May News Roundup
May 31: IDC MarketScape Names Huawei a Leader in Network Consulting Services
In the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Network Consulting Services 2024 Vendor Assessment, Huawei was positioned in the "Leaders" quadrant in the competitiveness assessment based on the networking consulting capabilities of Huawei's ICT services and software.
Huawei's services include:
Intelligent Connectivity Integration: designing and building green and resilient target networks to achieve coordinated development of 2C/2H/2B services.
Intelligent IT Integration: providing full-stack integration services, including data center IT and facility services. These span consulting and planning, integration implementation, and auxiliary operation, providing customers with green, reliable, and intelligent data centers.
Intelligent Operations: providing service-centric intelligent O&M to minimize service interruptions from networks faults.
SmartCare: applying AI and digital twin solutions to network performance and service experience to build networks with optimal performance and experience, helping operators improve network brand value.
Huawei Learning: offering systematic talent development services through Huawei Learning that integrate talent planning, cultivation, assessment, and operations.
Business and network consulting: understanding customer strategies, identifying key value use cases and critical weaknesses, creating AI tools, synergizing between business and network, supporting customer business success by digital transformation, and DICT planning and operation consulting services.
May 24: Huawei kicks off 2024 Tech Arena Contests in Europe
Huawei launched the 2024 Tech Arena Contests in Europe at Viva Technology, one of Europe's biggest tech summits.
The goal of the challenge in France this year is to design a packet scheduling algorithms to provide deterministic latency.
Tech Arena is committed to providing global students outstanding opportunities to test themselves with the latest real-world technology challenges provided by industry. Participants immerse themselves in fields that include AI, autonomous driving, optical networks, and algorithms used in wireless networks, just to name a few.
Huawei invested 23.4% of its revenue in R&D in 2023, and was ranked 5th on the 2023 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard. Huawei operates a network of R&D research centers in Europe, mainly staffed with local researchers, that jointly promote the development of local science and technology, industry, and talent.
Contest promo video
May 27: Winners of Huawei ICT Competition 2023–2024 Global Final Announced
The Huawei ICT Competition 2023–2024 Global Final was held in Shenzhen between May 23 and 26. More than 160 teams, adding up to a total of 470 contestants from 49 different countries and regions, made it through national and regional competitions to reach this year's final. This year's competition attracted more than 170,000 students from over 2,000 universities and colleges across more than 80 countries and regions, making it the largest offline competition since its launch.
- 19 teams from nine countries (Algeria, China, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, the Philippines, Tanzania, Türkiye, and Uganda) won the Grand Prizes of the Practice and Innovation Competitions.
- The Best Social Media Popularity Award was won by a team from Pakistan.
- The Green Development Award was won by two teams from China and Morocco.
- The Women in Tech Award was granted to four teams from Kenya, Malaysia, Morocco, and Uganda.
- The TECH4ALL Digital Inclusion Award was won by two teams from China and the Philippines.
May 24: Huawei Cloud Goes Live in Egypt
Huawei launched a Cloud Region in Egypt on Tuesday, making it the first company to establish a public cloud in the region. The Cairo Region will deliver Huawei Cloud's intelligent and innovative capabilities and serve as a Hub for countries in Northern Africa.
The announcement, made at the Huawei Cloud Summit 2024 in Cairo, adds to Huawei Cloud's global presence of 93 availability zones in 33 regions.
Huawei Cloud also announced its new Arabic Large Language Model (LLM), an important step in supporting companies in the region with the digital transformation of vertical industries. The automatic speech recognition (ASR) service supports functions covering over 20 Arabic-speaking countries, with an accuracy rate reaching 96%.
May 23: China Unicom Baotou and Huawei Complete World's First Test of MAGICS LH Microwave Backhaul Solution
The Baotou Branch of China Unicom Inner Mongolia and Huawei have completed the world's first commercial test of the pioneering MAGICS LH long-haul microwave solution in Baotou, Inner Mongolia. Using ultra-wideband technology, the solution enables a single antenna to cover five frequency bands (L6 GHz, U6 GHz, 7 GHz, 8 GHz, and 11 GHz), making it the widest range of microwave frequency bands ever recorded by a commercial product. This capability reduces 67% reduction in the number of antennas required compared to conventional solutions as typically, three antennas are needed to achieve the same level of coverage.
