Recently, it is difficult for friends in the communication circle not to be swiped by MWC 2022, MWC has experienced the peak of 2019, the absence of 2020, the postponement of 2021, and this MWC has undertaken too many audience expectations.
According to the data released by the Global Mobile Communication Systems Association, the organizer of the conference, on the 3rd, more than 61,000 people from nearly 200 countries around the world participated in the four-day conference, exceeding the 40,000 to 60,000 people expected by the organizers; more than 1,900 companies, including exhibitors and sponsors; more than 1,000 people spoke at the conference.
"Haifeng Kan Technology" summarizes the latest trends of equipment manufacturers such as Huawei, ZTE, Ericsson, Qualcomm and other enterprises, as well as the latest products of terminal manufacturers such as OPPO and vivo.
This article mainly focuses on the dynamics of equipment vendors, including Huawei's release of full-stack data centers, smart campuses, ftTR Gigabit all-optical room solutions; ZTE's release of the fourth generation of 5G MBB products, 50G PON prototypes and other products; Qualcomm's first Wi-Fi 7 commercial solution, the world's first integrated 5G AI processor and other products; Ericsson's release of 7 new RAN products, IoT Accelerator platform and edge open platform; And Cisco's launch of a private 5G strategy and IoT enhancements Intel's three arrows at the same time: to create a fully programmable network, to achieve "software speed" forward; Tsinghua Unigroup Zhanrui said that Cat.1bis chips are commercially available in multiple overseas markets.
More wonderful points to watch, "Haifeng Look at Technology" has been sorted out for everyone, by the way, the spoiler MWC22 Shanghai station is set for June 29, which is worth looking forward to.
Huawei: Helping operators sign a total of 3,000+5G application contracts
Three major solutions were released, involving smart parks and smart homes.
Huawei released two scenario-based solutions: full-stack data centers and next-generation smart campuses. Among them, the full-stack data center solution creates an agile, efficient and highly reliable green data center through multi-mode innovation such as soft and hard integration and cross-product domain collaboration.
The new generation of smart campus solutions can realize more effective management of park facilities, energy efficiency optimization and human-vehicle travel solutions by reconstructing and upgrading the three major ICT infrastructures of the park office system, network architecture and IT computer room.
It is worth mentioning that Huawei has released the industry's first FTTR gigabit all-optical room solution worldwide, which extends optical fiber to every room, aiming to create an all-optical network base for smart homes and digital enterprises.
13 countries have the best 5G network experience and signed a 3000+5G industry application contract.
Huawei helps global operators deploy leading 5G networks, and according to third-party test reports, Huawei has built the best user experience in 13 countries, including Switzerland, Germany, Finland, the Netherlands, South Korea, and Saudi Arabia.
At the same time, Huawei, together with operators and partners, has signed more than 3,000 commercial contracts for 5G industry applications, creating innovative XtoB solutions that help operators open up a new blue ocean of industry digitalization through the integration of 5G, quality lines, intelligent cloud networks, data centers, and clouds.
Strategy: Digital economy, industry transformation, and green emission reduction are three major points.
Ding Yun, managing director of Huawei and president of operator BG, said that the vitality of the digital economy can be assessed by three dimensions, namely, the density of connectivity, the diversity of computation, and the intensity of carbon emission reduction, in which operators can find new opportunities to reshape the future development of the digital economy.
Wang Tao, Managing Director of Huawei and Director of the ICT Infrastructure Business Management Committee, said that Huawei fully responds to the transformation needs of operators and thousands of industries for the development of the digital economy, provides operators with an intelligent IT base, and helps operator customers accelerate digital transformation and achieve new business growth through fully collaborative distributed cloud and all-scenario data storage pool.
Dr. Song Xiaodi, Chief Marketing Officer of Huawei Operator BG, pointed out that "More Bits, Less Watts (more bits, less watts)" is Huawei's green strategy, and Huawei helps operators continuously increase network capacity and reduce energy consumption per unit through the "Green Site - Green Network - Green Operation" system solution.
Guo Ping, huawei's rotating chairman, said that Huawei will not withdraw from overseas markets, and is significantly increasing its strategic investment in root technology, reconstructing the technical base with partners to achieve three reconstructions of basic theory, architecture and software.
ZTE: 50G PON prototype of the fourth generation of 5G MBB products
ZTE released the fourth generation of 5G MBB product family, including indoor 5G CPE MC888 series, outdoor 5G CPE MC889 series, and portable 5G MIFI MU5120, which can fully cover indoor, outdoor and travel scenarios.
At the same time, ZTE's world-first precision 50G PON prototype has the precision characteristics of ultra-wide, low latency and low jitter, which meets the needs of ultra-high bandwidth access, mobile xHaul and campus deterministic networks in homes/enterprises.
In addition, ZTE also demonstrated pre-research technologies and products that increase the transmission rate of high-power 5G millimeter wave CPE to 10Gbps. The device is equipped with the new Qualcomm SD X65 chip, which supports sub6G and millimeter wave dual connection, and solves the two core problems of device heat generation and signal coverage.
It is worth mentioning that ZTE released a new generation of end-to-end green solution GreenPilot for global operators, including NaturalPilot, SolarMaster, SmartLi, PowerPilot, Green DC and other sub-solutions, which can bring benefits to operator customers in all scenarios, full cycles and full intelligence.
Qualcomm: The world's first integrated 5G AI processor for the first Wi-Fi 7 commercial solution
Qualcomm launched the FastConnect 7800 Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity system, the first to support the latest Wi-Fi 7 specification. Qualcomm expects it to be the first wi-Fi 7 solution to be commercially shipped, with commercial availability in the second half of 2022.
