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Huawei's Ryan Ding: GUIDE to a Better Digital Economy

Connectivity + IT for new growth
According to Ding, as more industries are going digital, IT
infrastructure will need to be rebuilt to drive more efficient
operations. By creating synergies between IT and CT, cloud and
edge, and cloud and networks, Huawei hopes to help operators
go digital and intelligent and achieve new revenue growth. In Asia
Pacific, for example, Huawei's OneStorage solution has helped
one operator cut TCO by 30%.
Green ICT: More Bits, Less Watts
Green ICT is key to sustainable growth in the digital economy. The
ICT industry is providing new technologies to help other industries
reduce their carbon footprints. In fact, these savings are predicted
to amount to ten times larger than the ICT industry's own
footprint. At the forum, Ding also shared Huawei's green strategy:
More Bits, Less Watts. With its full range of green solutions,
At the Huawei Day 0 Forum held the day before Mobile World including green site, green network, and green operation, Huawei
Congress 2022, Ryan Ding, Huawei's Executive Director and aims to help operators increase network capacity and cut the
President of the Carrier Business Group, said that operators can energy consumption per bit. Huawei also proposed the Network
work on connection density, computing diversity, and carbon Carbon Intensity index to quantify the carbon emissions of the
reduction intensity, and called on operators to join Huawei in ICT industry and help operators make their green strategy a
its GUIDE business blueprint to create a better digital economy reality. At the end of his speech, Ding proposed Huawei's GUIDE
together. The global digital economy is developing rapidly, and business blueprint, which aims to help operators develop the
over 50% of global GDP will be digitalized in 2022. Many countries five key capabilities required for business success: expanding
and regions, like China, South Korea, and the EU, have already services, innovating efficiently, leveraging resources, competing
announced huge investment plans for the digital economy. As on value, and contributing to society. Huawei's President of
ICT infrastructure providers, operators will play an increasingly Carrier Marketing & Solution Sales, Peng Song, discussed this
important role in leading the development of the future digital path for network evolution in his keynote speech and called on
economy. During his keynote, Ding explained that the vitality of operators to collaborate more with industry partners along the
digital economy can be evaluated by three factors: connection GUIDE business blueprint, saying, "We should more actively
density, computing diversity, and carbon reduction intensity, and embrace the digital world. GUIDE is now. Let's act now to draw
that these factors give operators the levers they need to shape the a business blueprint with partners in more industries to lead
future of the digital economy. By increasing connection density, future development, as once the train of digitalization starts
operators can grow their 5G user base and expand their business to roll forward, nothing can stop it." Separately at the Huawei
scope. By diversifying their computing resources, operators can Day 0 Forum, Huawei released a series of new IT products and
create synergies between connectivity and IT to boost enterprise solutions as part of a new "intelligent IT foundation" for operators.
digitalization for new growth. In carbon reduction, new green David Wang, Executive Director of the Board and Chairman of
ICT solutions, like those Huawei provides, will increase network the ICT Infrastructure Managing Board at Huawei, explained that
capacity and cut the energy consumption per bit for greener this reliable and efficient IT foundation will help operators go
development. intelligent, increase revenue, reduce costs, boost efficiency, and
5G has come a long way ultimately achieve new growth. Breaking down misconceptions to
Commercial 5G deployment started two years ago, and since accelerate green development, Huawei Carrier's Chief Marketing
then, the numbers of 5G networks, users, and devices have Officer Dr. Philip Song noted, "Green development is a buzzword.
grown rapidly. By the end of 2021, more than 200 operators have Just like from Newton's classical mechanics to Einstein's theory
deployed commercial 5G networks, servicing more than 700 of relativity, its development is going to be marked by a spiraling
million 5G users. There are currently over 1,200 commercial 5G path between misconceptions and truths. We need to move past
devices in use. This growing user base is bringing commercial these five misconceptions as soon as possible to accelerate
returns to operators while driving continuous network rollouts. the green development of the ICT industry." MWC22 Barcelona
During the event, Ding shared 5G success stories from various runs from February 28 to March 3 in Barcelona, Spain. Huawei is
operators and showed how new 5G applications like AR, VR, and showcasing its products and solutions at stand 1H50 in Fira Gran
new video are offering users new experiences. Flexible 5G pricing Via Hall 1. Together with global operators, industry professionals,
models are also benefiting both users and operators and driving and opinion leaders, we dive into topics such as industry trends,
rapid growth in the 5G user base. GUIDE to the Future, and green development to envision the future
of digital networks.

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