Huawei Showcases Benefits of Open eLTE Solutions at Inaugural Developer Conference

Win-Win eLTE Outcomes for Clients, Partners and Industries Takes Center Stage at Huawei Developers Conference 2015

[Shenzhen, China, October 20, 2015] Today marked the completion of the inaugural Huawei Developers Congress (HDC), which took place at the Shenzhen Universiade Sports Center (Longgang Stadium). The two-day event was themed on a “Together, Making Dreams a Reality" ethos outlining Huawei’s focus on fostering collaborative solutions that produce positive outcomes for both its enterprise partners and clients alike.

This perspective was elaborated through an enterprise LTE (eLTE) panel session, where several of the company’s enterprise partners and customers discussed the cooperative ecosystem enabled by Huawei’s open-eLTE solutions.

The session, at which representatives from industrial organizations and the media were also in attendance, commenced with an opening speech by Peng Jianhua, General Manager of Huawei Enterprise Wireless Business entitled “Openness, Cooperation and Win-Win: eLTE for Better Connected Industries”.

During the speech, Peng noted that: “In view of the advent of safe city solutions, the creation of digital transportation, development of smart grids and advances made as part of the Industry 4.0 revolution, it is clear that the industrial communication market is evolving from narrow band to mobile broadband. 4G LTE technology is positioned as the future standard of dedicated networks among industries.”

“To date, Huawei has deployed 76 eLTE commercial networks and signed contracts for 142 more, making us the world’s leading provider of eLTE solutions. In line with this progress and the concept of open-cooperation for win-win outcomes, Huawei will continue to provide eLTE pipelines, open application platform interfaces (APIs), open modules, open interfaces, and market-oriented cooperative platforms,” Mr. Peng added. “Doing this will ensure that both Huawei and its partners can provide its customers with end-to-end industry communication solutions that will eventually foster the development of a mature eLTE industry chain. This will support business-critical communications of the entire industry.”

Peng Jianhua, General Manager of Huawei Enterprise Wireless Business, delivering his keynote speech at the eLTE ecosystem panel session.

During the discussion section, Lei Ting, Chief Engineer of Shanghai DS Communication Equipment Co., Ltd., introduced the cooperative efforts his company has undertaken in the safe city space, noting that Shanghai DS has been working with Huawei in the area for some time.

“As a result of our collective efforts, Shanghai DS has successfully developed a unified audio and video communication that can be dispatched across different departments, Mr. Lei said. “It involves integrating eLTE dedicated network communication systems with systems for alarms, dispatching platforms, incident analysis, planning management, IP contact centers, intelligent video surveillance and geographical information.”

This joint solution has been deployed by several countries to date, including Kenya, Ghana, and Laos, all of which now have secure, reliable, and integrated emergency command services that facilitate smooth communication between different departments during natural disasters or national-security emergencies.

Later in the session, Wu Zheng, Chief Engineer of Shenzhen Communication Technology Co. Ltd. (SCT), spoke to the eLTE cooperation occurring in the urban rail transit industry.

“SCT and Huawei jointly developed an eLTE-based urban rail transit solution that combines Huawei’s eLTE technology with SCT’s vehicle-mounted devices and dispatch systems, he said. “The solution enables metro customers to deploy a stable, secure and reliable train-to-ground wireless broadband networks that support multiple train-to-ground communication services, including passenger information, closed-circuit television, voice trunking, and single-network ticketing systems.”

Together these systems strengthen railway transportation operations overall and will soon also support communication-based train control systems.

Mr. Wu added that joint urban rail transit solution has been deployed at several rail systems to date, including the Addis Ababa Light Rail, and Shenzhen Metro Line 11.

In the Industry 4.0 part of the session, Sun Dunsheng, Chief Industrial Architect of SAP’s Greater China Region Global Partner Operation Department, discussed a solution his company and Huawei jointly developed for the oil industry.

“Our joint solution provides full wireless network coverage to support production, management, and operation in the oil industry through a dedicated eLTE broadband network,” he said.

“With this innovative approach, onsite personnel can send voice trunking dispatches through handheld terminals anytime, anywhere, and even transmit real-time onsite videos and production information to the operation management center.”

Mr. Sun went on to note that the solution also supports the real-time transmission of production and operational data for various aspects of oil businesses, including production, devices, HSE (Health, Safety and Environment) and logistics. In-so-doing, it enables headquarters’ to manage production across different sites and to conduct big data analysis in real-time, thereby preventing production and operational problems and mitigating potential risks.

Beyond the eLTE panel session, the congress featured an eLTE exhibition area for attendees to experience the power and convenience of eLTE systems built with openness in mind.

Other highlights included a hands-on experience session, and a developer contest where participants created industrial applications based on the EM350 wireless module and ecosystem Software Development Kit (eSDK).

The developer contest, which attracted numerous participants, was hosted in the HDC 2015 exhibition area.

Huawei has established 31 joint innovation centers globally for eLTE solution-capability enhancements. Moving forward, Huawei hopes to create a more complete and powerful eLTE ecosystem that will spur further innovation, streamline additional resources and create even more connected industries. To learn more about HDC 2015 and its eLTE Panel Session, visit http: http://hdc2015.huawei.com/hdc/en/index.html.