At the Green Development Solution Launch held on the second day of Win-Win·Huawei Innovation Week, Ryan Ding, President of Huawei's Carrier Business Group, stressed the need for operators to prioritize energy efficiency and called for the establishment of a standard, industry-wide indicator system for energy efficiency during his keynote speech titled "Green ICT for New Value".

Ding explained, "Every major advancement in history has been accompanied by a significant improvement in the energy efficiency of information transmission. The increase in carbon emissions generated by exploding data traffic will become a global problem that must be tackled in the next five to ten years. Increasing energy efficiency will be the way forward."

According to third-party research, data traffic generated by digital services is expected to grow by 13-fold over 2020 by 2030. This means that, if energy efficiency improvements are not made, the ICT industry's energy consumption and carbon emissions will see a 2.3-fold increase. According to ITU, the ICT industry will need to reduce its carbon emissions by at least 45% by 2030 to meet the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Paris Agreement's goal.

Ding said, "We are now facing an unprecedented challenge: As more and more industries are going digital, the demand for data will rise sharply, which will result in a surge in energy consumption. In the meantime, the whole world is working to combat climate change, and the ICT industry must urgently achieve carbon peak and carbon neutrality."

Improvements to energy efficiency will benefit operators in three ways. First, user migration, site upgrades, and network power reduction will bring them OPEX savings. Second, improved energy efficiency will support the migration of 2G and 3G users to 4G and 5G services. Third, operators' efforts to reduce carbon footprint will positively impact the environment, helping them better fulfill their social responsibilities.

To help operators achieve these goals, Huawei has proposed a three-layer solution: green sites, green networks, and green operations. First, they have developed solutions to improve site energy efficiency by adopting a highly integrated design, using new materials, and moving main equipment and power supply units outdoors. Second, the company's simplified network architecture makes forwarding faster and supports the construction of simplified, all-optical, and intelligent networks. Finally, at the operations level, Huawei offers a solution that generates and distributes optimization policies while making energy efficiency more visualized and manageable.

So far, these green development solutions have been deployed for operators in more than 100 countries. In Germany, for example, Huawei's PowerStar solution has helped realize minute-level energy efficiency self-optimization, improving energy efficiency greatly. In Spain, Huawei's optical cross-connect (OXC) solution has been deployed on a customer's backbone network, increasing energy efficiency by 81% and reducing costs by 29%. In Turkey, Huawei has deployed its green site solution for a customer, where equipment rooms are replaced with cabinets, eliminating the need for equipment rooms and air conditioners. The solution is expected to save 19,000 kWh of electricity per site per year.

Huawei and its operator partners are already working together to increase their "carbon handprint" by empowering carbon-intensive industries to boost energy efficiency using ICT solutions. The emissions reduction they enable can be 10 times their own emissions. Many success stories have already been seen in key carbon-intensive industries like ports, coal mining, and steel.

At the end of his speech, Ding called on the establishment of a unified, industry-wide indicator system as this would help establish baselines against which energy efficiency can be measured and serve as a guide for the green development of the ICT industry as a whole. Ding closed out his speech saying, "Huawei is ready to work with operators and create new value with green ICT."

The NCIe energy efficiency indicator system proposed by Huawei has been approved by ITU-T SG5 and is now in the process of public consultation.

The Win-Win·Huawei Innovation Week is held from July 18 to July 21 in Shenzhen, China. Together with global operators, industry professionals, and opinion leaders, we dive into topics such as 5.5G, green development, computing networks, and digital transformation to envision shared success in the digital economy. For more information, please visit: https://carrier.huawei.com/en/events/winwin-innovation-week.

