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Huawei: in the world of 5G, we're all Europeans now
Chinese giant joins Europe's 5G-PPP
Huawei has formalised its cooperation with Europe's 5G-PPP (public-private partnership), announcing the projects it will be working on under the project.
The Chinese juggernaut's interest was signalled last year when it dominated sponsorship of the 5G@Europe summit in Munich.
Earlier this year, Europe's digital commish Gunther Oettinger reiterated a grand vision for 5G that would include Chinese investment, and now, that investment is taking shape.
Huawei has announced it will work on the following projects:
- METIS-II: Mobile and wireless communications enablers;
- Fantastic-5G: Flexible air interface for scalable service delivery;
- mmMAGIC: Millimetre-wave based mobile radio access networks;
- 5G-Xhaul: small-scale and cloud-RAN optical and wireless backhaul and “fronthaul”, with a “cognitive control plane”; and
- 5G Exchange: Multi-domain orchestration for software defined infrastructure.
As well as the 5G-PPP projects, Huawei touted a plan to spend £5 million on 5G research in Europe by 2018, and its participation in the launch of a Munich-based 5G Vertical Industry Accelerator.
The company has been working hard to plant its flags in the battleground: it's announced heavy investments, is working hard on the air interface (along with World+Dog), and is a board member of the 5G Infrastructure Association.
Its announcements for 5G include a 2013 promise to pour US$600 million into the technology; an air interface demonstration; and work on patent-book-building. ®
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