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original title: my country's 5g users reach 950 million (new data, new highlights) and nearly 4 million 5g base stations have been built

the reporter learned from the ministry of industry and information technology that in the first seven months of this year, my country's communications industry operated generally smoothly. as of the end of july, my country has built a total of 3.996 million 5g base stations, a net increase of 619,000 over the end of last year; the number of 5g mobile phone users has reached 950 million, a net increase of 128 million over the end of last year.

the construction of new infrastructure such as 5g and gigabit optical networks has been promoted in an orderly manner. as of the end of july, the number of internet broadband access ports nationwide reached 1.183 billion, a net increase of 46.81 million over the end of last year. among them, the number of optical fiber access ports reached 1.144 billion, a net increase of 49.2 million over the end of last year, accounting for 96.7% of internet broadband access ports.

the number of network connection users has grown steadily, and the scale of gigabit users has continued to expand. as of the end of july, the total number of fixed internet broadband access users of the three basic telecommunications companies reached 656 million, a net increase of 19.77 million over the end of last year; the number of cellular internet of things terminal users reached 2.547 billion, a net increase of 215 million over the end of last year. (wang zheng and liu wenxin)

source: people's daily