Photo caption : Ryan Ding speaking at Day 2 of Win-Win·Huawei Innovation Week

Huawei Sri Lanka as a responsible corporate citizen in the country, recently committed and pledged emergency relief to vulnerable communities affected and impacted due to ongoing economic challenges faced by the country through the ‘Manudam Mehewara’ initiative. This multi-corporation humanitarian alliance was initiated by Dialog Axiata PLC, MAS Holdings Pvt Ltd, Hemas Holdings PLC, execution partner Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement and independent auditor PwC Sri Lanka, with CBL Group, Citi, Sunshine Holdings PLC and Huawei Technologies Lanka Co. subsequently partnering the initiative.

Together with its like-minded corporate partners the ‘Manudam Mehewara’ initiative aims to provide emergency relief to more than 200,000 vulnerable families across Sri Lanka. Emergency relief is currently being distributed across all 25 districts, where over 75,000 families in-need have been assisted to date. The Manudam Mehewara programme will conducts its relief effort until a sustainable benefit transfer system is established in the country through an effective economic recovery plan.

Speaking on this occasion, Liang Yi Chief Executive Officer of Huawei Sri Lanka said “We are saddened to witness the recent economic challenges which a significant portion of Sri Lankans have to undergo recently. We also witness the country and its people showing great optimism and resilience in front of the crisis. As a global ICT provider and a responsible corporate citizen, Huawei has always been committed to promoting development not only in the ICT sector in Sri Lanka but has also placed high hopes on the future of this country. We are deeply inspired by Dialog’s determination in “Manudham Mehewara”, and we believe under multi-party cooperation, we can extend our help to those who need them the most. Therefore, Huawei decided to join hands with our strategic partners Dialog Axiata to provide support to families affected by the ongoing challenges. We believe empowering the community can bring confidence to people in overcoming difficulties.”

“As a part of our initiative ‘In Sri Lanka, For Sri Lanka - Here for you’. Our effort is to uplift people in Sri Lanka to be a resilient nation as Sri Lankans had always been” Liang Yi added.

Commenting, Pradeep De Almeida, Group Chief Technology Officer of Dialog Axiata PLC said, “On behalf of all the partners of this humanitarian mission, I would like to convey my deep appreciation to Huawei for joining this country-wide effort of supporting the most vulnerable families impacted by the current economic crisis. Our aim is to support 200,000 families or more, and to reach this goal, we call upon more like-minded corporate partners to join us. We have always believed that together we can make a difference, and as the preferred digital companion of over 17 million Sri Lankans, we consider it our responsibility to support our communities in their greatest hour of need.”

Over the past years, Huawei has continuously come forward and assisted impacted communities in Sri Lanka during the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak, natural disasters, and floods in earlier years. Huawei has also promoted the development of the ICT talent ecosystem in Sri Lanka through activities such as the Huawei Seeds for the Future program that was launched in 2016, providing internships for talented youth, and ICT Skills industrial training.

Huawei has been in Sri Lanka for more than two decades and has extensive and in-depth cooperation with local mainstream telecom operators, governments, and industry customers. Huawei is strongly committed to continuously developing high-level information and communications technology in Sri Lanka.

Photo caption : left to right - Dr. Vinya Ariyaratne, President, Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement, Liang Yi, Chief Executive Officer, Huawei Technologies Lanka Co. Pvt Ltd, Pradeep De Almeida, Group Chief Technology Officer, Dialog Axiata PLC, Kavinda Manjula, Senior Product Solution Manager, Huawei Technologies Lanka Co. Pvt Ltd

The Huawei ICT Competition 2021-2022 Global Final in Shenzhen drew to a close on June 25. This year marks the sixth Huawei ICT Competition, which included three competitions – Practice, Innovation and Industry – attracted 150,000 students from more than 2000 universities in 85 countries and regions around the world. After making it through the national and regional competitions, 130 teams from 43 countries and regions faced off in the global final, making this year's finals the largest yet. This year's participants were also the first to compete for a new series of Women In Tech Awards which have been designed to honor the outstanding talent displayed by the young women contestants in the Competition. A TECH4ALL Digital Inclusion Award was also presented during the awards ceremony, as part of Huawei's TECH4ALL Digital Inclusion Initiative.

