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Huawei CloudAIR Solution to
benefit carriers in Africa
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Huawei says its
CloudAIR solution will
benefit South African
and African carriers
who are affected by a
lack of spectrum
experience,” added Chen.
“This results in more data
traffic and consequently
more revenue for carriers.”
At the Mobile World Congress
(MWC) in Barcelona, Huawei
and Telkomsel announced
the successful commercial
deployment of the CloudAIR
2.0 solution, an innovation
which improves on the
original solution. Trials on
Telkomsel’s live network
showed the introduction of
Huawei CloudAIR increased
the LTE user downlink speed
throughput by 116%, from
50Mbps to 108Mbps.
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lobal ICT solutions provider Huawei
says its CloudAIR solution will benefit
South African carriers who are
affected by a lack of spectrum but have a
need to improve both coverage and capacity.
“With the rapid development of mobile
broadband (MBB) services, operators are
concerned about heavy network load, poor
user experience and traffic suppression,”
said David Chen, Director of Marketing and
Solution Sales, Huawei Southern Africa Region.
“They are looking for more spectrum and
ways to improve spectrum efficiency.”
Allocated licensed spectrum for mobile
operators is almost half than in the
developed markets in South Africa. In
addition, the deployment of 3G and LTE
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Huawei CloudAIR allows different radio
access technologies (RAT) to share spectrum
resources dynamically instead of using
traditional refarming. This works via an on-
demand spectrum allocation method which
replaces dedicated spectrum allocation and
enables the operator’s spectrum to serve as
GSM, UMTS and LTE simultaneously. In addition, the
implementation of channel
cloudification technology
improved the carrier’s
aggregation coverage for
outdoor areas by 21.4%, as well as two to
three times user experience improvement for
indoor areas. GU5M (GU CloudAIR solution)
can provide extensive 3G coverage and
expand capacity in existing sites with low
total cost of ownership (TCO). This will mean
the revenue from data services is expected
to grow rapidly. Another benefit of Huawei
CloudAIR is that operators do not need to
worry about setting timeline for phasing
out legacy RAT, as spectrum resources are
scheduled on-demand depending on the
traffic pattern among different RATs.
“With Huawei CloudAIR, carriers can improve
their 3G/LTE based MBB network, both in
terms of coverage and capacity by easily
deploying 3G and LTE in lower band which
helps their customers not only stay longer
on MBB network but also enjoy a better “We see Huawei CloudAIR as a quick win
solution for African carriers facing a lack
of spectrum countered by the need to
provide better customer experience while
maximizing their network investment return,”
said Chen. n
in the lower band is hindered by GSM
occupation. New band and new site
deployment come at a high cost, both in
investment and lengthy time to market.
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