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Huawei and etisalat by e& Demo Net Zero 5G Massive MIMO

UAE telecoms group etisalat by e& has represent the convergence of sustainability a number of solar power and smart energy
announced a strategic alliance with Huawei and cutting-edge wireless technology, storage solutions. For example, it uses
to unveil what is described as the first net notably massive MIMO technology, advanced MetaAAU (64T64R with 384
zero 5G Massive MIMO site deployment in which improves capacity, coverage and antenna array), multi-band RRU and green
the MENA region. This deployment is being user experience. At the same time the antennas, improving energy efficiency up
showcased at Dubai Expo City, the venue collaboration is said to usher in a new era to 25% and multi-band RRU reducing radio
of the 28th Conference of the Parties to of green network infrastructure, with the weight up to 66%. In addition, managed by
the UNFCCC (COP28), underlining what region's most energy-efficient 100% off- NetEco, an artificial intelligence system, the
etisalat by e& describes as its commitment grid 5G site to date. It is powered by an site's energy consumption is meticulously
to environmental responsibility and innovative AI-based energy management optimized, with a focus on real-time energy
technological excellence. Powered entirely system, expected to reduce CO2 emissions management.
by renewable energy, this 5G site is said to by around 26 tons per year. The site includes

XL Axiata and Huawei Launch First Commercial Use of Network Digital Map

in Asia-Pacific

XL Asiata, a leading Indonesian provider of differentiated SLA assurance is offered to growth. Hui Wang, Vice President of Hua-
telecommunications services, and Huawei tap into the potential of private line service wei's Data Communication Product Line,
successfully completed the live network tri- growth, enabling monetization of premium said that digital transformation will remain
al and initiated the first commercial launch private line packages. a focus of global development in the next
of Network Digital Map with an Asia-Pacific Leading global ICT provider XL Axiata decade, and 5G application experience
carrier. The two parties are now committed I Gede Darmayusa, XL Axiata's CTO said, “In assurance and the upgrade to differenti-
to accelerate the deployment of end-to-end line with its three core strategies — network ated premium private lines will represent
SRv6 and network digital map across XL convergence, digitalization and automa- two significant opportunities for CSPs to
Axiata’s operations. This commercial use tion, and customer-centric approach — XL achieve further growth. “The Network Dig-
proves that iMaster NCE Network Digital Axiata believes that network infrastruc- ital Map in Huawei iMaster NCE will help
Map — based on the end-to-end (E2E) SRv6 ture construction is fundamental to digital
network architecture and software-defined transformation.” Therefore, XL Axiata built
networking (SDN) automation technology a high-efficiency, future-proof, unified net-
— helps XL Axiata foster a digital founda- work infrastructure for mobile, enterprise,
tion for autonomous networks. This digital and home services. To support XL Axiata
map enables traffic optimization and auto- on its journey toward SRv6 automation and
matic load balancing, optimize bandwidth autonomous networks, Huawei launched
efficiency. In terms of latency improvement, Network Digital Map in iMaster NCE. Given
it can complete optimization and self-heal- that XL Axiata able to tailor-made require-
ing in minutes, significantly boosting 4G/5G ments from industries, Huawei provides
user experience and XL Axiata’s conver- workflows that support B2B private line
gence business consumer. When it comes production and the rollout of diversified
to premium SRv6 private line services, product packages, thereby driving new
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