Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: invest 140 billion yuan for rural broadband and wireless network

Today (23), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology reported that it will speed up the construction of 4G network and strive to have 100Mbps optical fiber access for urban households across the country by the end of 2017, and 50, 000 administrative villages will have access to broadband and wireless networks by 2020.

Prior to this, the standing Committee of the National people's Congress examined the report of the State Council on informatization construction and promoting the deep integration of informatization and industrialization, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology made a report on the implementation of the deliberation opinions.

The report mentioned that broadband network is a national strategic public infrastructure, an important support for promoting the development of "Internet +" and a key driving force for promoting mass entrepreneurship and innovation. At present, China has more than 128 million broadband users with access rates of 8 megabits per second (Mbps) or above, and more than 100 million optical fiber access users.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology pointed out in the report that the next step is to accelerate the construction of all-fiber network cities and fourth-generation mobile communication (4G) networks, so that by the end of 2017, urban households in all districts and cities and most non-districts and cities across the country will have 100Mbps optical fiber access capacity, and the average access rate of broadband users in major cities such as municipalities directly under the Central Government and provincial capitals will exceed 30Mbps.

For rural areas, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said in the report that by 2020, we will strive to achieve broadband access to about 50, 000 unconnected administrative villages, upgrade broadband to more than 30 million rural households, achieve 98% broadband coverage in administrative villages, and gradually achieve wireless broadband coverage. the total investment is expected to exceed 140 billion yuan.