Huawei Enterprise's President of Global Partner Development and Sales Xiao Haijun spoke at the event about how indispensable ICT has become to our work and lives. As one of Huawei's key initiatives in talent cultivation, the Huawei ICT Competition is designed to help build an ecosystem that students around the world can use to bridge digital divides and accelerate global digital transformation by improving their ICT knowledge, skills, and innovation capabilities.

Liu Limin, the President of the China Education Association for International Exchange, also spoke at the event on the important role the Huawei ICT Competition is playing in promoting international exchanges and cooperation. He said, "As an annual event for global university students, the Competition provides a platform for communication, promotes ICT technologies in universities, and serves as an example for cooperation between universities and the industry."

Finally, Hervé Huot-Marchand, UNESCO's Section Chief for Youth, Literacy and Skills Development, congratulated Huawei for their role as a key partner and contributor to the UNESCO's Global Education Coalition helping young people around the world to improve their digital skills. The Huawei ICT Competition is one of the few international programs that can help young people connect and promote innovation on such a large scale so that they can, in turn, give back and create greater value in the digital society.

This Huawei ICT Competition attracted more participants this year than ever before, despite the lingering pandemic. In the future, Huawei plans to continue building education, industry, and public talent ecosystems by establishing talent alliances, integrating talent standards, improving talent capabilities, and demonstrating talent value. Huawei has also announced plans to nurture 1 million certified ICT professionals by 2024 to improve the digital skills of society as a whole. This is intended to promote scientific and technological progress, industry development, and sustainable social and economic development.

Axiata Digital Labs (ADL), a subsidiary of the Axiata Group Berhad, and Huawei Technologies (Malaysia) (Huawei Malaysia) have ventured into a partnership on the development of digital transformation solutions in financial technology (FinTech), powered by Huawei Cloud.

The collaboration will see both ADL and Huawei Malaysia join forces to explore, develop and market new technology and software solutions in the field of digital financing services. This initiative forms the first step in bringing together Huawei Malaysia and ADL in expanding the utilisation of products and services for the Digital Financial Services market growth.

Leveraging their respective expertise, the partnership aims to benefit the productivity and viability of local businesses and industries through the use of digital solutions provided by both parties. The MoU was signed by the Chief Executive Officer of Axiata Digital Labs, Thushera Kawdawatta, and Chief Executive Officer of Huawei Malaysia, Michael Yuan.

Commenting on the partnership, Chief Executive Officer of Axiata Digital Labs Thushera Kawdawatta said ‘The collaboration between ADL and Huawei Technologies provides tremendous opportunities for two world-class innovators to explore, develop, and work on truly fascinating areas of technology. I am convinced that our collaboration will yield digital transformation solutions that will benefit industries, businesses, and society,’

Chief Executive Officer of Huawei Malaysia  Michael Yuan said  ‘The MoU serves as an opportunity to further connect and forge strategic partnerships across various industries as Huawei is always open to building a holistic ecosystem with key stakeholders.

We, at Huawei, are excited to explore our collaboration with Axiata Digital Labs in creating digital solutions through Huawei Cloud.

This includes FinTech, which is the new digital financial service ecosystem that allows partners to develop applications for diverse industries, laying a robust foundation for ubiquitous digital financial services. This bridges the digital divide between industries and economic sectors, improving productivity across all layers of society,this will also serve to benefit and drive the nation’s digital economy forward.’

Huawei Cloud is a leading cloud service provider which brings Huawei’s years of expertise together in ICT infrastructure products and solutions. Committed to building a cloud foundation for an intelligent world, Huawei Cloud strives to make a difference in bringing digital to local industries for a better-connected Malaysia.

