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The report assesses the competitiveness of 5G RAN equipment vendors from five aspects , with the energy efficiency as key one . Huawei ’ s portfolio is ranked as the provider in all five aspects . This reflects Huawei ’ s long-term efforts to deliver 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 singleband , 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 .

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 .

The year 2024 marks the commercial launch of 5G-A , with operators in the Middle East already deploying 5G-A networks . Huawei has showcased its latest products and solutions supporting both 5G-A deployment and AI

David Wang , Executive Director , Huawei

devices required for the mobile AI era at the Mobile World Congress , MWC Shanghai 2024 .

Huawei ’ s Executive Director David Wang emphasized how 5G-A and AI devices will be key to making intelligent services ubiquitous , transforming human-machine interaction , content production , and mobile devices . Wang noted that the number of global 5G users has exceeded 1.8 billion , with many operators seeing the first wave of benefits .

The company highlighted that nearly 20 mobile phone models currently support multi-carrier aggregation , with some activating the feature by default . Multiple operators in the Middle East and China have started deploying 5G-A three-carrier component , 3CC aggregation networks at scale , targeting 5 Gbit per sec downlink rates .

In a significant industry initiative , Huawei launched the 5G-A Pioneers Programme , reaching six consensuses with pioneering global operators , including UAE ’ s du , Oman Telecommunications , China ’ s big three , and HKT . These consensuses aim to maximise the value of advanced 5G-A capabilities , promote its development , and further advance the industry through various focus areas .

Huawei launched the 5G-A Pioneers Programme , reaching consensuses with pioneering global operators .

Huawei also unveiled plans to bring AI to networks , focusing on building an ecosystem of RAN Intelligent Agent in collaboration with operators . p

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