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Huawei Technologies Bring Consumers Closer to Digital Living   

Hannover, Germany, 10 March 2005 - If you have ever said to yourself that you wish you could get your DVD recorder to record your favorite NBA game via your mobile phone so you wouldn"t have to run home during office hours, or wish you could switch on your air conditioner to adjust the temperature via your handheld on your way home, you will be both amazed and relieved to know that both are now possible with today"s latest digital home network applications. Today at CeBIT 2005, Huawei Technologies launched a complete range of its EchoLife Home Network Solution, which will deliver real benefits to real people desiring a more digital household life.

As broadband networks proliferate, so are the digital home network applications available to consumers. The key is the home gateway, the device that connects all the appliances in your digital home so you and your family can enjoy such services as integrated multimedia communication, entertainment, security management, and intelligent control of household appliances.

Huawei"s solution enables multimedia communication through E-phone, WiFi mobile phone, video phone and PC, and enriches entertainment of interactive video services through IP Set Top Box (STB). In addition to the Home Gateway equipment, the solution enables remote operation of home appliances and surveillance alarm devices, meeting the demands for intelligent living and security & protection.

In recent years, the home networking market has shown rapid growth worldwide. According to In-Stat/MDR, a US based market research firm, there will be an estimated 98 million households who deploy digital home networks by 2008. Also, a recent survey from Forrester Research shows that 52 percent of American and 47 percent of European families with the broadband access will install digital home network by 2008.

As one of the leading ICT solution provider, Huawei integrates its profound knowledge and experience in broadband infrastructure, services and terminals into the "EchoLife Home Network Solution". From the perspective of end users, Huawei adopts the wireless and wire-line technologies in its EchoLife Home Network Solution to support the various home-networking standards, which allows for easy and flexible inter-working of home appliance usage.  Huawei understands the carriers" management and operation of massive home network deployment needs, and provides open platform for value-added service development, as well as automatic diagnostics and configuration of home gateways, which liberate both end-users and carriers from complicated maintenance.

In direct response to the rapid development of digital home network, Huawei delivers friendly interfaces and convenient hands-on practice through series terminals and enhanced service provisioning capability. With EchoLife Home Network Solution, you will soon be within reach of your digital dreams.