Photo Caption: From Left-Right Namal Jayathilake, Chief Technology Officer, Axiata Digital Labs, Thushera Kawdawatta, Chief Executive Officer, Axiata Digital Labs, Michael Yuan, Chief Executive Officer, Huawei Malaysia, Lim Chee Siong, Vice President, Cloud and AI Business, Huawei Malaysia

The Huawei ICT Competition 2021–2022 Global Finals kicked off today at Huawei's Bantian Base in Shenzhen, China. This year's competition, focused on the themes of "Connection · Glory · Future" and featuring the slogan of “I.C. The Future”, attracted 150,000 students who represented over 2000 universities and colleges in 85 countries and regions. A total of 132 teams from 43 countries and regions made it to the Global Finals after battling it out at their respective country-level and regional competitions. Huawei hosts the ICT Competition annually to provide students with a platform to compete and exchange ideas, enhance their ICT knowledge and practical skills, and foster their capabilities to innovate by using new technologies and platforms.

This year marks the sixth year of the Huawei ICT Competition. There are three racks to the competition, Practice, Innovation and Industry, with the Practice section further split into two sub-tracks — Network and Cloud. In this track students' ICT knowledge, hands-on skills, and teamwork are all put to the test. In comparison, the Innovation track has students build solutions with significant social and business value using technologies such as AI, IoT, big data, cloud and mobile Internet. Finally, this year's newly introduced Industry track focuses on smart road scenarios to encourage students to resolve real industry challenges and deliver business value through innovative solutions using their ICT and industry knowhow. This year's Global Finals will be held online due to the ongoing pandemic. The Practice track final consists of 8-hour lab exams and the Innovation and Industry track finals will consist of presentations from participating teams on their solutions and follow-up Q&As from the judges. In addition, this year's participants will be the first to compete for a new series of Women In Tech Awards which have been designed to honor the outstanding talent displayed by the young women leaders in the competition.

Steven Zhu, Huawei Enterprise's President of Partner Development and Vice President of Global Partner Development and Sales, kicked off the opening ceremony by saying, "ICT industry development will require a large number of highly skilled ICT experts. Huawei is trying to build education, industry and public talent ecosystems while improving digital skills across society so that our industry can flourish. As an important part of Huawei's efforts to build an education talent ecosystem, the competition is essential for promoting equitable and high-quality education."

Peter Wells, Chief of UNESCO's Section for Higher Education, also spoke at the event via a video message praising the competition's ability to give students around the world free access to educational courses and study materials, as part of their preparation for the competition. He ended his address on how he hopes UNESCO and Huawei will work together to improve the digital skills and technological literacy of global talent, promote balanced and equitable development across regions, and bridge digital divides around the world.

Finally, Sun Gang, Huawei's Director of Talent Ecosystem Development, who attended onsite closed out the ceremony by wishing the contestants good luck and saying he looked forward to seeing how the students would showcase their ICT knowledge and skills, and encouraged them to use ICTs to transform our lives, create a better digital future and contribute to human development.

The Innovation Competition as well as the closing ceremony of the Global Final will be broadcast live. This live broadcast event will also include the launch of Huawei's newest Talent Cultivation Solution, the Huawei Academy Talent Training Platform. The closing and award ceremony will be held on June 25th. For more information about the Final, please visit: https://e.huawei.com/topic/huawei-ict-competition2021-2022-global/en/index.html

Huawei ICT Competition 2021-2022 Global Finals Opening Ceremony

Steven Zhu speaking at Huawei ICT Competition 2021-2022 Global Finals Opening Ceremony

Peter Wells's video message for the Huawei ICT Competition 2021-2022 Global Finals Opening Ceremony

Photo captions : Huawei ICT Competition 2021-2022 Global Finals Opening Ceremony

Axiata Digital Labs (ADL), a subsidiary of the Axiata Group Berhad, and Huawei Technologies (Malaysia) (Huawei Malaysia) have ventured into a partnership on the development of digital transformation solutions in financial technology (FinTech), powered by Huawei Cloud.

The collaboration will see both ADL and Huawei Malaysia join forces to explore, develop and market new technology and software solutions in the field of digital financing services. This initiative forms the first step in bringing together Huawei Malaysia and ADL in expanding the utilisation of products and services for the Digital Financial Services market growth.

