October News Roundup

The News Roundup series brings you Huawei’s main monthly news in brief. So, what made headlines in October?

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Oct 31: AIS Thailand and Huawei Win APAC Operator Award at FutureNet Asia 2023

The Autonomous Networks (AN) project jointly implemented by AIS Thailand and Huawei won the APAC Operator Award at FutureNet Asia 2023.

Related: Three Actions to Fast-Track Transition to Highly Autonomous Networks

The following AN scenarios were highlighted at the summit:

1. Customer Complaint Handling: includes the Customer Complaint Prevention (CCP) solution designed by the partners, which consolidates near-real-time customer experience data, and network events, and processes insights through AI models. 
2. Network Troubleshooting: includes an AI-based E2E Incident management automation the partners designed to provide a "zero-touch" troubleshooting experience.

Oct 27: Huawei Announces Business Results for the First Three Quarters of 2023

During this period, Huawei generated CNY 456.6 billion in revenue, with a year-on-year increase of 2.4% and a net profit margin of 16.0%.

"The company's performance is in line with forecast. I'd like to thank our customers and partners for their ongoing trust and support. Moving forward, we will continue to increase our investment in R&D to make the most of our business portfolio and take the competitiveness of our products and services to new heights. As always, our goal is to create greater value for our customers, partners, and society."

Ken Hu, Huawei's Rotating Chairman.

^{[1] The financial data disclosed here are unaudited figures compiled in compliance with the International Financial Reporting Standards.}

^{[2] Exchange rate at the end of September 2023: US$1 = CNY7.3095 (source: external agencies).}

Oct 26: Huawei Wins Four Optical Access Awards at BBWF 2023 and ECOC 2023

World Broadband Forum (BBWF) 2023 

1. Outstanding FTTH Service
2. Outstanding POL Use Case
3. Outstanding Smart Home Operator (with China Unicom).

Since 2019, Huawei has won five consecutive awards in the broadband field during BBWF, illustrating the industry's recognition of Huawei's continuous innovation.

European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC) 

     4.  Most Innovative PON/5G/FTTx Product Award (for its FTTR solution)

Oct 24: Huawei and Telkomsel Sign Superior City MoU to Accelerate Indonesia Digital Development

The two parties will jointly explore and apply the latest technologies and emerging 5G applications to build ubiquitous high-quality networks in pioneering cities. The Superior City project will provide an optimal connection experience and digital services to individual and enterprise customers.

Telkomsel and Huawei executives sign MoU on Superior City cooperation

Based on 5GtoC, toB, and to the Home scenarios, the partners will incubate and develop business applications in eMBB, FWA, and FTTR, and build 5G networks and ecosystems as part of the Superior City project to accelerate the positive cycle of business success.

Ken Hu, Rotating Chairman of Huawei, and Hendri Mulya Syam, CEO of Telkomsel, attended the signing ceremony with other executives from both companies.

Learn more about Huawei's 5G solutions.

Oct 18: Huawei Launches the Next-Generation OTN: DC-Centric Kepler Platform

Huawei's next-generation OTN — DC-centric Kepler platform

Huawei's Kepler platform supports a single-subrack switching capacity of over 100 by using a new cross-connect architecture. Compared to current OTN platforms in the industry, Kepler uses innovative heat dissipation technology to reduce per-Gbit power consumption by 65%, supporting deployment of DC equipment rooms with a power usage effectiveness (PUE) of less than 1.2. It also uses the intelligent computing kernel to improve the autonomous driving capabilities of the system.

The solution features three major innovations:

1. Redefines the cross-connect architecture of OTN platforms: includes the industry's first dual 3D orthogonal architecture.
2. Redefinines heat dissipation mode for OTN platforms: includes intelligent Hato fans and thermal-conductive materials.
3. Uses customized computing units based on optical systems: includes detecting optical parameters in milliseconds, nearly 1,000 times faster than the industry average.

Click here for more technical specs and details.

Oct 16: Huawei and IUCN to Expand Global Impact of Nature Conservation in Tech4Nature Phase 2

Huawei and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) signed a strategic cooperation agreement to launch Phase 2 of their Tech4Nature partnership.

