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China Unicom and Huawei Pilot Large-Scale 5.5G Network in Beijing

China Unicom Beijing and Huawei have Extended Reality (XR) applications. During standards and smart network operations
successfully deployed a pilot large- tests, the 5.5G network achieved a downlink definitions. Both parties have won GSMA
scale 5.5G network in Beijing to provide peak rate of 10 Gbps, and continuous Global Mobile (GLOMO) Awards twice
continuous coverage in three key areas, experience exceeding 5 Gbps, surpassing for their world-leading solutions for
including Beijing Financial Street in the city 5G by 10 times. Trials also highlighted high-quality 5G network construction
center, the landmark Beijing Long Distance how 5.5G implemented high- and low-band and operations. The maturing of the XR
Call Building, and multipurpose Workers' coordination under discontinuous coverage industry ecosystem, the convergence of AI-
Stadium. This first-of-its-kind network is to enable seamless handovers and Generated Content (AIGC) and 5G devices,
expected to become a benchmark for future uninterrupted service. The city of Beijing and the scaled adoption of 5G applications
5.5 networks and applications across China has long aimed to be a global pacesetter for in enterprises and public institutions have
thanks to the performance achievements the digital economy This requires leading propelled the live-streaming economy, IoT
it represents. Testing showed that the 5G infrastructure and strong supporting economy, and digital transformation of
network delivered a 10 Gbps downlink peak industries. The city expects 5.5G to drive industries onto the fast lane, necessitating
rate and more than 5 Gbps continuous further development of its digital economy. a greater number of user connections,
experience. The network has also achieved China Unicom Beijing worked with Huawei faster rates, and lower latency in the uplink
high- and low-band coordination and on projects such as this one since they first and downlink of networks. In early 2024,
flexible deployment of outdoor and indoor began 5G network construction in 2019. Beijing's new 5.5G network underwent
5.5G equipment, and supports multiple To date, this partnership has yielded many comprehensive evaluations during a 5.5G
new applications including glasses- remarkable achievements, from gigabit industry event organized by the Beijing
free 3D, ultra-high-definition (UHD) real- hotspots and the world's largest 200 MHz Institute of Communications (BIC). BIC
time broadcast system, and emerging 5G urban network, to the release of user- brought in a number of experts from
applications in VR, AR and emerging experience-based network evaluation GSMA, TD Industry Alliance (TDIA), Omida,
China Media Group (CMG), China Global
Television Network (CGTN), People's
Posts and Telecommunications News
(PPTN), C114, and Naojiti to test the 5.5G
network as well as a number of toB and toC
applications in the Beijing Financial Street
demonstration area built by China Unicom
Beijing and Huawei. Demonstration of
applications showed that the indoor 5.5G
network at the Beijing Long Distance Call
Building supported 4 Gbps uplink rates for
glasses-free 3D, UHD shallow compression
real-time production system, 8K high uplink
live streaming, and XR separated rendering,
showcasing the technology's potential for
digital transformation in media and many
other industries.

Nexign Accelerates CSP’s Transition to Leaner

Operations with Database-Agnostic and Modular
BSS

According to TM Forum, cost continues ranks second in the list. A new generation of on a microservices-based and database-
to be the most common reason full-stack, convergent, and modular Nexign agnostic architecture. The new solution,
communications service providers (CSPs) BSS released by Nexign, a leading provider unlike traditional monolithic BSS, puts
cite for changing BSS suppliers in the of BSS and digitalization solutions, helps CSPs on fast track to implementing
market. In particular, 36% of CSPs consider CSPs transit towards leaner operations changes and launching new services.
cost to be the most important cause of based on an agile and responsive business With the ability to select a core database
shifting to another BSS, while technology model. The updated Nexign BSS is built even for high-load components, CSPs can

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