The dispute over the 700M spectrum has come to an end. Whether the State Grid can operate remains uncertain
The ownership of the 700M spectrum with excellent propagation characteristics has always been the focus of attention.
Recently, according to media reports, the Party Leadership Group Meeting of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television has clearly allocated the 700M frequency band to China Radio and Television Network Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as State Grid). At the same time, China Broadcasting Corporation Mobile will be established to operate the 700M frequency band.
China Broadcasting Mobile, which once operated the 700M frequency band, will also undergo asset liquidation and merge into the State Grid.
The ownership of 700M has come to an end. Relevant radio and television personnel also confirmed the news to the media, saying that "several provinces have begun to launch 4G pilots on 700M. .
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Game
The game of 700M spectrum has been around for a long time.
Especially with the development of mobile Internet in recent years, the demand for spectrum resources has intensified.
The current development of 4G is also in urgent need of ideal frequency bands. A local mobile related person said that once Using the 700MHz frequency band to build TD-LTE networks, many counties across the country only need one or two base stations to complete the network coverage of the entire county.
The analysis said that if Calculated purely in terms of coverage area, using the 700M frequency band to build a 4G network can save 60%-70% of the cost.
If 700M is used for 4G construction, at least 200 billion can be saved.
Previously, Radio and Television had proposed to release part of the 700MHz spectrum resources vacated after analog TV was withdrawn from the network in 2015. Later, this time point was postponed to 2020. However, in the eyes of industry insiders, this "Just a way of saying"
According to people familiar with the matter, “At the meeting at that time, representatives from many countries in the United States, Europe and other regions expressed their intention to use the 700M frequency band.The spectrum will be cleaned up and reserved for the next generation of wireless communication technology. In order to comply with the global wireless communication spectrum planning trend, radio and television have stated that after 2015, they will release part of the 700M spectrum resources vacated after the withdrawal of analog TV from the network.
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The reporter called the Radio and Television Internet Technology Research Institute about this matter, and the relevant staff said that the matter was very sensitive and it was inconvenient to say more.
An expert from the Telecommunications Research Institute of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that let Radio and Television let It is not easy to get 700M spectrum.
Previously, Radio and Television had stated that it would release 700MHz spectrum resources in 2015, and the issue has always attracted the attention of all parties. " The need for more and more spectrum is not going away.
The only way to address the growth in demand is to increase the total supply of spectrum and improve utilization.
" Industry insiders said.
He Tingrun, senior consultant of the National Radio Spectrum Management Institute, said that if radio and television can provide good wireless services and be accepted by users, it can also be a reason to "occupy" the 700M spectrum.
But At present, the current dual-network transformation and government-enterprise system of radio and television have not been straightened out, and the market is not optimistic about radio and television's ability to provide such services.
There are still variables
Radio and television also realized its own problems. While assigning the 700M frequency band to the State Grid, it also liquidated the assets of the former owner of the 700M frequency band, China Broadcasting Corporation, and merged it into the State Grid.
At the same time, State Grid will establish "China Mobile" with CITIC Guoan to be responsible for the operation of the 700M frequency band.
But industry insiders also pointed out that 700M is an important basis for the cooperation between State Grid and CITIC Guoan.
Since there is no clear business model and no core business license has been obtained, State Grid and CITIC Guoan The road to 700M operation is even more difficult.
At the end of 2015, radio and television and operators in the four provinces of Guangdong, Chongqing, Guizhou, and Gansu jointly launched 4G bidding and began to partially build 4G networks.
Informed sources revealed: "The 4G of radio and television is not suitable for ordinary people. User operations are only used for wireless OTT, using wireless frequency bands for video transmission.
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Previously, State Grid has applied for 7 cross-regional telecommunications business licenses: Internet access service business, network hosting business, domestic multi-party communication service business, domestic Internet virtual private network business, call center business, and information service industry are considered to be approved for these seven telecommunications business licenses. State Grid prepares to enter the telecommunications market
However, industry insiders said that the seven licenses obtained by State Grid are all non-core licenses and will have almost no impact on subsequent 700M operations. No help.
Some radical industry insiders even said that State Grid is very likely to give up on taking over 700M because it does not have the ability to operate.
