According to the agreement, China's largest 5G field trial network will be built within this year and it could become one of the pioneers to be put into commercial use in 2020.
Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou and Suzhou cities have been selected as pilot cities to build their 5G infrastructure projects.
Take Shanghai as an example, three major carriers in China have declared that they would bring the best quality and highest standard to the 5G network in Shanghai.
Meanwhile, application tests will also be carried out on the internet of things, the internet of vehicles, smart cities, etc.
Three major carriers are expected to promote 5G network usage on public services in the regions, including health insurance, social security and public transport.
They will collaborate with local governments to build a cross-region supervisory platform on population, transportation and environment.
According to China's top-level blueprint on the development of cities within the Yangtze River Delta, the investments from the four companies mentioned will exceed RMB 200 billion on the building of the 5G infrastructure by 2021.
Moreover, a world-class information communication hub based on the existing network infrastructures in Shanghai, Nanjing and Hangzhou will be created, according to the blueprint.
A report from the Shanghai Securities News on Wednesday said that provinces and cities in the Yangtze River Delta region would join hands on not only the development of telecommunication but that of transportation, energy, technological innovation, industry, credit, public services, environmental protection, business and finance, among others.
