After the outbreak of COVID-19, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology made deployment and organized communication support for epidemic prevention and control. As of February 26, the national communication industry had dispatched 249,000 emergency support personnel and 116,000 emergency vehicles to ensure smooth communication and safe network operation.

Ensure unimpeded communication for epidemic prevention

Basic telecom enterprises have established a 7×24 hour on-duty system to carry out round-the-clock real-time monitoring of the operation of communication networks, and optimized the capacity expansion of base stations in key areas such as health and medical settlements at all levels and residential communities, so as to meet communication needs in a timely manner.

Communication enterprises in Hubei strengthen the inspection of important computer rooms, key facilities, special lines, etc., to ensure smooth communication between Party, government and military organs, health care, epidemic prevention and control, public emergency, public security, transportation, publicity and other departments and related public service platforms.

Emergency communications to Combat COVID-19

As the fight against the epidemic began, the information and communication industries in all regions immediately entered a state of wartime work to ensure smooth reporting, prevention and control of the epidemic, command and communication.

The Hubei Communications Administration Bureau organized local basic telecom enterprises to set up a video conference system for the provincial epidemic prevention and control headquarters, and provided free video conference services to Party and government organs, epidemic prevention and control, and medical institutions. The Beijing Municipal Administration of Communications organized basic telecom enterprises to urgently open special line, telephone and teleconference services of the National Health Commission and other units, to provide cloud video conferencing services to the front line of prevention and control for free, and efficiently assist epidemic prevention and control command.

Establish high-quality communication networks for designated hospitals

Since January 23, basic telecom enterprises have overcome various difficulties and completed the construction of communication facilities in Huoshenshan, Leishan and makeshift hospitals in Wuhan. The 5G base station of Huoshenshan Hospital was opened within 36 hours, realizing full coverage of 4G/5G signals. The network deployment of Leishenshan Hospital will be completed within 24 hours, which can meet the concurrent communication needs of 30,000 people. Completed the wireless network coverage and optimization of the makeshift hospital in Wuhan within 48 hours.

Moreover, for all over the country were hospital communication security work, including guiyang version "xiaotangshan hospital", zhengzhou hospital one port, rizhao city people's hospital, public health treatment center in changsha city, xi 'an public health service center, guangxi nanning wu hospital, etc., the local telecommunication enterprise to act quickly, race against time to carry out the network deployment. We will spare no effort to ensure unimpeded communication networks and provide strong support for winning the war against the epidemic.