Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: average domestic broadband access rate of 52M

Electronic enthusiasts eight o'clock: On April 26, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology held a press conference today. The Director of the Information and Communication Development Department, Wen Ku, said at the meeting that the number of fixed broadband users has increased steadily, and has reached 310 million, of which nearly 80. % of users use fiber-optic broadband access, and 82.8% of users use broadband products of 20 megabits and above. Based on the data currently available, it is estimated that the average user access rate is 52 megabytes.

The following is a record of the press conference dialogue (partial):

Reporter: The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a number of key measures to speed up and reduce fees at the State Council's policy briefing on March 6 this year. What is the progress of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to speed up the fee reduction? What are the work targets for this year and what are the specific work plans? Thank you.

Wen Ku: Thank you for your question. The speed increase and fee reduction of the Internet is a topic of great concern to the society. The Party Central Committee and the State Council attach great importance to this. In this year's government work report, this year's work is also required to take greater steps in speeding up the Internet.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology attaches great importance to this work, resolutely implements the decision-making arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and works with relevant departments to solidly promote the implementation of network speed-up and fee-reduction work.

The results of these three months will be introduced to you. The number of fixed broadband subscribers has steadily increased, and has reached 310 million. Currently, the company has done a lot of work to promote the transformation of optical fiber. Nearly 80% of users use optical broadband access, and 82.8% use broadband of 20 megabits and above. product. According to the data initially obtained, it is estimated that the current average user access rate is 52 megabytes, which is 49 megabytes at the end of last year.

4G users also continued to climb, reaching a total of 836 million at the end of the first quarter, accounting for more than 60% of mobile users. On average, each user's monthly mobile Internet traffic has just passed 1G at the end of last year, and now it has reached 1.28G, and the data growth is still very fast. Regarding the cancellation of domestic long-distance and roaming charges for mobile phones this year, the ministry has been continuously promoting the three companies to speed up their work. According to what we know now, the work of the three companies in the revision of the billing system is being promoted intensively, and they are fully committed to working overtime and doing some preparatory work in advance.

This year, we will also carry out the “Special Action for Deepening the Speed-up and Reducing Fees and Promoting the Development of the Real Economy in 2017”, and will release the implementation opinions of the special actions, including increasing the investment in telecommunications infrastructure and deepening the potential of broadband network to reduce fees. Encourage broadband application to integrate innovation and optimize 17 specific tasks in four aspects of speeding up and reducing policy environment. In terms of infrastructure construction, it is necessary to further expand the coverage of fiber-optic networks, encourage enterprises to deploy Gigabit fiber-optic broadband networks, and urban areas basically have more than 100 megabits of broadband access capacity, while expanding the breadth and depth of 4G network coverage. Continuously improve the access performance of the Internet and the Internet through measures such as capacity expansion.

This year, in terms of universal service, we will deploy more than 30,000 administrative villages (including 8,000 poor villages) to access optical fiber. In terms of network fee reduction, timely formal commercial opinions on mobile resale business will be introduced to further expand the pilot scope of broadband access network services and stimulate the competitiveness of the market. The domestic long-distance fee and roaming fee will be completely abolished, and the access price level for some private lines such as dual-creation bases, small and medium-sized enterprises, etc. will be greatly reduced, and the international long-distance telephone tariff level will be continuously reduced.

At the policy briefing on March 6 this year, the three basic telecommunications companies have announced several measures to speed up and reduce fees to the public. It is understood that these companies will release some specific plans in the near future. In general, through deepening the work of speeding up and reducing fees, it will further promote the popularization of high-speed broadband in our country. It is estimated that by the end of this year, the national fixed broadband household penetration rate will reach 63%, and the mobile broadband user penetration rate will reach 75%, exceeding 85%. Fixed broadband subscribers will use broadband access services above 20 Mbps, and more than 50% of users will use broadband access services above 50 Mbps. In encouraging integration and innovation, we must accelerate the application of cellular Internet of Things, especially the application of NB-IoT technology for narrowband Internet of Things, and launch a number of initiatives to increase service capabilities and support for dual-innovation enterprises.

In terms of optimizing the policy environment, it is necessary to further advance the problem of solving the “last mile” of broadband access, and at the same time strengthen market supervision and information disclosure, effectively protect user rights and interests, and benefit enterprises extensively, so that users generally benefit. Thank you.

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