The MAGICS LH long-haul microwave solution
With a link capacity of up to 10 Gbps, the solution can reduce microwave backhaul hardware costs by more than 70%. The test spanned a distance of 36 km.
This is the first solution that can support carrier aggregation (CA) on RFUs (outdoor units). CA reduces the number of RFUs needed by 75%. Using cutting-edge transmit power technology and algorithms, the solution improves the transmit power of RFUs by 3–5 dB, which eliminates the need for larger-diameter antennas for CA. When CA is not needed, smaller-diameter antennas can be used to save tower space and load bearing capacity.
May 22: Huawei Recognized as a Customers' Choice in Gartner® Peer InsightsTM Voice of the Customer
Huawei was named a Customers' Choice in the 2024 Gartner Peer Insights™ Voice of the Customer report for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage, marking the third consecutive year that it has received the distinction.
According to the Gartner report, Huawei earned 100% for "Willingness to Recommend" for its OceanStor Scale-Out Storage.
Gartner Peer Insights is a free peer review and ratings platform designed for enterprise software and services decision makers. Reviews are organized by products in live markets that align to Gartner research markets, defined as Magic Quadrant or Market Guide-defined markets, or GPI-defined markets that are opened at the discretion of the GPI team and do not require research published to open the space on Peer Insights. A total of 10 vendors were recognized in the Voice of Customer report. Huawei received 119 comments from customers in the telecom, finance, healthcare, services and manufacturing industries across the Asia Pacific, Europe, and Middle East regions and had the highest number of reviews among recognized vendors.
May 20: Huawei OceanStor Dorado Named One of DCIG Top 5 Cyber Secure High-End All Flash Arrays
Data Center Intelligence Group (DCIG) has listed Huawei OceanStor Dorado 8000 and 18000 in its 2024-25 Top 5 Cyber Secure High-End All Flash Arrays report. OceanStor Dorado 8000 and 18000 earned plaudits for their leading data resilience capabilities.
The report evaluated 14 high-end all-flash products by referring to the Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Categories included data immutability, storage analytics, and proactive support. The report gives a detailed analysis and suggestions on products and technologies, providing guidance for customers on choosing high-end all-flash storage systems that can protect their mission-critical data.
Huawei OceanStor Dorado 8000 and 18000 offer the most value in three areas:
- All-round ransomware protection: The Multilayer Ransomware Protection (MRP) solution featuring network-storage collaboration uses a six-layer defense system that provides three core capabilities—accurate identification, comprehensive protection, and fast recovery, effectively ensuring resilient service operations.
- High-precision ransomware detection: The comprehensive detection of ransomware covers pre-, in-, and post-event phases to deliver more rapid ransomware identification with a leading accuracy of 99.99%.
- Innovative proactive protection: OceanStor Dorado all-flash storage is the only all-flash storage product in the industry that comes with the honeyfile technique. This technique enables early warning and proactive protection, helping create a buffer zone to better protect mission-critical data.
May 10: The First 5G Fully-Connected Factory Built in Southeast Asia
Midea, AIS, China Unicom, and Huawei have jointly implemented the first 5G fully-connected factory in Southeast Asia, setting a new standard for smart manufacturing in the region. This collaboration marks a new milestone in the 5G era, enhancing efficiency, safety, and automation in complex production processes.
- 5G Data Collection and Analysis: The combination of massive connections and high reliability offered by 5G networks enables real-time monitoring and analysis of production devices. Continuous data collection and analysis optimize equipment utilization, mitigate downtime, and enhance overall equipment capacity.
- 5G Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV): Through the power of 5G technology, AGVs have undergone a paradigm shift, moving beyond preset routes and physical markers for navigation. Dynamic path planning and real-time environmental data analysis enhance flexibility and adaptability, significantly improving operational efficiency in complex factory environments.
- 5G Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV): Through the power of 5G technology, AGVs have undergone a paradigm shift, moving beyond preset routes and physical markers for navigation. Dynamic path planning and real-time environmental data analysis enhance flexibility and adaptability, significantly improving operational efficiency in complex factory environments.
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