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14 JULY-SEPTEMBER 2024
Alex Xu
President of Carrier Business
Huawei Middle East & Central Asia
Since the beginning of 5G
commercialization in 2019, more
than 50% of the world's 5G operators
have put FWA as one of the main
services. FWA subscribers are
growing strongly. By the end of
2023, the number of global 5G FWA
subscribers exceeded 20 million. It
is estimated that this number will
reach 300 million by the end of 2029.
FWA service has contributed 10% of
the total revenue for some pioneer
operators.
Looking at the global trends, we see
three of the latest industry changes: gaming/cloud storage, and home
• In terms of spectrum, more and
more operators can obtain a
second or a third large-bandwidth
TDD spectrums, providing ultra-
large bandwidth capabilities for
the wireless networks. Currently,
some leading operators, such as du
UAE, e& UAE, stc Saudi Arabia, and
CMCC, have deployed three TDD
carrier aggregation (CA) in a large- in 4G WTTx, FWA is one of the key
scale.
• In terms of terminals, 5.5G CPEs
supporting 3 Carrier Component-
Channel Aggregation (3CC CA)
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have been marketed, and high-end
CPEs which support it have been
mass produced including Brovi,
MeiG, T&W. The launch of RedCap
CPE makes the price of 5G CPE less
than US$60. According to the GSA
report, the terminal ecosystem
is booming. 311 CPE models have
been released and more than 212
CPE models have been put into
commercial use.
• In terms of user requirements,
pure connection requirements are
shifting to richer applications, such
as AIGC, online education, cloud
IoT.
Considering the Middle East region,
5G was put into commercial use in
2019, which was among the world’s
first 5G wave. Operators in the
region actively deploy 5G national
networks and provision services. Due
to their accumulated experience
services at the beginning of 5G
while all GCC operators have put
5G FWA into commercial use. So
far, more than 3 million FWA users
Huawei's innovative FWA
Service Turbo solution
works with CPEs to
ensure user experience,
such as reducing the
latency of cloud gaming
services and stabilizing
the network speed of
video services. This
solution surpasses the
existing home broadband
experience boundary,
supports operators to
develop scenario-based
packages, enriches
service contents, and
increases business
revenue.
have been developed, and this
contributes to a result that 5G traffic
accounts for more than 50% of the
total network traffic. Operators are
actively exploring applications such
as guaranteed high-speed services