After Germany's defeat in World War II, when the other victorious countries demanded war reparations from Germany, the United States did not do so, but instead robbed hundreds of Germany's top scientists, who later helped the United States establish its hegemony in the military and scientific fields. After the world entered the information age, the United States almost dominated the formulation of 3G and 4G technical standards, and American companies such as Qualcomm held a large number of relevant patents.
However, when the 5G era is approaching, the rise of Huawei, ZTE and other communications companies has posed a huge threat to the United States, and a "arms race" related to communication technology has begun.
China is far ahead of the curve in 5G
Today, China is far ahead in the field of 5G, and the United States has no chance of turning the tables.
First of all, in terms of patents, Huawei's 5G core patents have reached 21%, followed by South Korean companies Samsung and LG, and Qualcomm, which is the leader in the 3G and 4G fields, only accounts for 10%. Moreover, Huawei has not relied on patent licensing fees to make money, and only charges a small amount of patent fees. Taking 5G mobile phones as an example, Huawei's upper limit for a single 5G device is 2$5, Ericsson charges $5, which is doubled, and Qualcomm charges directly as a percentage of the phone's selling priceRanging from 25% to 5%. If a mobile phone sells for $800, Qualcomm will charge at least $26 for patents, and Huawei will charge at most $2$5, the difference between the two is at least ten times! Next, Huawei will not be accustomed to Western "friendly businessmen", and will greatly increase the cost of patent licensing, squeezing the living space of Western enterprises!
From the perspective of 5G coverage, we have almost achieved "5G for all". By the end of 2023, the total number of 5G base stations in China will reach 33770,000, and the number of 5G users reached 80.5 billion, the number of 5G** users reached 137.4 billion, it is no exaggeration to say that each of us is living in the 5G era.
The United States is completely opposite to us, the United States started very early in the field of 5G, but it made a major mistake in the technical route, choosing millimeter wave as the 5G technical route, millimeter wave is characterized by higher frequency and shorter wavelength, so it is necessary to build 3-4 times more base stations than centimeter wave technology in order to achieve the same 5G coverage as centimeter wave, resulting in American operators simply unable to afford huge construction costs. In the end, the United States fell into a very embarrassing situation in the field of 5G, and we were far behind in terms of technology and landing, and there was no chance to surpass us.
The United States 6G overtaking failed, and China's 6G successes are frequent
Now that 5G has lost the strength to compete with China, it will take the lead in the field of 6G! However, judging from the proportion of 6G patents, China is 40The 3% share is leading again, but the United States soon joined forces with technology companies such as Japan, South Korea, and Europe to form the "6G Alliance" to achieve patent sharing.
And in order to cope with the satellite communication function launched on Huawei Mate60, Musk's Starlink company launched the Direct to Cell mobile phone direct connection satellite service, in January this year, SpaceX issued the first Starlink satellite directly connected to a smartphone, and it is expected to launch a satellite messaging service this year, and launch satellite** and satellite Internet access services next year. Moreover, Musk's mobile phone direct connection to satellite service does not require a specific model of mobile phone, as long as it has 5G networking function, it can be used. SpaceX has launched a total of 5,671 Starlink satellites, with about 5,232 satellites in orbit.
Compared to Musk's crazy ideas, our actions are clearly more pragmatic. First of all, Huawei Mate60 Pro can already be regarded as a 55G mobile phones, in addition, we have given a clear time node, around 2025 will be formulated 6G standards, around 2030 to achieve commercial use! Technical features such as "Current 6G Network Architecture Prospects" and "6G Wireless System Design Principles and Typical Characteristics" have been announced. Recently, China Mobile released the world's first 6G architecture verification satellite for the verification of 6G technology.
At this point, the idea of Americans wanting to overtake in the 6G field has been completely shattered, and the 6G battle continues, if we can go to the next city in the 6G field, it means that we will usher in explosive growth in the fields of 6G-related mobile communications, artificial intelligence, perception, computing, industrial Internet, and industrial metaverse! At that time, the United States will be completely suppressed by us in the field of communication technology, and the hegemony of the United States will be completely terminated by us! What do you think about the 6G dispute between China and the United States?