The Operator Terminal and Application Innovation Cooperation Conference was grandly held on October 21

"4G promotion brings new opportunities for terminal development." At the 2014 Third Operator Terminal and Application Innovation Cooperation Conference hosted by the China Institute of Communications, representatives from government departments, three major basic operators, virtual operators, terminal manufacturers, security solution providers, and industry consulting and research institutions gathered together to discuss the development of the operator terminal and application industry under the 4G development wave. At present, the mobile Internet is developing rapidly. Facing new market demands, operators are vigorously developing 4G, while adjusting policies and reducing terminal subsidies. The terminal and application industry ecosystem has changed, and the terminal and application development is facing new market demands and challenges. At the same time, virtual operators have stepped onto the historical stage of China's communications industry, and virtual business services have officially started. Business innovation under the Internet thinking has also intensified competition among all parties in the industry.

Intensified competition and cooperation bring new development opportunities to smart terminals

"The development of mobile phones, especially terminals, has ushered in new opportunities," said Zhang Xinsheng, vice president and secretary general of the China Institute of Communications, at the opening ceremony of the conference. He said, "According to relevant statistics from IDC, Chinese companies, including Huawei, ZTE, Coolpad, Xiaomi, Gionee, etc., have a global market share of nearly 45-46%. It can be said that our mobile terminal companies are constantly moving forward in their development." "Although operators have begun to reduce terminal subsidies, this cannot prevent operators from cooperating with terminal manufacturers. Operators are working hard to cooperate with all links in the industrial chain, give play to the scale advantage effect to promote the diversified innovation and development of terminals, especially to continue to promote the opening of capability value, work together to build a mobile Internet business aggregation platform, and provide users with high-quality 4G service experience through industry competition."

"my country's information and communication industry development and innovation have made progress, especially mobile Internet and mobile smart terminals have become an important driving force for the development of ICT, with faster growth and more active industrial technology innovation," said Yu Zhicheng, director of the Telecommunications Administration of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. He said: "Open cooperation is the trend of the mobile Internet era, and innovative development is an eternal theme." At present, basic telecommunications technology, virtual operators, mobile phone manufacturers, and companies in related industries have formed a relationship of both competition and cooperation. All parties need to work together to achieve demand docking, complementary advantages, and win-win cooperation, so as to form a fair competition market environment and industrial chain ecological environment.

The development of terminals, especially smart terminals, is showing a flourishing situation. Tan Hao, deputy general manager of the industry terminal sales department of China Telecom's mobile terminal operation center, said, "New forms of terminals are gradually integrating into life and changing life. The entire terminal industry chain is very colorful in our eyes." Regarding customized telecommunications terminals, he believes that the market space for terminals priced between 300 and 700 yuan, terminals with relatively good industrial design, industry terminals, innovative terminals, and terminals in segmented markets is huge and will be more attractive. Yang Jian, product development management manager of China Mobile Terminal Co., Ltd., announced six terminal promotion strategies: promoting the penetration of five-mode terminals into the low- and medium-price segments, establishing a production line quality rating management system, promoting the development of multi-mode and multi-screen, improving new terminal functions, paying attention to terminal security, and the coordinated development of multi-form terminals. Liu De of China Unicom's terminal management department believes that 4G terminals still have a large room for growth. He pointed out that "according to statistics from third-party companies, there are currently 135 million 4G terminals, accounting for 27% of the entire market."

The summit forum of the conference was hosted by Song Tong, director of the Communication Information Institute of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's Telecommunication Research Institute. Chen Xiangyang, vice president of Huawei's consumer business, Lv Qianhao, chief strategic officer of ZTE's consumer terminal strategy department, and Peng Daojin, managing director of Beijing Tianhe Wansheng Technology Co., Ltd., shared the development of terminal companies under the 4G wave from the perspectives of terminal development trends, strategic transformation, and industry applications. Zhuo Jianhong, marketing director of Hehui Optoelectronics, and Zhang Yun, senior consultant of Tobii, presented a new experience of terminals from the perspective of innovative technology. Terminal manufacturers such as Lenovo and Coolpad, as well as cross-industry representatives such as Zhongrong Trust, attended the conference and exchanged views on terminal development and cooperation.

