Communication World***(CWW) from the Tiantong satellite in the vast expanse of space, to the submarine fiber optic cable in the unfathomable ocean;From the 24-hour uninterrupted operation of the 5G "black light factory" to the 24-hour communication network guard of the Hangzhou Asian Games;From the 100 billion model of the miraculous calculation, to the steady and steady foundation of Guoyun, this is China Telecom's 2023.
2023 is the first year for the full implementation of the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and it is also a key year for the implementation of the "14th Five-Year Plan".
In 2023, with the acceleration of a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, the rapid development of digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing, big data, and quantum information, especially the emergence of large models represented by ChatGPT, will accelerate digital technology into the era of artificial intelligence, which will bring about explosive growth in demand for computing power, and the rapid development of artificial intelligence will put forward higher requirements for cloud-network integration.
As the first operator in the industry to propose and practice the concept of cloud-network integration, China Telecom is determined that cloud-network integration will evolve and upgrade in the direction of intelligence, and cloud-network integration will further promote the accelerated development of artificial intelligence. At the 2023 Digital Technology Ecology Conference, Ke Ruiwen, Chairman of China Telecom, pointed out that cloud-network integration should assume the responsibility of computing power scheduling in the process of intelligent upgrading, and e Cloud should carry intelligent applications and models in the process of upgrading to intelligent cloud. While taking into account the development of artificial intelligence, it is also necessary to pay close attention to green and security, and accelerate the construction of digital information infrastructure in the intelligent era in accordance with the requirements of "green, low-carbon, safe and controllable".
In 2023, China Telecom will comprehensively and deeply implement the cloud transformation and digital transformation strategy, solidly promote the construction of service-oriented, technology-based and security-oriented enterprises, continue to overcome key core technologies, independently control the ability of full-stack cloud computing, and fully take shape of the national cloud frameworkIt has been selected as one of the "Top Ten Projects of Central Enterprises" by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), deepened the independent research and development of AI core technologies, conquered the cutting-edge technology of quantum communication, achieved new results in ecological construction, and presented a new situation in transformation and development.
2023 is the fourth year of 5G commercial use in China, and 5G construction is getting better, and 5G development is about to enter an important turning point. After four years of commercial use, China Telecom's 5G** subscribers have reached a total of 3With 113.2 billion households (as of October 2023), the 5G penetration rate has exceeded 75%, and 5G development is moving from the gestation period to the mature stage. At an important juncture in the development transition, China Telecom has released a 5G renewal plan based on the current industry trends, including updating the new 5G logo and launching a series of new 5G applications, including new communications, new connections, new computing power, new intelligence, new security, and new vision, to further enhance communication and connectivity, improve computing power and security capabilities, and achieve AI intelligence and visual perception innovation.
At the same time, in terms of technology research and development, China Telecom has overcome difficulties in meeting the needs of evolution and created a number of innovative achievements such as 5G-A and 5G NTN. In September this year, Huawei Mate60 Pro was born, and its mobile phone direct connection to satellite function has attracted huge attention, and the success of mobile phone direct connection to satellite is actually hidden in China Telecom's "real kung fu". As the only operator with a mobile satellite communication system, China Telecom officially launched its mobile phone direct connection to satellite service in September. Just two months later, China Telecom released its self-developed satellite mobile terminal "Tianyi Poltton S9 Satellite Mobile Phone", which supports Tiantong satellite two-way voice communication, which can effectively get rid of the dependence on the coverage of ground base stations and provide new possibilities for the mass development of the emergency communication market. In addition to cooperating with Huawei, China Telecom Satellite is also actively cooperating with terminal manufacturers such as Honor, Xiaomi, OPPO, vivo, ZTE, and Meizu, and expects to launch more mobile phone direct satellite brands in 2024.
Driven by ChatGPT, 2023 will become the first year of AI development, and AIGC and large models have become the hottest development trends in the industry, and the "100 model war" is about to start. Relying on the advantages of cloud-network integration, China Telecom seized the opportunity of the tide of artificial intelligence and successively released Telechat, Xingchen 100 billion parameter semantic model, Xingchen multimodal model and 12 Xingchen industry models to promote the digital and intelligent transformation and upgrading of various industries. In November, China Telecom spent 3 billion yuan to formally establish China Telecom Artificial Intelligence Technology (Beijing)**, which will be fully committed to core technology research, cutting-edge technology research and development and industrial space expansion in the field of artificial intelligence.
In order to further comply with the development trend of the industry, deeply implement the strategy of "cloud to digital reform", and actively participate in the construction of digital China, e-Surfing Technology was officially established this year. As the fifth basic network of China Telecom, the equipment access scale of e-Surfing has exceeded 60 million two years after its release, and the formal establishment of e-Surfing Technology has effectively promoted the digital development of the business of e-Vision, helping the digital development of digital, social governance, smart cities, communities and villages, digital homes and other fields, building an open and cooperative Vision-Link ecology, and promoting the leapfrog development of e-Surfing Vision's business.
2023 is a year for China Telecom's 5G development to be fully renewed, and 5G industry applications have always been one of the important starting points for China Telecom's 5G development. In 2023, China Telecom will continue to focus on 5G Nices Pro convergence products to continue to empower the digital transformation of thousands of industries. At present, China Telecom has built more than 8,000 5G private networks and more than 22,000 5G industry application projects in the fields of manufacturing, energy, medical care, education, smart city, transportation, and cultural tourism, serving more than 700 large industrial enterprises and more than 2,000 small and medium-sized enterprises, and creating 5G+AG+Machine Vision, 5G+ Flexible Production, 5G+ Digital Twin, 5G+AR, 5G+Cloud-based PLC, and 5G+A number of innovative and reproducible 5G typical scenarios such as remote control, and more than 700 benchmark projects, have injected fresh impetus into accelerating the promotion of new industrialization. At the 6th Blooming Cup 5G Application Competition held this year, China Telecom once again won excellent results.
China Telecom's 2023 semi-annual financial report shows that China Telecom e Cloud's revenue in the first half of the year reached 45.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 634%。As one of the important development areas of China Telecom, e Cloud has competitive advantages such as self-developed full-stack technology, industry-leading computing power layout, rich and high-quality product capabilities, safe and credible operation capabilities, and open and cooperative cloud ecology, and the national cloud framework has been formed. e Cloud maintains a leading position in the market, ranking first in government public cloud infrastructure, third in China's public cloud IaaS and public cloud IaaS + PaaS market, and has become the largest cloud for global operators. In 2023, in order to comply with the new requirements for cloud service providers in the era of large models, e Cloud will comprehensively innovate and upgrade to build full-stack large model intelligent computing services, including building an intelligent computing data center AIDC, upgrading the cloud intelligent super integrated infrastructure platform "Yunxiao", and launching a one-stop intelligent computing service platform "Huiju", building a national cloud large model ecology, forming a cloud-intelligent integrated intelligent computing service system, and providing strong momentum for accelerating the application of large models in the industry.
It is believed that in 2024, China Telecom will focus on the overall strategy of digital China, seize the opportunities of the development of the digital economy, firmly and comprehensively implement the strategy of cloud transformation and digital transformation, accelerate the cultivation and development of strategic emerging businesses such as cloud, artificial intelligence, security and big data, strengthen the ability of scientific and technological innovation, continue to promote the construction of service-oriented, technology-based and security-oriented enterprises, continuously improve the core competitiveness of enterprises, enhance core functions, and accelerate the construction of world-class enterprises.