Shenyang Will Build 13,000 New 5G Base Stations in 2022
Source: Shenyang Daily 2022-05-23

The 5G network is the cornerstone supporting the construction of "Digital Shenyang". This year, Shenyang will build 13,000 new 5G base stations, and accelerate the construction of a 5G network with advanced technology, leading coverage and high quality, boosting the levels of its digital industrialization and industrial digitalization.

In the areas surrounding the newly built BMW Shenyang Lida Plant, there erect more than 20 5G signal towers, each with 4-6 5G base stations hanging from it. For the past few days, the workers of Shenyang Branch of China Tower Co., Ltd. have been working overtime to debug these base stations to ensure that BMW Group's third complete vehicle factory in Shenyang can be put into operation as scheduled in June.

As of the end of last year, Shenyang had built a total of 17,300 5G base stations, achieving continuous coverage of 5G networks in core urban areas and county urban areas, and the 5G network accessibility rate in key places had reached more than 95%. Among others, Shenyang Taoxian International Airport, Shenyang Railway Station, Shenyang North Railway Station and other transportation hubs, as well as the key cultural scenic areas, top three-A-tier hospitals, key universities and other locations in the city have basically been covered by the 5G network. In the Industrial Internet, medical care, education and other industries and sectors, the enabling role of the 5G network has become more evident. In response to the current round of COVID-19 pandemic, Liaoning Maternity and Child Health Hospital has used 5G technology to provide cloud-based referral, cloud-based ultrasound inspection and other services. Next, the hospitals will gradually combine smart medical care and 5G technology with clinical practice.

Zhai Xiaoying, director of the Software Service Division of Shenyang Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, introduced that this year Shenyang will intensify efforts to advance the construction of national hub nodes of big data centers, promulgate the regulations on the promotion of digital economy, foster the digital ecosystem, comprehensively expand 5G application scenarios, push forward the extension of 5G application to all sectors of economy and society, and give a strong pillar for the construction of "Digital Shenyang". "This year, Shenyang plans to build 13,000 5G base stations, and now the funds for building 7,700 5G base stations have been put in place," said Zhai Xiaoying.

It is learned that before the end of the year, Shenyang Branch of China Tower Co., Ltd. is expected to achieve the target of building 6,000 5G base stations and ensure that 6 million square meters of indoor rooms in various buildings will be covered by the 5G network, and Shenyang makes all-out efforts to ensure that the target of building 13,000 5G base stations in the city will be successfully achieved.

(Huang Chao)