Communication lithium storage trends have emerged that can be seen, but on specific issues, telecom operators, telecom equipment vendors, suppliers of lithium batteries have a different opinion. 
     From telecom operators, the three major telecom operators began last year made ​​public tender launched a lithium iron phosphate battery back-up power as a communication base station pilot project, open 10 billion lithium market space. However, the current required to power the communication station back more than 90% of the lead-acid battery. Lead-acid batteries cost about 0.6 yuan / wh, gel batteries best domestic price is not more than 1 yuan / wh, and the cost of lithium iron phosphate reach 2.5-2.8 yuan / wh, higher than lead-acid batteries more than four times. Lithium application conditions in terms of communication base station is not mature, the three major telecom operators are generally not direct docking and battery manufacturers. 
     As a telecommunications equipment supplier Huawei, the right to choose the downstream battery supplier or suppliers to jointly bid battery, China's largest telecommunications equipment suppliers have begun to take action. Competition for traditional telecom equipment giant storage order, darn communication base stations ecological chain, the reality is: because of funding large-capacity battery production needs more lithium lithium energy storage market has not let vendors get a brief respite, it has begun to enter the oligopoly era. 
     As a battery supplier, OPTIMUM Battery Co., Ltd. of Shenzhen City, the official said, the storage company for the communications market, conducted a survey: Currently three operators about 1.7 million base stations, of which only China Mobile has nearly 900,000 base stations. These base stations are used in lead-acid batteries, purchases of less than 100 billion yuan a year. He is optimistic estimates, according to 10% of the operators will replace lead-acid batteries, lithium iron phosphate is calculated annually, the space provided annually to the lithium battery market is a few hundred billion. In response to this market, the company has developed a communications base station with lithium batteries, we know that the electric vehicle is the 24-volt lithium batteries, commonly used monomers 18650, bigger is 26,650, but the company's monomer storage batteries is 32,650 batteries, combination 48V200Ah/48V400Ah battery pack. 
     Three types of lithium base business is clearly different from the attitude is characterized by its state-owned enterprises and respond to national call, not the economic interests telecom operators greater significance. Telecom equipment suppliers are taking a cautious approach, first developed a battery talk ancillary equipment, and battery suppliers are environmentally friendly because of lead-acid batteries suffered sanctions on lithium applications full of expectations.