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China Mobile and Huawei Deliver World’s Highest

5G

Huawei and China Mobile have jointly taken integrated in a compact size, making it internet access at such high regions. With
5G connectivity to a new height by bringing easy for deployment and installation. It its HoloSens intelligent video surveillance
the network to the summit of Mount Everest fits particularly well for infrastructure system, Huawei ensures streaming quality
upon the completion of the world’s highest in extreme environment such as Mount with the capabilities of optimization and
5G base station on the altitude of 6500 Everest. In this project, a network in fault locating with just one click, keeping
meters. Together with the launch of the the "stand alone plus non-stand alone" the networks always on even at the
Gigabit optical fiber network at the altitude (SA+NSA) mode connects five 5G base altitude of 6,500 meters at the summit
of 6,500 meters, Huawei enables China stations. Meanwhile, the 5G fast and of Everest. Huawei strongly believes that
Mobile to run its dual Gigabit network on huge-capacity connectivity is achieved technology means to make the world
Mount Everest. On the occasion of the by Huawei’s Massive MIMO technology better. The beauty of Mount Everest can be
60th anniversary of the first successful supporting lightning speed and large displayed via 5G high-definition video and
arrival at Mount Everest from the northern bandwidth. Huawei’s Massive MIMO is VR experience, which also provides further
slope, and the 45th anniversary of China's highly reliable with excellent coverage. insights for mountaineers, scientists
first official accurate measurement and With its highly flexible three-dimensional and other specialists into the nature.
announcement of Mount Everest, the 5G narrow beams, the technology works The ground-breaking establishment on
network on Mount Everest will provide particularly well vertically in Mount Mount Everest once again proves that 5G
communication services for this 2020 Everest. At the altitude of 5,300 meters, technology connect Mankind and the Earth
Mount Everest re-measurement is of the 5G download speed exceeded 1.66 harmoniously.
great significance. Huawei has offered its Gbps, where the upload speed tops 215
end-to-end solutions in the construction Mbps. Meanwhile, quality and undisrupted
of China Mobile’s Everest dual Gigabit networks are guaranteed by Huawei’s
network, where base stations were built in Intelligent OptiX Network solutions, with
Mount Everest Base Camp at the altitude data-thirsty transfer of high-res videos, VR
of 5,300 meters, the Transition Camp at live broadcast and the likes, supported by
5,800 meters, and the Forward Camp at enterprise gateways with 1Gbps upstream/
6,500 meters. Huawei’s 5G AAU and SPN downstream connections. The Everest
technologies are applied at these base base camp at 5,300 meters is fully covered
stations, where network maintenance at a logged speed of 1.43Gbps, thanks to
and optimization are done by a dozen the Gigabit ONT. Huawei’s 10G PON OLT
of network specialists who station 24/7 and 200G ultra-high-speed transmission
in regions at altitude of 5,300 meters platform can intelligently manage data
and above to ensure smooth network throughput, making it possible families
operations. Huawei’s 5G AAU is highly and businesses to enjoy super-fast

China Mobile Joins China Broadcasting to Build 5G Network

China is getting a fourth wireless provider using the 2.6 GHz and 4.9 GHz frequency in market dynamics post CBN launch,
— China Broadcasting Network (CBN) — bands for 5G on a nationwide basis. CBN it likely adds incremental pressure to
which has been awarded spectrum by has authority to use the 700 MHz and trends. Also, even if it takes time for a new
the Chinese government. CBN is a cable 4.9 GHz frequency bands. The parties entrant to develop its business and risks
and broadcasting company that has been shall jointly construct a 5G network in the to materialize, we have seen in different
struggling, partly due to competition from 700MHz band. And before the 5G network markets that a new entrant is negative for
the telcos who have been taking market in the 700 MHz frequency band becomes incumbents'/challengers’ share prices.”
share with fiber-to-the-home and IPTV. commercially available, CBN may share China Unicom and China Telecom are also
CBN will enter the wireless market by China Mobile’s 2G/4G/5G networks involved in a 5G partnership to co-build
partnering with China Mobile to co-build on a paid basis to provide services to new infrastructure. When China Unicom
and share a 5G network under an 11-year its customers. New Street Research and China Telecom announced their
agreement. The parties shall “carry out analyst Chris Hoare said, “Entry of China partnership last year, they said that jointly
5G co-construction and sharing as well Broadcasting Network in this way is a net building a 5G network would result in huge
as content and platform collaboration,” negative for all Chinese mobile network cost savings. China Telecom is building
according to a China Mobile statement. operators in our view. Although we don’t 60% of the network and China Unicom is
China Mobile currently holds a license for at this stage envisage a major change building 40%.

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