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Rome, Italy, July 15, 2024 – Huawei is proud to announce the final results and the awards of 2024 European Seeds for the Future project, after a week of activities held from July 1-5 in the historic city of Rome. The Italy event was the first in-person gathering following online only editions in recent years. This prestigious event brought together 145 top students from 23 European countries. They were joined by 10 Chinese exchange students from Tsinghua University, to celebrate the long history of Italy-China relations. The Seeds for the Future event comes in the 700th anniversary year of the death of Marco Polo, the famed Italian explorer to China.

This year’s edition of European Seeds for the Future program featured workshops, panel discussions, and insights from industry experts and representatives from academia. Students had the opportunity to explore the practicalities of different tech career paths, deepen their understanding of innovation, digitalization, sustainability and entrepreneurship, hone their digital skills and contribute to building a strong, supportive community committed to a digital and intelligent Europe.

During his speech, Senior Vice President of Huawei Europe, Radoslaw Kedzia, welcomed all the guests and underlined: “The cultivation of ICT talent is more crucial than ever as we navigate the complexities of the digital age. Europe stands at the forefront of technological advancement, and it is imperative that we invest in the education and development of our young professionals. By nurturing their skills and providing them with the right tools and opportunities, we ensure that Europe remains a leader in the global digital landscape.”

“In a world where technology has become an essential component of every aspect of our daily and professional lives, it is crucial that our students have access to opportunities which prepare them adequately for the challenges of the future” – declared the Undersecretary of State to the Ministry of Education and Merit, Hon. Paola Frassinetti in her speech at the closing ceremony. “This program, by placing emphasis on the concrete application in the industrial world and on the need to develop technologies able to improve our lives while respecting the planet, provides students with the characteristics that will define the ruling class of tomorrow.”

During the event Huawei also announced a special partnership with InnovUp, a non-profit association that represents and brings together the entire Italian innovation ecosystem. 24 Italian students who attended the Seeds for the Future program will have access to the Founders Academy created by InnovUp. The course in 16 lessons, will allow participants to learn fundamental notions for any aspiring start-upper: from financing tools to the protection of intellectual property, from design thinking to go-to-market, up to the most effective communication and marketing strategies to promote their business.

“Our Founders Academy was created to inspire and support innovators and entrepreneurs in the creation of their innovative business. For this reason, we are very proud of this collaboration with Huawei, which will allow Seeds for the Future students and many other young innovative entrepreneurs of tomorrow to train with practical digital lessons, conducted by experts, professionals and leaders in the field of Italian innovation” – said Giorgio Ciron, Director of InnovUp.

At the closing ceremony Mustafa Ermis, Head of the Human Resources and Training Department at BTK Academy in Turkiye said: “This event is not just a competition, but also a great opportunity for our young developers to showcase and enhance their skills. It enables the creation of new ideas and projects that will contribute to our country’s digital transformation process.”

The most outstanding accomplishments of the Seeds alumni throughout the whole program were recognized at the award show, constituting the culmination of the closing ceremony. Two of the best teams, team Anaphero from Ireland and team BioBuddy from Benelux, were awarded with the opportunity to take part in the global Tech4Good competition in China next year. People’s Choice Award went to team Nordic Shine from Finland.

Shanghai, China, July 10, 2024 – GlobalData named Huawei a Leader in its H1 2024 5G market report 5G RAN: Competitive Landscape Assessment. This is the sixth consecutive year since GlobalData began releasing this report in 2019, that Huawei has been named a Leader for its products and solutions.

The report assesses the competitiveness of 5G RAN equipment vendors from five aspects: AAU, RRU, mmWave, BBU, and energy efficiency. Huawei’s portfolio is ranked Leader across all five. This reflects Huawei’s long-term efforts in delivering superior performance and experience, simplified deployment, efficient and green O&M, and smooth network evolution.

The report ranks Huawei’s AAU products ahead of competitors in portfolio diversity, module output power, and compactness. Huawei’s full series MetaAAUs achieved scaled deployments globally to deliver optimal coverage and energy efficiency with the smallest possible site size. The company’s FDD Massive MIMO products, which are compact and easy to deploy, support single-band, dual-band, and tri-band configurations, delivering 10-fold larger capacity and 10 dB better coverage than 4T4R. The solution has been deployed on more than 100 networks around the world. It is the only such solution that has been commercially adopted on a large scale.

Huawei’s RRU products are rated higher than competitors in output power, supported frequency bands, and compactness. Huawei’s tri-band 8T solution supports 1.8 GHz, 2.1 GHz, and 2.6 GHz based on true wideband technologies. It can work with FDD beamforming to triple spectral efficiency and improve coverage by 7 dB, consuming 30% less energy than 4T4R.

The report states that Huawei has the most complete mmWave product and solution portfolio with the industry’s highest performance. Huawei’s mmWave products support extremely large antenna array (ELAA) technology, eliminating the bottleneck of mmWave coverage to enable co-site deployment with C-band. Intelligent beam management and high-/low-band coordination enable continuous coverage in non-line-of-sight (NLOS) scenarios, delivering an unprecedented peak throughput of 10 Gbps.

