Huawei announces Balong 5G01, first commercially available 5G chipset

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CHRIS O'BRIEN@OBRIEN FEBRUARY 25, 2018 6:04 AM

Above: Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei's Consumer Business Group.

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In the race to win the 5G market, China’s Huawei took another step forward today when it announced what it claims is the first commercially available 5G chipset.

Called the Balong 5G01, the company says it is compliant with the recent standards that were locked down last December by industry group 3GPP. While 5G is expected to eventually able network speed of 20 Gbps, this first chipset from Huawei offers up to 2.3 Gbps.

There was no pricing information. But Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei’s Consumer Business Group, said the chip was just the latest example of how Huawei is aggressively pushing forward with 5G.

He also demonstrated the Customer Premise Unit the company is developing to allow end users to start experiencing 5G in their homes and offices.

Yu was speaking a day before the official opening of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the telecom industry’s largest annual gathering where 5G is expected to be the main theme.

https://venturebeat.com/2018/02/25/...5g01-first-commerically-available-5g-chipset/

 

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Huawei unveils smartphone-driven car at Mobile World Congress

2018-02-27 09:32 Xinhua Editor: Gu Liping

China's telecommunications giant Huawei on Monday unveiled a smartphone-controlled vehicle, the first of its kind according to the company, at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona.

The "RoadReader" project uses a Huawei Mate 10 phone to help control a converted Porsche Panamera which is able to detect obstacles and react to outside stimuli.

The car has the capacity to learn and select the correct action according to circumstances.

The camera in the smartphone scans and identifies objects on road, transmitting the information to the vehicle's automatic systems by Wi-Fi.

Huawei says the car can "distinguish between 1,000 different objects, including cats, dogs, footballs and bicycles" thanks to the smartphone's memory.

"Our smartphone has excellent functions for object recognition," explained Huawei's Managing Director for Western Europe Garrihy.

In a session prior to the opening of the MWC, Huawei highlighted the importance of Artificial Intelligence to the company with Ryan Ding, the President of Huawei Carrier Business Group, signaling the need to "encrust Artificial Intelligence in services and networks to give more flexible services."

Around 108,000 visitors are expected to attend the 2018 MWC, where 2,300 companies will be exhibiting their products and services.

http://www.ecns.cn/business/2018/02-27/293719.shtml

 

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