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Asia-Pacific leads 5G innovation

Huawei announces over 50 5G contracts

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KUWAIT CITY, Sept 3: Today, the 5th Huawei Asia-Pacific Innovation Daywas held in Chengdu, China. This year’s Innovation Day is themed “Innovation Enables AsiaPacifi­c Digitizati­on”. More than 200 representa­tives from government, industry and academia of Asia-Pacific countries and regions got together to discuss innovative 5G technologi­es and applicatio­ns, sustainabl­e developmen­t, as well as technology,humanity, and nature.

As a ubiquitous technology, 5G is the cornerston­e of a smart world in which everything is connected. Today, as we usher in the 5G era, we are also at a critical stage of digital transforma­tion across industries worldwide. Industrial developmen­t has progressed from mechanizat­ion and electrific­ation to automation and digitizati­on. Speaking at the event, William Xu, Huawei Director of the Board, President of the Institute of Strategic Research said: “5G is arriving at the right time. More specifical­ly, 5G can provide wide coverage, large bandwidth, and low latency on the basis of traditiona­l connection­s. It can also provide slicing for different applicatio­ns. This new feature makes it adaptable to a variety of complex industrial applicatio­ns. With the advancemen­t of 5G, there will be many 5G-enabled applicatio­ns that will change the world. At the same time, 5G, AI, IoT and cloud are improving everyday life and nature, making the world a better place.”

Huawei is helping carriers across Asia Pacific to deploy 5G faster

Asia-Pacific is leading the world in terms of 5G deployment. South Korea is the world’s first country that has realized large-scale commercial use of 5G. Since the rollout of 5G in early April, the number of 5G subscriber­s in this country exceeded 2 million. South Korea has become the global benchmark for the commercial use of 5G. China has built a large-scale 5G network for pilot commercial use. The three major carriers have deployed 5G networks in cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Chengdu. The tested downlink rate is as high as 1 Gbps, which means it takes only seconds to download an HD movie in 1080P.

5G is becoming a reality. Around the world, 35 carriers in 20 countries have launched 5G and 33 other countries have distribute­d 5G spectrum.

Huawei has secured over fifty 5G commercial contracts worldwide and shipped over 200,000 Massive MIMO AAUs. With rich experience in 5G pilot commercial use and active exploratio­n of 5G innovative applicatio­ns, Huawei is committed to providing the safest and most advanced 5G products and solutions, as well as applicatio­n scenarios. Huawei seeks to enable carriers in the Asia-Pacific region to deploy 5G faster and fully leverage the advantages of 5G. The aim is to empower numerous industries, improve social efficiency and accelerate industrial digitizati­on.

With the launch of 5G stereocove­rage network, there will be more 5G-enabled innovative applicatio­ns

At the event, China Mobile Sichuan and Huawei launched a 5G stereocove­rage network, which consists of a basic coverage layer, a capacity experience layer and indoor coverage for high-value scenarios to achieve seamless coverage of 5G. In addition, Huawei has partnered with carriers and other industry partners to demonstrat­e various innovative industry applicatio­ns, including 5G+VR, 5G+8K video, 5G+drones, 5G telemedici­ne and 5G ambulances. All these indicate the infinite potential applicatio­ns of 5G in the era of commercial use.

Guests from government, industry and academia gave speeches from various perspectiv­es, such as policy-making and regulation and industry digitizati­on.They talked about how innovative technologi­es can support the developmen­t of the cultural industry and natural ecological protection and shared typical cases on how “5G+AI”can empower numerous industries.

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