Qualcomm released the Snapdragon X70 5G modem and RF system, and the Snapdragon X70 introduced the world's first 5G AI processor in the modem and RF system. The Snapdragon X70 is expected to begin sampling to customers in the second half of 2022, and commercial mobile terminals are expected to be available later in 2022.
Qualcomm has introduced two new ultra-low-power wireless audio platforms with rich features, the Qualcomm S5 Audio Platform (QCC517x) and the Qualcomm S3 Audio Platform (QCC307x), both of which support Snapdragon Sound Snapdragon Listening Technology. At present, the two platforms are sampling from customers, and commercial products are expected to be available in the second half of 2022.
Qualcomm announced that it has partnered with Microsoft to join forces with members of the 5G Enterprise Private Network Partner Ecosystem Program to provide a unique chip-to-cloud solution to simplify and accelerate 5G enterprise private network deployment by launching an end-to-end, easy-to-deploy, and scalable 5G private network solution.
Qualcomm announced that it has upgraded new features and capabilities to its 2nd generation Qualcomm 5G fixed wireless access platform released in February 2021, adding support for 5G millimeter wave standalone networking and the new Qualcomm 5G RF Sensing suite.
Qualcomm also launched a new enhancement solution for its rapidly expanding automotive technology portfolio, and in order to further enhance snapdragon's digital chassis connected car platform, Qualcomm introduced a new "connection-as-a-service" feature for snapdragon vehicles to cloud services, supporting quickly available connectivity capabilities, integrated analytics, and a developer environment for cloud and terminals through new technology collaborations.
Ericsson: 7 new RAN products IoT Accelerator platform and edge open platform
Ericsson unveils 7 new RAN products and solutions, the keyword is "energy efficiency". The "brightest boy" is undoubtedly the dual-band wireless product Radio 4490 and the high-performance radio 4490 HP. The Radio4490 consumes 25 percent less energy than the previous generation and is only 24 kilograms. The Radio 4490 HP delivers 50% more power than the previous generation.
At the same time, Ericsson highlighted the "IoT Accelerator Connect" mobile IoT platform, which can seamlessly connect a large number of IoT devices, enabling telecom operators and enterprises around the world to deploy tens of millions of devices in one click, and solve the main pain points of a large number of networking settings.
In addition, Ericsson has also launched the "Edge Exposure Server", which allows telecom providers to use the edge system to join program execution or consumer services including drones, virtual reality, augmented reality, etc., and provide value-added services in application development, system integration, public cloud computing supply and equipment foundry production.
Cisco: Launched private 5G strategic IoT enhancements
Cisco announced at the conference that they will provide enterprises with a personal 5G go-to-market strategy, while Cisco also plans to enhance its IoT products to help companies manage their work remotely. First, Cisco's personal 5G solutions will use analytics, artificial intelligence, automation, and machine learning to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of completing work-related projects on a secure network. The product will use Cisco's core mobile technologies to combine elements of Wi-Fi, 5G, and IoT in a complete as-a-service solution.
Second, Cisco upgraded its IoT software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform. An enhanced version of the platform is designed to enable enterprises to manage low-power wide area network (LPWAN), 4G, and 5G IoT connectivity in a simpler way to address emerging use cases.
Intel Strikes Three Arrows: Build a Fully Programmable Network for "Software Speed" Forward
Intel unveiled "three tricks" at the conference: Xeon's new architecture to enhance the vRAN roadmap; the first SoC built for the edge from zero; and a new software release to improve inference. First, Intel brings to market a new solution based on saphire Rapids, the next-generation Xeon Scalable platform.
Second, Intel released a new Xeon D series processor for network edge and wireless base station applications, the new processor for software-defined networking (SDN) architecture, can be more flexibly deployed at the edge, after the integration of artificial intelligence and encryption acceleration computing features, so that more data can complete the pre-data processing in the edge processing stage.
Third, Intel's rapid iteration of Smart Edge, the edge cloud software platform, helps enterprises and developers build, deploy, and manage multi-access and private network solutions in a variety of different use cases with cloud-like simplicity.
Tsinghua Unigroup Cat.1bis chip is commercially available in a number of overseas markets
During the conference, Zhan Rui said: Zhan Rui Cat.1bis chip has been large-scale commercial in a number of overseas markets, 8910DM became the world's first Cat.1bis Internet of Things chip platform certified by Deutsche Telekom, driving on the fast track to accelerate large-scale commercial use in the European multinational market, in India, Zhan Rui Cat.1 smart meter chip market share of more than 80%.
According to the latest research report on the global cellular IoT chip market released by Counterpoint in the third quarter of 2021, ZhanRui ranked second in the world with a market share of 26.8%, and surpassed Qualcomm to become the first in the world in the segment of LTE Cat.1 chips. At the same time, ZhanRui continued to maintain a high-speed growth momentum in the field of Internet of Things, becoming the only player in the world's top five cellular IoT chip manufacturers with a year-on-year growth rate of more than 100%.
From the perspective of this MWC, 5G technology is still a well-deserved topic star. However, the author has also observed two major changes, one of which is that the focus of major enterprises has shifted from how to build 5G networks to how to play the role of 5G, including 5G application scenarios and 5G to help carbon peak, carbon neutrality action, etc.
Second, the rapid evolution of new 5G technologies. Among them, the evolution of 5G-Advanced technology is expected to promote the application of 5G in the meta-universe, industrial Internet, Internet of Things, Internet of Vehicles and other fields, and the deployment of 5G millimeter wave is accelerated to make full use of spectrum resources and release 5G potential.
At the end of the article, a little spoiler, MWC22 Shanghai Station will be held during 6.29-7.1, when "Haifeng Kan Technology" will bring more wonderful live reports, so stay tuned.