According to OFweek reports, data released by the three major operators show that as of August, China Mobile and China Telecom’s combined 5G users have exceeded 150 million (China Unicom has not announced yet), while domestic sales of 5G mobile phones have not been so many. Obviously this Some of these users are not 5G users in the true sense.
5G users in the true sense should be users of 5G mobile phones + 5G packages. According to comparative data, there are currently about 107 million users in this part, but not all users can use 5G networks.
According to data from the Institute of Information and Communications Technology, the sales of 5G mobile phones in 2019 were 13.769 million, and the sales of 5G mobile phones in the first eight months of 2020 were 93.677 million, a total of 107 million. This number is less than the number of 5G users announced by China Mobile and Telecom. In addition to China Unicom's unannounced number of 5G users, the actual number of 5G users will be far more than 50 million 5G mobile phone sales.
According to data previously released by operators, it is expected that 600,000 5G base stations will be built in China by the end of this year, which is still far from the number of 4G base stations. Currently, China Unicom has not announced the number of its 5G users, but the current operator’s promotion of 5G packages may be far faster than the actual 5G users.