Opportunities and challenges coexist, virtual operators gather together to explore the way forward

2014 was the first year of 4G development, and it was also a year in which virtual operators actively promoted and continuously innovated mobile resale business. At the "Virtual Operator Innovation Forum" held at the same time as the conference, the three major basic operators and major virtual operators gathered together to launch the most valuable ideological collision between Internet thinking and traditional operations this year.

Wu Suoning, editor-in-chief of People's Post and Telecommunications, served as the moderator of the forum. Zhang Yinghai, deputy secretary-general of the China Institute of Communications, as the organizer, expressed a warm welcome to the operators and virtual operators participating in the conference.

"China Unicom's attitude towards mobile resale is positive, open, cooperative and win-win," said Zhou Renjie, general manager of China Unicom's market supervision department. He believes that "my country's mobile resale has made positive progress, but overall it is still in the stage of establishing a sound operating system and exploring development models." "Although there are still many challenges at present, there is still broad space for the development of virtual operators in my country."

Senior representatives from Bus Online, D.Phone, Leyu Communication, and Dr. Peng shared their views from the perspectives of building a mobile life circle, mobile business innovation, innovative cooperation with terminals, technical support, and operation strategies. Beijing Shouyunhuishang, an excellent financial service solution provider supporting virtual operator business, delivered a keynote speech from the perspective of public cloud technology to support virtual operator business, and Zhengpin.com delivered a speech from the perspective of cross-border cooperation and innovation. Strategy Analytics, a world-renowned information technology and communications industry market research organization, released a report on the virtual operator industry. Representatives from many virtual operators such as China Post Century, Gome, Phone World, Tianyin, Hongdou Group, Foxconn, Aishide, Huaxiang Lianxin, and Xingmei also attended the forum and discussed hot topics such as the current development status and latest trends of the virtual operator market, terminal business operations and development strategies, business system construction and technical support, innovation and exploration, development bottlenecks and responses.

Participants generally believed that the launch of mobile resale services will greatly promote my country's communications industry. Mobile resale can provide new user sources and revenue growth points for basic operators, which is conducive to promoting innovation in the entire information and communications industry. Virtual operators will perform better in market segmentation and differentiated and diversified services through innovation in Internet thinking.

Terminal development needs to focus on security issues

With the rapid development of mobile communications and the Internet, communication networks and services have undergone fundamental changes. Smart terminals have become increasingly popular, and applications have been replaced by new ones. While the mobile Internet has prospered and grown, it has brought more information security risks. Information security has become a focus of attention for the entire industry and society.

Guests from 12321, China Telecom and China Mobile delivered speeches from the perspectives of Internet users’ rights protection, government and enterprise information security, and technology.

The senior executives of Bangbang Security, the world's largest mobile application security service provider, attended the forum and made a detailed analysis of the current security issues and risks of mobile applications from the perspective of security vendors. The senior executives of 366 Xiaoai Mobile shared their views from the perspective of applications. Representatives of Beijing Limao Technology, Mumayi, Baidu and other companies also expressed their views on security issues.

In addition, companies such as Xinwei Communications, Shouyun Huishang, Hehui Optoelectronics, Redstone Sunshine, Trina Solar, Tobi Electronics, and Bangbang Security brought their latest products, technologies, and solutions to the guests.

With the development of mobile Internet, the prosperity of multi-form innovative terminals is a new market demand, but it also brings new challenges to cross-product and cross-industry cooperation. Whether it is the promotion of 4G, the development of virtual operator business, or the development of new generation information technology such as the Internet of Things, it has promoted the development of the communications industry and brought new opportunities to the terminal industry. Multi-form and multi-functional innovative terminals will be the direction of terminal transformation. Controlling security and cooperating with all parties in the industry will be a good guarantee for seizing opportunities and healthy development.

The speech materials and summaries of the conference guests have been sorted and uploaded to the official website. You are welcome to log in to the official website www.otac.com.cn to download. For the "download password", follow the forum public account otac_cn or send "password" to automatically obtain it.