Leveraging their respective expertise, the partnership aims to benefit the productivity and viability of local businesses and industries through the use of digital solutions provided by both parties. The MoU was signed by the Chief Executive Officer of Axiata Digital Labs, Thushera Kawdawatta, and Chief Executive Officer of Huawei Malaysia, Michael Yuan.

Commenting on the partnership, Chief Executive Officer of Axiata Digital Labs Thushera Kawdawatta said ‘The collaboration between ADL and Huawei Technologies provides tremendous opportunities for two world-class innovators to explore, develop, and work on truly fascinating areas of technology. I am convinced that our collaboration will yield digital transformation solutions that will benefit industries, businesses, and society,’

Chief Executive Officer of Huawei Malaysia  Michael Yuan said  ‘The MoU serves as an opportunity to further connect and forge strategic partnerships across various industries as Huawei is always open to building a holistic ecosystem with key stakeholders.

We, at Huawei, are excited to explore our collaboration with Axiata Digital Labs in creating digital solutions through Huawei Cloud.

This includes FinTech, which is the new digital financial service ecosystem that allows partners to develop applications for diverse industries, laying a robust foundation for ubiquitous digital financial services. This bridges the digital divide between industries and economic sectors, improving productivity across all layers of society,this will also serve to benefit and drive the nation’s digital economy forward.’

Huawei Cloud is a leading cloud service provider which brings Huawei’s years of expertise together in ICT infrastructure products and solutions. Committed to building a cloud foundation for an intelligent world, Huawei Cloud strives to make a difference in bringing digital to local industries for a better-connected Malaysia. 

Photo Caption - From Left-Right Namal Jayathilake, Chief Technology Officer, Axiata Digital Labs, Thushera Kawdawatta, Chief Executive Officer, Axiata Digital Labs, Michael Yuan, Chief Executive Officer, Huawei Malaysia, Lim Chee Siong, Vice President, Cloud and AI Business, Huawei Malaysia

Company discloses progress in IP, innovation at themed event

Huawei announced a batch of key inventions as part of its biennial "Top Ten Inventions" Awards at the "Broadening the Innovation Landscape 2022" forum held at its Shenzhen headquarters.

The award is designed to recognize inventions that could create new series of products, become important commercial features of existing products, or that generate considerable value for the company and the industry.

The awarded inventions range from an adder neural network that significantly reduces power consumption and circuit area to a game-changing "optical iris" that provides a unique identifier for optical fibers. It is designed to help carriers manage their network resources, cutting time and costs associated with broadband deployment.

The announcement came in the context of intellectual property rights, the protection and sharing of which Huawei believes is critical to the tech ecosystem.

"Protecting IP is key to protecting innovation," said Huawei’s Chief Legal Officer, Song Liuping. "We are eager to license our patents and technologies to share our innovations with the world. This will help broaden the innovation landscape, drive our industry forward, and advance technology for everyone," he added.

"Huawei is constantly changing itself, and constantly showcasing to the world the value of IP from China," said Tian Lipu, President of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property’s China Chapter.

By the end of 2021, Huawei held more than 110,000 active patents across over 45,000 patent families. It has more granted patents than any other Chinese company, has filed the most patent applications with the EU Patent Office, and ranked fifth in terms of new patents granted in the United States. For five straight years, Huawei has ranked No. 1 worldwide in terms of Patent Cooperation Treaty applications.

Alan Fan, Head of Huawei’s IPR Department, said the value of Huawei patents has seen wide recognition in the industry, especially in mainstream standards such as cellular technology, Wi-Fi, and audio/video codecs.

"In the past five years, more than two billion smartphones have been licensed to Huawei's 4G/5G patents. And for cars, about eight million connected vehicles licensed to Huawei patents are being delivered to the consumers every year," Fan said.

