Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology was on People's Daily Online"Leadership Message Board".Replied to the questions related to the withdrawal of 2G and 3G networks that netizens were concerned about.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology replied that since June 2019, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a 5G license, and China's 5G has been officially commercialized. China's mobile communications have entered the stage of 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G "four generations in the same house".
First, the withdrawal of 2G and 3G networks is an inevitable choice for the upgrading of mobile communication networks, and it is also the main practice in the world. According to incomplete statistics, more than 100 operators around the world have implemented 2G and 3G network withdrawals, and used the frequencies vacated by 2G and 3G for 4G and 5G deployment. The use of limited frequency resources and network resources in the development of 5G and 4G mobile communication networks is conducive to reducing network operating costs as a whole and improving China's network operation efficiency. At the same time, at present, most of them are all-Netcom mobile phones, which need to support all six standards and more than ten frequency bands, and withdrawing from the network can also reduce the complexity of mobile phones, which is conducive to improving the efficiency of mobile phones and reducing the cost of mobile phone terminals.
Second, the withdrawal of mobile communications from the network is not simply a matter of "retreating". It is necessary to improve user protection measures, and on the premise of fully protecting the rights and interests of users, the network withdrawal can be implemented. Enterprises should plan and inform as early as possible, and must have user protection measures and perfect user aftercare plans, and have the ability to provide better network coverage, stronger business capabilities and better service quality, so as to create conditions for users to be "willing to retreat" and "willing to retreat".
In the next step, considering that the mobile communication network withdrawal involves many users and has a large social impact, it is necessary to make overall planning and reasonable promotion, give full play to the decisive role of the market, strengthen the main responsibility of the enterprise, and formulate a network withdrawal plan by the telecommunications company in combination with its own situation, and enable the 2G network withdrawal work in a timely manner, and do a good job in guiding, user aftermath, shutting down base stations, stopping services, vacating resources, and applying for cancellation licenses. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will promote and do a good job in protecting the rights and interests of users in accordance with laws and regulations.
*: People's Daily Editor: Zhou Ze).