For well-known reasons, Huawei has had a hard time in the past three years, and has even withdrawn from the 5G market. You know, Huawei Mate20X was the world's first 5G mobile phone, and it has a very high market share and voice in the field of 5G communication. Fortunately, Huawei still calmed down and concentrated on the research and development of Kirin and Hongmeng systems, and also handed over a perfect answer.
As you can see, the return of the Mate60 series has helped Huawei gradually regain its lost market share, especially in the high-end mobile phone market, Huawei has created huge pressure on Apple, and the data in the first two weeks of January 2024 shows that Huawei's mobile phone sales rank first in China, and Mate60 is indispensable. The reason why Huawei has been able to make a comeback is that on the one hand, it has the advantages of its own HarmonyOS system, and on the other hand, it has brought you a bright in-depth innovation, which has given the market a shot in the arm.
According to data from research institutions, Huawei's global smartphone shipments in Q3 of 2023 increased by 44% year-on-year, and in Q4, it increased by more than 70%. At the same time, Huawei officially announced that it will participate in MWC 2024 from February 26 to February 19, when it will release new technologies and products based on 5G-A.
As can be seen from the promotional poster, the official term 5G-A is used, and Huawei Wireless invites you to meet in Barcelona to jointly move towards the first year of 5G-A commercialization. You may be unfamiliar with the ranking of 5G-A, but the simple understanding is 5.5G, which has a faster and more stable network speed than 5G. In other words, after Huawei has led the development of 5G technology, it is about to promote 5.5G technology on a global scale, once again at the forefront of the industry, which is worthy of being the light of domestic products.
It is understood that 5G-A is a transitional stage between 5G and 6G, which belongs to the enhanced version of 5G technology. From the perspective of test efficiency, the downlink peak is upgraded from 1 Gbps to 10 Gbps, the uplink peak is increased from 0.1 Gbps to 1 Gbps, and the connection density is upgraded from 1 million to 10 million per km³. In other words, compared with 5G, 5G-A is 10 times faster, can support 10 Gigabit experience, 100 billion connections, further improves latency and reliability, and explores synaesthesia integration.
It is reported that China Mobile's research institute and Huawei jointly completed the pilot test of 5G-A outdoor continuous networking and indoor 3CC (three-carrier aggregation) in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, and built a 5G-A 3CC continuous networking demonstration area. Huawei has also conducted a 5G-A model test on the road with Shanghai Mobile, covering a wide range of scenarios, including more high-precision video surveillance, autonomous vehicle control, and high-precision maps.
It is expected that 2024 will be the first year of the freezing and commercialization of the first version of the 5G-A standard.