Huawei is also working actively with patent license administration companies in offering "one-stop" licenses for mainstream standards.

"Over 260 companies—accounting for one billion devices—have obtained Huawei's HEVC patent licenses through a patent pool," Fan said. He added that the company is in discussions to establish a new patent pool to give the industry “quick access” to Huawei’s patents for Wi-Fi devices worldwide.

Huawei is also discussing joint licensing programs for 5G patents with licensing experts and other leading industry patentees.

Liu Hua, Director of World Intellectual Property Organization Office in China, praised Huawei’s sustained focus on innovation, saying: "We look forward to seeing Huawei continue to take part in high-level global competition with innovation at its core."

For Manuel Desantes, former Vice President of European Patent Office, given the vast number of changes in the world these days, what matters most is no longer the number of registered patents or inventions. "The IP system should assure that the creations that merit protection are those that bring actual value," he said.

This marked the third innovation and IP-themed event Huawei has hosted on its innovation practices. Every year, Huawei invests over 10% of its sales revenue into R&D.

In terms of R&D expenditure, Huawei ranked second in the 2021 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard. In 2021, the company increased its R&D investment to CNY142.7 billion, representing 22.4% of our total revenue. Over the past decade, Huawei’s total R&D investment surpassed CNY845 billion.

Huawei, the innovative technology brand recently launched the stylish Nova 9 SE smartphone and latest MateBook D15 laptop further expanding its popular tech product range. Nova 9 SE is the newest mid-range addition to Huawei’s Nova smartphone range. The smartphone is defined by a powerful camera system, innovative features and a stylish design that appeal to the young generation. Huawei’s MateBook laptop range is a familiar name among tech enthusiasts. This 11^th Gen MateBook D 15 carries the legacy of the MateBook range with much more improved features.

The Huawei Nova 9 SE comes with a 6.78 inches LCD screen with a 90Hz refresh rate and a centre punch-hole that packs the selfie camera. The stylish design is coupled with the 3D glass back and beautifully textured colours – crystal blue, pearl white and midnight black.

Nova 9 SE features the 108MP AI Quad Camera system, which comprises a 108MP main camera, an 8MP ultra-wide-angle lens, a 2MP Bokeh lens, and a 2MP macro lens. The 108MP ultra-high-definition main camera helps users capture high-definition and detailed photos. It further expands possibilities for vlogging with innovative videography features such as front/rear dual-view video, continuous front/rear video recording and unique video editing options. Its 16MP front camera is equally powerful and captures high quality photos and videos, be it day or night.

It is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 processor coupled with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. It also supports 66W Huawei SuperCharge technology that helps users charge the device in blazing-fast speeds.

Huawei’s latest laptop MateBook D 15 is a highly portable, slim and well designed laptop with power-packed features. It weighs as light as 1.56kg and is introduced in scenic Space Grey and Mystic Silver colours. It comes with a IPS 15.6 inches Huawei Full View display and Full HD 1920x1080 resolution that offers an immersive viewing experience. Its eye restrain mode and flicker free blue light certifications help to keep the eyes fresh during longer usage. The narrow bezel that is slimmed down offers more screen and gives an elegant look to the laptop’s entire design.

The laptop is powered by the new 11th Gen Intel Core Processor and 16GB RAM to deliver improved performance with the support for cross-device collaboration. Its Intel Iris Xe Graphics helps to offer faster graphics processing performance.

It is also packed with innovative features such as Super Device that supports seamless cross device collaboration and a Fingerprint Power button for augmented security. The Smart Device feature also enables users to instantly pair devices including earphones, speakers, mouse and keyboards and connect with other devices.

Huawei MateBook D 15 comes with a compact, powerful charger. The 65W USB-C charger helps to charge the laptop faster and also allows the power to charge smartphones, which is highly versatile for travelling purposes.

Both Huawei Nova 9 SE and MateBook D 15 are now available to purchase from Huawei experience centers, authorized Huawei resellers and Singer showrooms.