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Humankind is entering an intelligent world. The
volume of data generated worldwide is expected to
grow by more than 20% every year. Network services
will be provided not just to people, but also to
intelligent consumer devices and intelligent industrial
systems. Centralized computing architecture will shift
to a distributed model. These changes, powered by
big data and AI technologies, will take us to a world
where everything is intelligent. To support massive
data connections, as well as efficient and distributed
intelligent computing, networks must be extremely
powerful, simplified, and intelligent while also
supporting automatic management through intelligent
control systems.Huawei’s connectivity strategy: Promoting
unified global standards and investing more
heavily in basic technologies to build the best
connections
Standardization, openness, and interoperability
are the foundation for sustainable development
in the connectivity industry. Huawei is committed
to working with all industry stakeholders to push
for unified global standards based on the work of
standards organizations. In order to maintain our
innovative capabilities and leadership in connectivity,
Huawei will continue to ramp up investment into
basic technologies. We will continue working to
overcome the slow-down of Moore’s law and the
Shannon limit, in order to meet the demand for
connecting the massive amounts of data in the
future intelligent world. One of our focuses will be
the Autonomous Driving Network (ADN), which will
help provide intelligent, open, and agile connections.
We will also lead future-oriented innovations in
network technologies such as 5G, all-optical networks,
intelligent IP networks, and lossless data center
networks. We aspire to build the best connections with
the most powerful, simplified, and intelligent networks
through open collaboration with industry partners.Wireless: In 2019, Huawei led the development
of the 5G industry with unparalleled,
competitive 5G solutions. We also sought
coordinated development of 4G and 5G, which
helped promote eco-friendly, sustainable
development in the mobile industry.
■ Working with industry partners to drive the
evolution of 5G standards:●^ Refined the 3GPP Release 15 standard to pave
the way for first-wave commercial rollout of 5G
networks worldwide.●^ Designed the major functions of the 3GPP
Release 16 standard.●^ Pushed for the initiation of technical work
on the 3GPP Release 17 standard to chart
specifically how key 5G technologies will
continue to evolve.■ Driving the convergence of communications and
other industries to enable faster 5G development
for the digital world● Worked with the world’s leading enterprises to
promote the development of the 5G industry,
and actively contributed to numerous industry
alliances such as the 5G Alliance for Connected
Industries and Automation (5G-ACIA), Alliance
of Industrial Internet (AII), 5G Automotive
Association (5GAA), and 5G Applications
Industry Alliance (5GAIA).● Worked with industry partners, through the
Open Site initiative, to define a unified standard
for pole sites, making site acquisition easier.● Co-drafted the 5G Hospital Network Standard
to drive digital transformation within the
healthcare industry.Connectivity