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Hongkou District is striving to become the world’s first district to be covered with gigabit 5G connectivity and broadband network. The district finished the yearly target of the major carriers, China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom, on the 5G base station installation by the end of August to have the most dense 5G network among local districts.
The Hongkou government initially started the arrangement of the new-generation information infrastructure in January 2017 with the support of the city’s Commission of Economy and Informatization. It was approved to build the Superfast North Bund Comprehensive Demonstration Zone, a smart city area, in September 2017.
It signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China’s telecom giant Huawei in July 2018 and started the infrastructure construction in January 2019.
By the end of June, Hongkou has initially finished 5G coverage across the district. It has also optimize the connectivity of 4G network. Neighborhood committees have released posters to encourage Hongkou citizens to report weak signals at local public areas, office buildings, communities and innovation parks.
Hongkou has also improved the Internet speed for key office buildings as part of the efforts to optimize its business environment. The three major carriers have preferential policies to help companies based in Hongkou upgrade their Internet speed. By the end of August, over 120 companies in the district, such as the 1st Engineering Co of China Railway Construction Electrification Bureau Group, Donghai Securities and Golden Education have finished the Internet upgrading to initially enjoy the gigabit Internet connectivity.
Hongkou has also become the f district to establish an Internet de tion zone. By the end of Septemb district had built 610 5G base sta cluding 333 from the China Mobi means every square kilometer of 14 base station of 5G connectivity. K such as the North Bund and Sichua commercial street have had the fast load speed of 1.6 Gbps, while the