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Persistence in Innovation, Lighting Up The Future

In the past five years, the biggest progress in our industry has
been 5G. We all know that, beyond the consumer market, 5G
is now bringing new revenue streams to carriers and enabling
carriers to deeply participate in the digital transformation of other
key industries.

Nevertheless, 5G’s development is only one part of the changes
we're seeing in the world. In addition, there are other key trends
that will have a long-term impact on our industry.

According to the World Economic Forum,
by 2030 digital technology could also help
reduce global carbon emissions by 15%.
Building a green ICT network will not only cut
emissions and improve power efficiency. It
will help realize significant OPEX saving,
which is a key target that all carriers are

pursuing. It is recognized as instrumental
for their sustainable development and to
fulfill their social responsibility.

For one, vertical industries’ digital transformation has accelerated
greatly during the pandemic, by some estimates accelerating by as
much as seven years. Right now, for instance, 81% of enterprises
use cloud-based applications. According to Gartner, Enterprise
An Jian ICT spending is projected to total USD16 trillion in the next five
President of Carrier Network Business Group years. The governance budget spends more on OPEX than
Huawei Middle East CAPEX, and 65% of CIOs from verticals indicate that they would
prefer to purchase outsourced services rather than self-built IT
systems. More and more enterprises are willing to purchase full-
stack IT services instead of fragmented services. These trends
require greater connectivity and cloud capabilities which present
tremendous opportunities for carriers. Take China as an example.
In 2020, China Mobile’s ICT basic services increased by 59.4%,
compared with 2019. Its B2B business grew rapidly, reaching
34.6%, and its cloud services increased by 353.8%.

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