Editor's note2023 is a year in which technological innovation and digital economy are intertwined, and the ICT industry and social transformation are intertwined. In the past year, we have witnessed the rapid development and great achievements of the ICT industry, and also experienced the profound impact and extensive value of the ICT industry. Here, the editorial department of the communication world has summarized itTop 10 ICT Industry News in 2023It is hoped that through these news, more people can feel the vitality of the ICT industry, and also inspire the industry to think and explore technological innovation. As 2024 approaches, it is believed that the ICT industry will continue to lead the wave of digital transformation and provide more impetus and possibilities for the progress and development of human society.
01 New industrialization opens a new chapterInject new quality productivity into high-quality developmentFrom September 22 to 23, 2023, the National Conference on the Promotion of New Industrialization was held in Beijing. As a result, promoting new industrialization has become the only way and an important link in Chinese-style modernization, and the development of new industrialization has opened a new chapter. The Industrial Internet is an important infrastructure for new industrialization, which provides basic support for promoting new industrialization.
In 2023, China will adhere to the network-based, platform-based, security-guaranteed, logo-linked, and data-based, and the five major systems of the industrial Internet will help reshape the form and value system of industrialized products, and achieve positive results in promoting technological innovation, industrial cultivation, and integrated application.
02 The National Data Bureau was inauguratedThe construction of data infrastructure system has ushered in a new patternIn March 2023, the Communist Party of China issued the "Plan for the Reform of Party and State Institutions" and decided to establish a National Data Bureau. The National Development and Reform Commission is responsible for coordinating and advancing the construction of data infrastructure systems, coordinating the integration, sharing, development and utilization of data resources, and coordinating the planning and construction of digital China, the digital economy, and the digital society, and is managed by the National Development and Reform Commission.
The establishment of the National Data Bureau is timely, which can break down many obstacles to the construction of a data power and better serve the high-quality development of China's economy and society. On October 25, the National Data Bureau was officially unveiled. Liu Liehong is the director of the National Data Bureau, and Shen Zhulin is the deputy director of the National Data Bureau.
03 The 5G application "sailing" operation ended successfully5G-Advanced is gradually pre-commercializedIn 2023, China's 5G construction has achieved remarkable results, and as of the end of November, the total number of 5G base stations has reached 32820,000, with 7 5G mobile** users7.1 billion households. The new operator, China Radio and Television, has achieved more than 20 million 5G users. 2023 is also the final year of the 5G application "sailing" action, and China's 5G applications have been integrated into 67 of the 97 national economic categories, with more than 9 application cases40,000, and the application projects cover 32 provinces, municipalities, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government in China.
5G-Advanced is an enhanced 5G technology, and the industry will continue to promote 5G-A technology testing and verification in 2023, and multiple key nodes have been implemented one after another, and it is expected to be gradually pre-commercialized in mid-2024. Mainstream equipment manufacturers, chip manufacturers, and industry parties have made important progress in key evolution directions such as 10 Gigabit downlink, millimeter wave, 5G lightweight (RedCAP), and integrated synaesthesia.
04 "The first standard of 400GOTN large-scale commercialization" was released400G entered the first year of commercial useThe rapid development of economic and social digitalization and the implementation of strategies such as the "Eastern Data and Western Computing" project have put forward higher requirements for network transportation capacity, and all-optical transportation capacity, as the information network base, provides a good carrier for upper-level business applications. As a major transformative intergenerational technology that will open the next cycle of the backbone network, 400G is poised to take off.
In 2023, the Action Plan for the High-Quality Development of Computing Infrastructure, jointly issued by the six departments, proposes to "accelerate the R&D and deployment of 400G and 800G high-speed optical transmission networks", which injects a "catalyst" into accelerating the development of high-speed optical network transmission technologies such as 400G. In November 2023, China Mobile's interprovincial backbone transmission network 400G OTN new technology test network equipment centralized procurement project was announced, which is known as the "first standard for large-scale commercial use of 400G OTN", accelerating the development of high-speed optical network transmission technologies such as 400G.
05 The wave of large models has swept the worldAI has become the new production toolSince the beginning of 2023, the wave of AI large models has swept the world and continues to be hot, ChatGPT has accelerated the approach of the "singularity" of artificial intelligence, and the multi-modal basic large model represented by GPT-4 Turbo has completely subverted and reshaped the AI technology paradigm, and artificial intelligence technology has shifted from the original small model for a single task to a large model for huge parameters, opening a new wave of scientific and technological revolution led by general artificial intelligence. All kinds of domestic large-scale model products emerge in an endless stream, including "Wenxin Yiyan", SenseTime's "Ririxin", iFLYTEK "Spark", etc., some domestic large-scale models have been opened to the market. AI has become a new production tool, from an auxiliary means to help thousands of industries improve quality and efficiency, and gradually become an indispensable core capability to support economic and social transformation and development.
