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solutions to ultra-low-speed passive ones. integrated sensing and communication, Barcelona, Spain. Huawei showcases its
Passive IoT tags can transmit data, and facilitating new services products and solutions at stand 1H50 in
can also be used for positioning and on 5.5G networks with the sensing capability Fira Gran Via Hall 1. Together with global
temperature sensors. Such tags can be can be used extensively in scenarios operators, industry professionals, and
used in a wide variety of scenarios, such as like smart city road traffic services opinion leaders, we dive into topics such as
automated inventory of warehouse items, and perimeter sensing, making urban 5G business success, 5.5G opportunities,
agriculture and livestock development, and infrastructure more efficient and intelligent. green development, digital transformation,
positioning of personal items. Currently, For example, in rainy or foggy weather, and our vision of using the GUIDE business
more than 30 billion passive IoT tags (based 5.5G networks can automatically detect blueprint to lay the foundation for 5.5G
on technologies like RFID) are consumed obstacles or abnormalities on the road and build on the success of 5G for even
a year. As more industries go digital, the and notify drivers through the maps in their greater prosperity. For more information,
number of passive IoT tags used every year cars one kilometer in advance, making please visit: https://carrier.huawei.com/en/
is expected to reach 100 billion. transportation safer. MWC Barcelona events/mwc2023.
Frontier 5: From communication to 2023 runs from February 27 to March 2 in

Huawei Held 2023 Regional Headquarter Annual Meeting in the Kingdom of

Saudi Arabia

Huawei held its 2023 Middle East and and comply with the laws and regulations services. Later in the year, the Kingdom
Central Asia (ME&CA) Annual Meeting of the Saudi government. This event was, signed an MoU with Huawei on advancing
Awards Giving Ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi therefore, an ideal opportunity to celebrate cloud computing and building smart cities.
Arabia, on Saturday 18 February, bringing these individual and collective triumphs In June last year, Huawei, in partnership
together Huawei representatives from while formulating another fruitful year with the Saudi Space Commission,
21 countries. His Excellency Haytham ahead. In 2023 and beyond, we remain unveiled 'Future Space', its first technology
Al Ohali, Vice Minister in the Ministry committed to helping build a connected, experience center in Saudi Arabia. Then
of Communications & Information intelligent world while inspiring our partners in December 2022, The Saudi Ministry
Technology, graced the event, held in the to deliver differentiated services to their of Communications and Information
Kingdom for the first time. Huawei used the customers." The ME&CA Annual Meeting Technology (MCIT) and Huawei signed
meeting to align on 2023 objectives while and Awards Giving Ceremony is the an MoU to enhance cooperation in ICT
recognizing staff for excellence in driving culmination of another highly successful on the sidelines of the historic visit of His
business objectives and differentiated year for Huawei in the region. In February Excellency President of China Xi Jinping to
customer experiences. Executives, led by last year, Huawei announced it would build the Kingdom. MCIT and Huawei pledged to
Steven Yi, Huawei President for Middle a cloud region in Saudi Arabia during the collaborate to realize a '10Gbps Society',
East and Central Asia, led discussions on inaugural LEAP event, a boost for local seeking to build a superfast broadband
business development for the year ahead. businesses and governments' ability to infrastructure to support the digital
HE. Haytham Al Ohali said: “We realize the access more robust and secure cloud transformation goals of Saudi Vision 2030.
benefits of working with the private sector
to enhance our ICT capabilities in support
of Saudi Vision 2030. This partnership
marks another important phase in our
ongoing collaboration with Huawei,
whose outcome will elevate the Kingdom's
competitiveness and help to nurture the
country's digital economy." Steven Yi said:
“This is a significant milestone for the first
time in our history, in Riyadh, where Huawei
CEOs and regional management teams
from 21 countries gathered in the Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia. Huawei will continue to
invest in Saudi Arabia and support the
growth of local Saudis. At the same time,
we will perform more and more regional
management functions in Saudi Arabia

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