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Huawei Unveils the Industry’s First Fully

Containerized 5G Core Network

cross-DC deployment, A/B test, and
other innovative technologies. Huawei
also unveiled the world’s first 5G core
network based on microservice-centric
architecture (MCA) at MWC 2019. This
industry-first fully containerized 5G core
network, supports 2G/3G/4G/5G NSA/5G
SA network access. It helps carriers
build more agile, flexible, and efficient
5G networks to meet diversified industry
requirements and achieve business
The first 5G Core Summit was held in Madrid, business agility. 3GPP introduces service success. Huawei spearheads development
Spain. At this summit, Huawei unveiled based architecture (SBA) to the 5G core of 5G chips, products, and networking, and
the industry’s first fully containerized network to flexibly customize and combine is the only communications enterprise in
5G core network. This 5G core network NFs on demand. Huawei further splits NFs the world that can provide end-to-end 5G
applies container technology to all NFs in to microservices to make version release commercial solutions. Huawei has signed
to make network deployment more agile faster, deployment more lightweight, more than 50 5G commercial contracts
and service rollout faster, helping carriers and service orchestration more flexible. worldwide and helps carriers gain a
empower new business and operations Container technology is the best choice for head start for 5G deployment and deliver
for all industries and enabling digital a microservice architecture. It meets ever- ultimate user experience. The 5G Core
transformation of industries. To cater for changing service needs by making the 5G Summit is hosted by InformaTech, a well-
differentiated requirements of industry network more agile and flexible, maximizing known exhibition company, and co-hosted
applications in the 5G era, networks resource utilization, and enabling quick by Huawei. It is the only professional
must support fast software iteration and location of faults and self-healing. Huawei summit in the industry which focuses on
upgrade to accelerate service innovation, has adopted Cloud Native in NFV-based the core network field.
reduce trial and error costs, and achieve core networks to realize stateless design,

Huawei Mulls Radical Plan to Sell 5G Assets

Huawei founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei revealed the vendor would of its 5G equipment. Over the last two years, Huawei’s formerly
consider selling access to its 5G technologies to a company rarely-interviewed CEO has increased his media presence and
based outside Asia, with the buyer free to modify key elements conducted a number of sessions with international news outlets.
and block access to products created, The Economist reported. In various interviews, he has talked-up his company’s prospects
In an interview with the business magazine, the executive said in the face of the US ban, highlighted measures being taken to
for a one-off payment a buyer would be given access to the minimize the impact and defended the business from the various
company’s existing portfolio of 5G patents, licenses, code, accusations.
technical blueprints and production expertise. Both parties would
then be free to change elements of the source code for their own
individual products. The potential cost to a prospective buyer
was not disclosed. It was also unclear whether any sale would
be targeted at existing companies with similar propositions or a
newly-created entity. However, The Economist reported any sale
would be to a company based in “the West”. While Huawei has
been successful in a number of Western markets, as the trade war
between the US and China escalated it has found itself in the firing
line, with the US not only imposing its own sanctions on Huawei
but pressing other nations to follow suit. The US opened a number
of investigations into the company covering everything from
accusations of IP theft to allegations related to national security.
Huawei has strenuously denied all allegations made by the US
and other countries, including those questioning the security

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