Huawei’s BBU products outperform competitors in capacity, type, number of MIMO layers, and narrowband IoT. These advantages facilitate medium- and long-term evolution of operator networks.

And last but not least, the report recognizes Huawei’s innovative energy-saving technology of “0 bit 0 watt”, which is supported at the equipment, site, and network levels. All of Huawei’s AAUs, RRUs, and BBUs support “0 bit 0 watt”, enabling 99% in-depth energy conservation, and they also support on-demand wakeup. This energy design has been widely adopted on operator networks at the equipment level. At the site level, the main equipment can work with site power supplies to ensure “0 bit 0 watt”. At the network level, RAN Intelligent Agent provides on-demand intelligent scheduling of resources to create dynamic site-specific energy policies based on fluctuating traffic demand.

Barcelona, Spain, February 26, 2024: Huawei hosted the 5G Beyond Growth Summit at MWC Barcelona 2024 today. At the summit, Li Peng, Huawei’s Corporate Senior Vice President and President of ICT Sales & Service discussed how carriers can achieve business success in 5G and how 5.5G will further unlock the potential of networks and create new growth opportunities.

“5G is on the right path to business success,” said Li. 5G began commercialization in 2019, and over the past five years, it has already gained 1.5 billion 5G users around the world. It took nine years for 4G to make this happen. Currently, 20% of global mobile subscribers are using 5G. These users generate 30% of all mobile traffic and contribute to 40% of mobile service revenue.

Li explained, “5.5G is entering commercial use in 2024, and as 5.5G, AI, and cloud converge, carriers can unlock the potential of new applications and capabilities.”

He went on saying carriers around to the world should focus on high-quality networking, multi dimensional monetization, emerging services, and generative AI to grasp these opportunities.

High-quality networks are still the foundation of business success

Mobile users have proven willing to purchase experience upgrades for their mobile packages if their networks are of high enough quality. The traffic generated by these users is therefore expected to significantly increase, allowing carriers to maximize the value of traffic. This has led to more and more carriers proposing strategic goals that include the construction of high-quality 5G networks.

Some carriers in the Middle East, for example, have already deployed Massive MIMO networks, and the optimal experience delivered by these networks have made 5G FWA rollout a success. Currently, 5G FWA has connected nearly 3 million households, making it a powerful engine of revenue growth for carriers.

Multi-dimensional monetization maximizes the value of each bit

More than 20% of global 5G carriers have already adopted speed-tiered pricing models. One carrier in Thailand, for example, recently released a 5G Boost Mode add-on, which allows subscribers to select different speed tiers to best meet their usage needs. This model has helped the carrier increase its ARPU by about 23%. Another Chinese carrier has launched a guaranteed uplink package to provide livestreamers with smooth, high-definition livestreaming experiences. The package has become quite popular and helped the carrier increase its ARPU by more than 70%.

New emerging services enable long-term sustainable growth

New services like New Calling, cloud phones, and glasses-free 3D are getting more and more attention from consumers. For example, New Calling’s value-added functions like virtual avatars are becoming quite popular. Users are also willing to pay more for services that deliver real-time experience, such as one-stop car insurance claims.

5G has been also adopted among many industries. In China, more than 50,000 private 5G network use cases have entered commercial use in over 50 industries. The new capabilities of 5.5G, including deterministic latency, precise positioning, and passive IoT, are expected to create even more opportunities for carriers in the B2B market.

Generative AI will drive the mobile industry into the era of all intelligence

According to IDC, global AI mobile phone shipments will reach 170 million in 2024. This will account for 15% of all smartphone shipments. Next-generation AI phones will have more powerful storage, display, and imaging capabilities. The AIGC applications powered by these phones will generate hundreds of billions of GB data and create new opportunities for carriers.

Li closed out his remarks at the summit by promising, “Together with carriers, we will unlock the potential of 5G and 5.5G, and drive incredible new growth.”

[Lisbon, Portugal, February 19, 2024] At the TM Forum Accelerate week, the catalyst project “Intelligent and Value-Driven Network Operations Transformation,” incubated by Huawei and telecom operators China Mobile, STC (Saudi Arabia), and Hong Kong Telecom, etc., was honored with the Outstanding Contribution to TM Forum Assets Award. Presented by TM Forum, this award recognizes a team that has made the most significant contribution to the value of TM Forum’s assets based on the results of a Catalyst project.

The catalyst project leverages several capabilities from Huawei intelligent operations solution. The new metric EDNS (Expected Demand Not Served), the new platform iEM (intelligent Event Management), the new value framework VOF (Value Operations Framework), and cutting-edge technologies like AI and Graph Neural Networks (GNN). These capabilities collectively enhance operational efficiency by prioritizing work order based on service impact, thereby transforming operational mode.

The project team actively contributed over 30 standard proposals across various TMF working groups including AI Closed-loop Automation (AICLA), Measuring and Managing Autonomy (MAMA), Open Digital Architecture (ODA), and TechCo Organization Design (TCOD). These standards cover topics such as EDNS definition and implementation, iEM platform components, VOF for measuring the business value of operation, and talent skill transformation framework. The series of standards provide industry proven references to implement digital transformation and autonomous operation.