A key output of Phase 2 will be to facilitate further collaboration between the two sectors.

“Technology allows us to bridge the gap between science and action. Conservationists can harness the power of big data, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to analyse vast datasets and ecological trends. This invaluable information aids in the identification and protection of critical habitats, guides our efforts, and can leverage necessary resources to protect threatened species.”

Dr Grethel Aguilar, Acting Director General of IUCN. 

Phase 2 will expand the global impact of the Tech4Nature partnership and scale-up the use of digital technologies to drive the effective and equitable management of protected and conserved areas. Together, IUCN and Huawei will develop technology-based solutions for pilot projects in at least five countries: Brazil, Kenya, Turkey, Mexico, and China. The partners also plan to contribute to the 30x30 target defined in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), which calls for 30% of the Earth’s land and sea areas to be conserved by establishing protected areas and effective area-based conservation measures. 

Oct 13: Zain KSA and Huawei Sign MoU to Promote Green Industry and Green Network Development

At the 2023 Global Mobile Broadband Forum (MBBF), Zain KSA and Huawei signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on green energy cooperation. The two parties set the strategic goal of "Green 5G, 5G for Green". Based on the wireless network energy efficiency indicator (NEE2.0), the parties agreed to deploy systematic energy-efficient hardware and software solutions to support the green development of Zain KSA networks, representing further progress towards energy saving, carbon reduction, and a sustainable future.

Zain KSA has worked with Huawei in the green energy field for three years. Last year, Huawei's solution helped Zain KSA reduce the electricity usage of its mobile networks by 28%. The new MoU includes:

• Energy-efficient hardware: includes deploying MetaAAUs and ultra-wideband RRUs at scale. Extremely large antenna array (ELAA), ultra-wideband power amplifiers, and RF algorithms will greatly improve network energy efficiency. The latest "0 bit, 0 watt" technology will achieve 99% ultra-deep module shutdown.
• Intelligent network energy-saving technologies: The intelligent energy saving solution iPowerStar will be apply to complex networks with differentiated equipment energy efficiency, frequency band coverage, traffic volume, and already enabled energy-saving features. 
• Full-lifecycle energy saving and carbon reduction: The two parties will explore end-to-end energy-saving and carbon reduction methods throughout equipment lifecycles, including manufacturing, transportation, online operation, and recycling. Innovations in material selection, weight reduction, energy consumption, and equipment recyclability will greatly accelerate the development of green networks.

Oct 12: Huawei Releases FAST Reference Architecture for Digital Operations Transformation

At OTF2023, Huawei released the FAST (Full-stack, AI Large Model, Service Engine, Transformation) reference architecture for carriers' digital operations transformation in the digital intelligence era.

The FAST reference architecture aims to leverage the unique advantages of the full-stack capabilities of carriers’ services, cloud, network, and intelligence to deliver new value-driven O&M, bring the ultimate scenario-based experience, and enable the business agility necessary to create greater value. It can enable carriers to:

1.  Integrate "intelligence" into digital services, enable innovative AIGC products and services, offer new experiences, explore more growth opportunities, and build a converged new business model in the 2C, 2H, and 2B markets.
2.  Draw on the advantages of converged data to drive AI foundation models and digital twin technologies. Carriers can build up interactive ChatOps O&M capabilities, NPS-driven experience excellence, multi-channel convergent operations and generative, agile policies.
3.  Upgrade traditional O&M techniques with value-driven ChatOps capabilities supported by experience-driven best network performance.
4.  Leverage unique advantages in in-depth service, connectivity, cloud and intelligence convergence to build new infrastructure 2.0 to solve unbalanced resource distribution and meet the needs of the wider industry for computing power, transport, and storage capacity.

Learn more about OTF2023

Oct 11: Huawei Launches Full Series of 5.5G Solutions 

At the Global Mobile Broadband Forum (MBBF) 2023, Cao Ming, President of Wireless Solution at Huawei, launched the industry's first full-series solutions for 5.5G. 

