Today, Yang Chaobin, Huawei Board Member and President of ICT Products & Solutions, said in his keynote speech at the MBB 2024 Global Forum: “The coming era of mobile AI will create tremendous opportunities for the mobile industry and profoundly shape the next decade. The development of 5.5G technology will be the key to unleashing the potential of mobile AI. Huawei looks forward to working with all industry partners to develop 5.5G technology and strengthen the foundation of the mobile AI era. Together, we can help society and industry become intelligent.”

According to Yan, the rapid development of 5.5G and AI technologies has given rise to two trends that will change the industry and usher in the “era of mobile AI.” The first trend, he said, is “AI goes mobile,” meaning mobile Internet services are being transformed by new services and business models. The second trend is “AI goes mobile,” meaning new mobile services such as smart vehicles and robots are creating huge business opportunities. These advances, he said, are creating new momentum and opportunities for both society and the mobile industry.

Huawei says these trends will impact the ICT industry in three distinct ways. First, individual AI agents will transform mobile Internet services so that everyone has their own personal smart assistant, meaning that AI agent networks will need to support real-time service delivery. Second, intelligent vehicle management will transform mobile communications by transforming vehicles into flexible and intelligent spaces, meaning that intelligent vehicle networks will need to support high data rates. Third, generalized embedded intelligence will permeate various scenarios, leading to new performance and a market for 10 billion AI robots, meaning that future robotics networks will need higher performance.

Mr. Yang explained that 5.5G networks can support the diversified connections, service levels, and services needed to meet these new demands driven by AI agents, intelligent vehicles, and embedded intelligence, as networks drive innovation and development in five key areas:

First, 5.5G technology can meet diverse service level requirements while providing high network capacity. As users increasingly require different service levels, sub-100 GHz bands can be integrated on demand to flexibly provide the network capabilities required for an increased multi-factor service level. 0-bit 0-watt technology can also be used to achieve improved energy efficiency.

Secondly, 5.5G can be used to optimize the total cost of ownership of a device, as it enables the integration of IoT device connections for any scenario into a single network. RedCap and passive IoT technologies reduce the cost of IoT, and 5.5G is required to provide the maximum number of simultaneous connections. Improved network capabilities are also needed to expand device capabilities and enable ubiquitous IoT connectivity.

Third, 5.5G enables unified portals that support differentiated service levels and monetization, which operators need to meet increasingly diverse service requirements. 5.5G core networks enable the use of user, service, and network information needed for differentiated monetization based on service level.

Fourth, 5.5G technology enables a single service portal that makes mobile AI more accessible and supports diversified smart services. Operators will need a dedicated service portal for AI, which is provided by 5.5G core networks to provide network capabilities to third parties. This will make smart services available on cheaper mobile devices.

Fifth, 5.5G technology can use the basic telecom model to achieve high network autonomy and realize the concept of “0 touch, 0 wait, 0 failure”. The basic telecom model can build high-autonomy networks with full intelligence functions, offering two types of applications – co-pilots and agents – and three types of digital experts. This will become a new trend in network operation.

The 15th Global Mobile Broadband Forum, themed “5.5G Ushers in the Era of Mobile AI,” will be held from October 30 to 31 in Istanbul, Turkey. It is hosted by Huawei and supported by our industry partners GSMA and GTI. Together with operators, vertical industry leaders, and ecosystem partners, we will share the latest industry achievements and explore new opportunities. Industry stakeholders will discuss how to achieve success in the 5.5G business in the era of mobile AI and leverage the success of 5G to achieve even greater success with 5.5G technology. For more information, please visit the MBBF2024 forum page at: https://www.huawei.com/en/events/mbbf2024

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