A supportive policy environment helps China lead the world in 5G development: GTI joins hands with the GSMA to share 5G policy best practices. News on the morning of March 20 (Jiang Junmu) The success of 5G depends to a large extent on the policy environment. The Chinese government s decision to significantly reduce 5G spectrum occupancy fees in the first six years has provided strong support for China to continue to lead the world in 5G development, the GSMA said at the 2020 China 5G Development series of report sharing meetings. Fully realizing the potential of 5G requires policy support. 5G is not just a traditional consumer-centered mobile broadband service, but will also become a universal technology that enables the transformation of all walks of life and injects new momentum into social and economic development. However, cross-industry efforts may bring higher risks and costs. At the same time, the mobile industry is also facing the challenges of weak growth and rising costs. How to build a supportive policy environment to encourage operators to invest in 5G and break down barriers to cross-industry innovation and cooperation has become critical. On March 10, GTI and GSMA jointly released the Supportive Policies for a Sustainable Mobile Industry in the 5G Era , calling on countries to learn from the policy experience of China and other 5G pioneer countries and increase supportive policies to accelerate global 5G development and the construction of new generation information infrastructure, help mobile operators unleash the full potential of 5G, and promote the sustainable development of the mobile industry. The mobile industry plays an important role in promoting global economic development. The report pointed out that in 2019, mobile technology and services created an economic value of US 4.1 trillion, accounting for 4.7% of global GDP. With the deployment and application of 5G, it is expected that the mobile industry's contribution will reach US 4.9 trillion by 2024, accounting for 4.9% of global GDP. 5G will be a key foundation for the era of intelligent connectivity of everything and support economic growth, business transformation and the creation of innovative new services. However, the mobile industry faces challenges during the rollout and commercialization of 5G. We are pleased to see that 5G-first countries and regions have introduced proactive policies on national broadband strategies, spectrum prices, tax measures, cross-industry cooperation and public infrastructure access. We believe that government support is crucial to the success of 5G and helps to fully realize the potential of 5G for the entire society. GTI Craig Ehrlich said. The report analyzes typical best practice policies from 5G leading countries, including China, Finland, South Korea, Saudi Arabia and Germany, and makes policy recommendations for countries deploying 5G networks - allocate more proprietary spectrum to mobile operators at more reasonable prices to alleviate the high cost burden of 5G network deployment; reduce industry taxes and strengthen preferential tax policies to promote 5G investment; position 5G as a key driver to achieve national broadband goals; cross-sector policies to encourage innovation and industrial cooperation; Open public infrastructure to operators to accelerate 5G deployment. China s 5G policy sets an example. Among the countries that have launched 5G commercialization, China is firmly in the leadership position and is at the forefront of the world in many aspects. The GSMA predicts that in 2020, 70% of the world's 5G connections will come from China; and by 2025, the penetration rate of 5G users in China will increase to nearly 50%. China is in a leading position in the early development of 5G and has deployed more than 160,000 5G base stations, covering more than 50 cities. At the same time, operators are also working to expand 5G network coverage and capacity and promote the deployment of independent networks. To fully unleash the benefits brought by 5G, formulating flexible policies in spectrum and infrastructure is of great strategic significance to support China's continued transformation into a mature digital economy. Si Han, President of GSMA Greater China, pointed out. According to the Policy Report on Sustainable Development of the Mobile Industry in the 5G Era , the Chinese government attaches great importance to 5G and has issued a series of national policies involving 5G. Especially in terms of spectrum, in order to stimulate the comprehensive development of 5G, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Finance issued a preferential policy on April 26, 2018 that 5G spectrum occupancy fees will be reduced or exempted in the first three years and gradually implemented in the next three years. That is, the fees for the first three years will be waived from the start date of the 5G license, and will gradually return to normal fees in phases over the next three years (25% of the fees in the fourth year, 50% in the fifth year, and 75% in the sixth year). This is the first time for China's mobile industry to reduce spectrum costs on such a large scale. This will reduce the spectrum cost burden on operators, allowing them to invest more in network deployment and lay a solid foundation for the sustainable development of 5G in China. Today, this policy has been learned and adopted by countries such as Saudi Arabia and Thailand. The GSMA also made suggestions at the 2020 China 5G Development series of report sharing meetings on China's further introduction of policies that are conducive to the sustainable development of the mobile industry - it is hoped that China can continue to provide incentives for spectrum policies, such as considering reducing new millimeter wave spectrum occupancy fees for mobile operators; in millimeter wave planning, focus on the release of 5G frequency bands, and release the two core 5G millimeter wave frequency bands of 26GHz and 40GHz to operators, and try to ensure that each company can have a continuous spectrum of 1GHz bandwidth in millimeter wave; Help solve the problem of high electricity costs through incentive policies Accelerate the upgrading of technology and networks, clarify directional guidance, help implement the migration of old users, and implement network reduction policies for old-standard networks as much as possible; promote local governments to open more public site and antenna resources for free; mobile operators will be the main body to carry out the construction and operation of 5G enterprise networks, and allocate frequencies to operators for unified and coordinated use to serve enterprise users, so as to reduce the fragmentation of spectrum allocation and optimize spectrum usage efficiency. GTI's international influence is highlighted. This is not the first time that GTI and GSMA have spoken out on mobile industry policies. In July 2018, the two parties released China 5G: Analysis of Typical Industry Applications , calling on the Chinese government to form a more specific policy environment to fully utilize the potential of 5G. It also shared the valuable experience of the Chinese government and the three major operators in promoting 5G trials and cross-industry innovation with other markets around the world. The GSMA pointed out that the GSMA has always maintained a good cooperative relationship with the GTI and has carried out long-term and close cooperation on issues of industrial development and promotion of common concern. It is worth mentioning that He Liqin, who took up the position of GTI, had served as GSMA for seven years with outstanding performance. GTI was established in February 2011, led by China Mobile and co-sponsored by Japan's SoftBank, India's Bharti Airways, Britain's Vodafone and many other partners. It aims to bring together the resources of international operators and international industry partners, build a global end-to-end industrial ecosystem for TD-LTE, and tackle key issues in industrial development, thereby promoting the widespread commercialization of TD-LTE, the fourth-generation mobile communication technology led by China, around the world. With the vigorous promotion of GTI, a total of 172 TD-LTE commercial networks have been deployed in 82 countries around the world, with the number of users reaching 2.4 billion, making TD-LTE technology an international mainstream and helping my country's mobile industry enter the international market. In the 5G era, TDD spectrum has become mainstream, and TDD technology has become the basis for 5G development. In February 2016, GTI fully moved into the 2.0 era, focusing on building an information and communication industry ecosystem that is operator-led and cross-industry cooperation and win-win, and played an important role in promoting 4G evolution and promoting 5G development and convergence innovation. Today, GTI has 136 international operators and 237 end-to-end industrial partners, making it one of the most globally influential industrial cooperation platforms