According to CCTV news and wechat, on August 19, the Ministry of industry and information technology held an online press conference on "industrial and information development in the new era". It was revealed that "broadband access to villages", "5g access to counties" and "Gigabit access to cities" have been realized throughout the country. According to the data of the Ministry of industry and information technology, by the end of July, 1.968 million 5g base stations had been built and opened nationwide, and 5g network coverage had been realized in all prefecture level cities, county towns and 96% of townships and towns. The number of 5g mobile phone users reached 475 million, a net increase of 120 million over the end of 2021; The gigabit optical network has the ability to cover more than 400 million households, and has reached all urban areas in the country. The number of Gigabit broadband access users exceeds 65.7 million, a net increase of more than 31 million over the end of 2021. Xie Cun, director of the information and Communication Development Department of the Ministry of industry and information technology, said that since 2015, special actions have been organized and implemented to increase network speed and reduce fees for many consecutive years, and the average end-to-end download rate of fixed broadband and 4G users has increased by seven times. The long-distance roaming fee and traffic "roaming" fee of mobile phones have been abolished in succession, and the average tariff per unit traffic has been reduced by more than 95%. It home learned that the Ministry of industry and information technology has further promoted the construction and sharing of 5g networks. At present, 97% of the new 5g base stations are realized by sharing the existing site resources. At the same time, we have promoted the introduction of national standards for fiber to the home, and the new buildings have basically realized the synchronous construction of fiber broadband facilities. The person in charge of the Ministry of industry and information technology said that during the "13th five year plan" period, the comprehensive energy consumption per unit of telecom business volume decreased by more than 20% on an annual basis. In the future, it will further actively promote the energy conservation and consumption reduction of the information and communication industry and guide the green and low-carbon development of the industry. At present, the energy consumption of a single site of the 5g base station has been reduced by more than 20% compared with the initial stage of commercial use, and the average design pue (power utilization efficiency) of the large and above data centers under construction has been reduced to less than 1.3. We will comprehensively carry out the transformation of network optical fiber, release the catalogue of obsolete and high energy consuming equipment and the catalogue of new energy-saving technologies in the industry, and steadily promote network upgrading. We will continue to promote the co construction and sharing of communication infrastructure in the base station machine room, pipeline lines, smart towers and other scenarios, and improve the green level of network construction, operation and maintenance. (news agency)