06 The computing power is about 200EFLOPSThe intelligent computing center is surgingIn 2023, artificial intelligence represented by AIGC will make breakthroughs, and new services such as large model training and large model application will rise rapidly. As an important part of the new computing infrastructure, the intelligent computing center has huge development potential and market space. As of the end of June 2023, the total scale of data center racks in use across the country exceeded 7.6 million standard racks, and the total scale of computing power reached 197eflops. More than 30 cities across the country are building or planning to build intelligent computing centers, and the substantial increase in computing demand has attracted many enterprises to enter the field of intelligent computing, and China Mobile has revealed that it is building the largest single intelligent computing center in Asia, which will have 10,000-level AI acceleration chips and a computing power scale of more than 5EFLOPS.
07 Huawei Mate60 releasedDomestic chips break the technological blockadeIn August this year, Huawei's Mate 60 series mobile phones were quietly launched, leading the trend of chip localization. The Mate 60 has localized the most critical 5G chip part of the smartphone, achieving a breakthrough from "0 to 1", and more than 10,000 kinds of components used in the Huawei Mate 60 have also been basically localized. In just a few years, Huawei has partially broken through the technical blockade in 5G mobile phone chips, injecting a "booster" into the independent and controllable realization of Chinese chips.
In fact, since April 2023, China's chip production has shown a rapid growth trend for 5 consecutive months, and the growth rate in August has reached 211%。Domestic manufacturers continue to make breakthroughs in self-developed automotive chips and AI chips.
08 "Mobile phone direct connection to satellite" has come to lifeThe clarion call for the integration of air, space and ground soundedLet every mobile phone have emergency communication capabilities, and the beautiful idea of "mobile phone direct connection to satellite" will become a reality in 2023. On August 29, 2023, the world's first mass smartphone to support satellite calls, the Huawei Mate 60Pro, officially went on sale, relying on China Telecom's "Tiantong-1" satellite system, users can make and receive satellites even in the absence of terrestrial network signals**.
As a result, the "satellite war" officially started, relying on the three major technical routes of dual-mode terminals, satellites on base stations, and 3GPPNTN, many foreign operators and industrial chain enterprises are not willing to lag behind and compete to lay out related businesses. At present, the four major domestic operators have carried out relevant business exploration, and China Telecom has become the first domestic operator to provide commercial satellite communication services.
09 ITU released 6G programmatic documentCultivating a 6G application ecosystem ahead of timeWith the continuous evolution of mobile communication technology, it has become a global consensus to promote the innovation and development of 6G. In July 2023, ITU completed the Framework and Overall Objectives Recommendation for IMT for 2030 and Future Development as scheduled, clarifying nine major trends for 6G applications, pointing out six typical scenarios for 6G, defining 15 capability indicators, comprehensively describing the vision, typical scenarios and application requirements of 6G for 2030, and pointing out the goals and directions for the subsequent development of 6G technical standards.
China is carrying out 6G-related technology tests in an orderly manner to solidly promote the innovation and development of 6G. The 6G network will be designed based on design principles such as compatibility, cross-domain, distribution, endogenous, simplified, flexible, green, and open to achieve a platform-based service network. Therefore, it is necessary to cultivate the 6G application ecosystem in advance. From the perspective of market size, according to Market Research Future, the global 6G market size is expected to exceed 340 billion US dollars in 2040, with a compound annual growth rate of 581%。
10 Failures in the Internet industry are frequentAutonomous networks are imperativeAfter more than ten years of development, people's lives are becoming more and more inseparable from various apps, and digital applications have been integrated into all aspects of work, life, and travel. In 2023, there will be 14 crashes of apps. The "flash crash" of the platform has led to the "fragmentation" of people's lives, and it can't help but put a "question mark" on the stability and security of Internet applications. Most of the current APP failures are strongly related to the O&M team, and it is necessary to use autonomous network technology to improve the certainty of network O&M. At present, carriers and equipment manufacturers are actively exploring autonomous networks, and have achieved remarkable results in scenarios such as base station energy saving, fault management, network optimization, service enablement, and SLA assurance. The three major operating companies have actively promoted the development of autonomous networks, and basically achieved the development goal of achieving L4 by 2025.
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Editor-in-charge Layout: Wang Yurong.
Review: Shu Wenqiong.
Producer: Liu Qicheng.
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