On January 3, the ministry of industry and information technology responded to netizens' complaints about the decline of 4G network speed through the Chinese government network.
The ministry of industry and information technology said it had comprehensively analyzed monitoring data from several channels, including the broadband development alliance, a domestic third-party speed measuring platform, speedtest, an international speed measuring agency, and the monitoring systems of three telecom operators. For example, according to the broadband development alliance, the national average 4G download rate was 24Mbps in the third quarter of 2019, and 23.6 Mbps in the second quarter. The national average 4G download rate was 48.8 Mbps in October and 45.3 Mbps in September, according to speedtest.
In general: the recent national 4G network speed overall remains stable, but there may be some regions, some periods of decline.
The main reason is that the growth of 4G user traffic and the improvement of network support capacity are not fully matched. According to statistics, DOU (per household mobile Internet access traffic) in the month of October 2019 reached 8.5gb, and the total traffic in the first 10 months increased more than 83% year on year, which brought great pressure to the 4G network. At the same time, the 4G network speed is significantly affected by the degree of user aggregation. For example, the 4G network speed will decrease during performances held in large venues and the rush hour of traffic flow at transportation hubs.
The ministry of industry and information technology (miit) will further strengthen supervision and guidance of basic telecommunications enterprises, and do a good job in network construction and optimization to ensure service quality, it said. At the same time, third party organizations are organized to continuously carry out national network speed monitoring, and on the basis of the release of 4G network quality monitoring in key areas such as schools, hospitals, subway lines and high-speed railway stations, launch a wider range of 4G network quality monitoring to continuously improve the network experience.
