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satellite assembly and test space, an engineering lab and application research center. They will focus on the development, testing, maintenance, data collection and visual development of software systems such as star management platform, multi-star test platform, satellite data application platform and space-time information system.
The top floor exhibits the surrounding 5G applications at the North Bund area. The Beiwaitan Subdistrict has applied 5G in government affairs, traffic and public security. The urban planning display area uses digital media to display the new situation of Hongkou’s high-quality economic and social development in recent years and details urban management in the district.
Shanghai has become one of the leading Chinese cities for 5G development after major carriers China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom debuted their 5G networks in Shanghai in June, said Zhang Jianming, deputy director of the Shanghai Commission of Economy and Informatization.
The city had more than 8,800 large 5G outdoor base stations and nearly 6,000 indoor small stations to cover 598 buildings citywide by the end of August, Zhang said, with 5G technology mainly used for manufacturing, medicine and urban management.
It is estimated the industry scale of 5G manufacturing, software and information services will reach 100 billion yuan (US$14 billion) by 2021.
As the first district to complete 5G coverage, Hongkou had installed 610 base stations by the end of August. The North Bund area has been covered with super fast mobile Internet 5G network.
Test data showed the 5G network was able to provide a peak single-user download speed of 1.6 Gbps, nearly 16 times faster than 4G. Aside from speed, the low latency of 5G network is especially helpful for applications of the Internet of Things.
At the launch ceremony of the 5G trial network in Hongkou on March 30, Vice Mayor of Shanghai Wu Qing made the network’s first 5G video call on a Huawei Mate X, the first phone with 5G capabilities.
As a key site for Hongkou’s development, the North Bund area along the Huangpu River is home to over 4,500 shipping companies and 1,200 financial companies and institutions. Over 3 million square meters of office buildings have been built along the riverside to offer a first-class environment and services to global companies and professionals.