The full-series 5.5G products include the following:

• TDD multi-band multi-channel ELAA for 10 Gbps experiences.
• FDD full-series GigaGreen to upgrade basic experiences. 
• mmWave AAU with the largest antenna array for continuous 10 Gbps coverage. 
• DIS improvement in performance and energy saving to bring 5.5G indoors. 
• Ongoing antenna and microwave innovation for efficient 5.5G construction. 
• Efficient, Intelligent 5.5G Ensures Optimal Network Efficiencies
• iHashBand2.0 spectrum pooling for optimal 5.5G spectral efficiency. 
• Full-scenario "0 Bit 0 Watt" for optimal 5.5G energy efficiency. 
• IntelligentRAN towards L4 for optimal 5.5G O&M. 

Learn more about these solutions here. 

Oct 11: Huawei Unveils LampSite X to Unleash Indoor Digital Potential

At Global Mobile Broadband Forum (MBBF) 2023, Yang Chaobin, Board Member and President of ICT Products & Solutions of Huawei, launched LampSite X, a next-gen 5G indoor solution.

5G is driving the explosive growth of mobile traffic, 80% of which is generated indoors. In high-density indoor scenarios that involve heavy foot traffic, such as shopping malls, airports, railway stations, and stadiums, traffic density at hotspots is more than 100 times the average traffic density.

LampSite X sets a new benchmark for indoor digitalization

LampSite X meets various indoor digitalization requirements. 

• At 1 L (volume) and weighing in at 1 kg, is the smallest and lightest solution of its type in the industry.
• A single box supports all bands, all radio access technologies (RATs), and all wideband.
• LampSite X is the only product in the industry that combines mmWave and sub-6 GHz to achieve a peak throughput of over 10 Gbps, and the first to bring 5.5G 10 Gbps indoors.
• LampSite X employs Huawei's unique Distributed Massive MIMO technology to achieve 10 Gbps single-user experience everywhere and provide a 10-Gbps multi-user experience.
• LampSite X uses Huawei's unique "0 Bit 0 Watt" solution to achieve service-based power adjustment, super dormancy during off-peak hours (with power consumption at less than 1 W), and on-demand wakeup in just seconds. This around-the-clock dynamic energy-saving maximizes energy efficiency.

LampSite X in action

2C: In Hong Kong's 10-Gbps business districts, supported by Hong Kong Telecom, the capabilities of LampSite X have increased traffic by more than 20%.

2B: In Midea's smart factories, LampSite X has enabled process improvements in production, quality inspections, logistics, and warehousing, halving the production time of products to 7 seconds.

Learn more about Huawei LampSite.

Oct 9: Huawei and du Jointly Release World's First 5.5G Villa

At the 2023 Global Mobile Broadband Forum (MBBF), Huawei and du (under the Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC)) unveiled the world’s first 5G Advanced (5G-A) demonstration villa, an archetype for the future smart home living powered by a staggering10-Gbit/s networks.

In March this year, the two parties signed an MOU on 5.5G centered on 5G-A technological innovation, application exploration, and ecosystem development. 

 Fahad Al Hassawi, Li Peng, Saleem AlBlooshi, CTO at du, Karim Benkirane, CCO at du, Cao Ming, President of Huawei Wireless Solution

The 5G-A Villa seamlessly integrates cutting-edge technologies, offering an unparalleled smart home experience enriched with applications such as glasses-free 3D and XR.

Harnessing Huawei's innovative FWA² solution, the solutions illustrates how in the 5G era FWA became an invaluable tool for operators to quickly expand their user base. As we transition to 5G-A/5.5G, FWA², which includes FWA Pro, FWA Lite, and FWA Biz, promises unparalleled services. FWA Pro, for example, is engineered to support 10 Gbit/s.

Learn more about Huawei FWA.

Oct 9: Huawei and Partners' Techco Intelligence Project Wins TM Forum Award

At DTW 2023 in Copenhagen, the project “Techco practicing decision intelligence for sustainable growth” won the TM Forum “Outstanding Catalyst - Use of TM Forum Assets” award.

The project was the result of collaborative efforts between Huawei and leading Ecosystem Service Providers (ESPs), including China Mobile, China Unicom Software Research Institute, stc, HKT, Maxis, MTN, and Robi.

Oct 3: Huawei Launches Three Digital Fiber Solutions to Accelerate Digital LATAM

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