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LEADERS' SUMMIT 2023 SAMENA TRENDS

At the Summit, led by the UAE TDRA, etisalat by e&, Active Antenna Units (AAUs), significantly
reducing AAU power consumption from
du, infraX, Quanray, HTC, Lierda, and Huawei jointly 300W to below 10W.
launched the 5.5G OpenLab. The lab is dedicated to Second, Huawei’s approach to renewable
building a 5.5G ecosystem alliance, testing ecosystem energy focuses not only on the scale of

interoperability, and developing advanced use cases deployment but also on the efficiency of
deploying and utilizing green energy. The
for consumers, homes, and industry sectors. company has transitioned from network-
level to site-level planning and deployment
As part of this summit, Huawei also We firmly believe that green and low- of green power, improving accuracy.
launched FWA2 (Fixed Wireless Access), carbon development, as well as digital Intelligent scheduling, operating at daily to
a new generation home broadband (HBB) and intelligent transformation are the two minute levels, optimizes the efficiency of
service, which is supported by advanced main forces driving the fourth industrial renewable energy generation, conversion,
5.5G technology. During the launch, Mr. revolution forward.” and utilization, resulting in enhanced
Vanness You, Vice President of Huawei Green ICT deployment is considered economic and environmental benefits.
ME&CA CNBG, said: “With the large-scale a prerequisite for sustainable digital
commercial use of multi-carrier aggregation economic growth. Mr. Wang emphasized Last but not least, in terms of user
terminals and the development of RedCap that digital technology advancements experience, Huawei ensures network Key
technology, it’s time to upgrade from FWA2 provide new opportunities to achieve Performance Indicators (KPIs) for energy-
standard to FWA2. FWA2 includes FWA Pro sustainability while meeting user saving while prioritizing user satisfaction.
represented by up to 1 Gbps speed, FWA experience requirements. He identified the Optimal energy-saving strategies are
Lite and FWA Biz with the feature of low- density of connections, computing power, implemented for different network
cost and high-reliability. This is the first and decarbonization intensity as the main scenarios, maximizing energy efficiency
wave of use cases that can be generated dimensions for measuring the green digital while guaranteeing basic network KPIs
by 5.5G.” economy. in low-traffic situations. For high-traffic
scenarios such as Fixed Wireless Access
At the Summit, led by the UAE TDRA, etisalat According to estimations by ITU, the (FWA) services and VIP users, Huawei
by e&, du, infraX, Quanray, HTC, Lierda, and connectivity density will increase as global focuses on providing an exceptional user
Huawei jointly launched the 5.5G OpenLab. data traffic increases 14 times from 2020 experience.
The lab is dedicated to building a 5.5G to 2030. The computing power is also
ecosystem alliance, testing ecosystem poised to grow more than 10 times during In addition to technological advancements,
interoperability, and developing advanced the same period. However, the massive Huawei actively collaborates with global
use cases for consumers, homes, and data and computing power growth will operators and standard organizations
industry sectors. naturally result in higher network energy to promote the standardization of green
consumption. This can pose a challenge, indicators. Mr. Wang urged operators in
Meanwhile, the world’s leading technology especially in light of the Paris Agreement the Middle East, North Africa, and South
provider and a global leader in information that requires the ICT industry to reduce Asia regions to join forces in promoting
and communications technology (ICT) carbon emissions by 45% within this innovative regional green indicators.
solutions, also emphasized the crucial decade. This includes the application of multi-
role of green ICT development in ensuring dimensional energy efficiency indicators,
sustainable digital economic growth during To face the challenge and reduce carbon the establishment of regional network
a keynote delivered by Mr. Alex Wang, emissions, Mr. Wang highlighted three energy efficiency benchmarks, and
Senior Vice President of Huawei Carrier BG critical aspects: energy efficiency, the guidance for constructing networks that
Marketing. utilization rate of renewable energy, and prioritize both user experience and energy
user experience. efficiency.
In his address, Mr. Wang highlighted the
evolution of intelligence and the need for First, Huawei has developed a three- By emphasizing the importance of green
co-development between ICT and energy layer green solution to enhance network ICT and sustainable connectivity, Huawei
technology. “Much like human evolution, energy efficiency and has introduced Technologies aims to contribute to
our technology has evolved to become “Zero Bit, Zero Watt” to minimize energy developing a digital economy that is
increasingly intelligent. Today, computing consumption, particularly during idle environmentally friendly, efficient, and
capability has grown by leaps and bounds network hours. In low traffic load scenarios, meets the evolving needs of users.
and consequently, the corresponding Huawei’s multi-dimensional shutdown
energy consumption is also increasing. technology achieves “deep dormant” for

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