5G-A Powers All-Scenario IoT to Enable Intelligent Connections for All

[Shanghai, China, June 19, 2025] At the GSMA IoT Summit during Mobile World Congress (MWC) Shanghai 2025, Eric Zhao, Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Huawei Wireless Solution, delivered a keynote speech titled "5G-A Powers All-Scenario IoT, Turbocharging a New AIoT Era for All". In his speech, Zhao discussed how IoT and AI are converging and mutually enabling to make intelligent connections ubiquitous for all. "Three elements are key to achieving full AIoT. They are: all-scenario IoT that expands IoT connections to all scenarios, ultra-broadband networks that link all data to the cloud and computing resources, and intelligent applications that are driven by industry-specific models," said Zhao.

Eric Zhao, Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Huawei Wireless Solution, delivered a keynote speech

AI and cellular IoT are becoming more deeply intertwined, which means more and more things that are helpful in everyday lives will be connected, such as intelligent vehicles and embodied AI robots. This also means, an increasing number of intelligent applications will leverage these connections across diverse scenarios, like production lines and smart ports, to transform industries with intelligent technology. Moreover, the previously unconnected spaces will become connected, and this will enable a plethora of innovative applications, including drone-based power grid inspection, to boost smart urban governance.

There are three key things that make these connections intelligent. First, all-scenario IoT expands connections to all scenarios, enabling the collection of all production data. Second, 5G-A ultra-broadband networks transport these data from the physical world to models in the cloud in real time. Third, industry-specific and scenario-specific models transform core production processes across industries by making applications intelligent.

• All-scenario IoT provides a growing range of devices with diverse IoT connections. 5G RedCap and Ambient IoT are joining existing technologies like NB-IoT to make all-scenario IoT possible. This will enable a great number of innovative applications, including embodied AI robots requiring real-time connections, AI-based product quality inspection requiring super-fast connections, and others applications that operate with low latency and power consumption.
• Ultra-broadband networks are possible with 5G-A technology, which offers a wide array of new capabilities, including Gbps uplink, ultra-low latency, and extensive coverage. By adding these powerful functions to networks, 5G-A allows a single network to provide IoT connections for diverse services, like those that need hyperscale data collection and on-the-fly data movement to cloud computing and industrial application platforms for AI training and inference.
• Intelligent applications are playing an increasingly prominent role, as demonstrated by the soaring numbers of deployments of industry-specific and scenario-specific models. A massive amount of quality data is needed to make these models more effective. In one intelligent manufacturing factory in Guangdong, China, AI algorithms have been integrated into 5G HD cameras to enable intelligent product quality inspection. This has not only improved overall product quality, but reduced equipment repair rates by 20% and saved annual costs by more than CNY1 million.

Zhao concluded his speech by calling for industry-wide efforts to promote the development of cellular IoT. "We will continue to work with industry partners to develop more converged applications of cellular IoT and AI. We will develop a thriving ecosystem to usher in a new age of full intelligent IoT connectivity," said Zhao.

MWC Shanghai 2025 will be held from June 18 to June 20 in Shanghai, China. During the event, Huawei will showcase its latest products and solutions in Hall N1 of the Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC).

The commercial adoption of 5G-Advanced is accelerating in 2025. Huawei collaborates with global carriers, industry experts, and opinion leaders to explore how innovations in AI can be used to reshape telecom services, infrastructure, and operations to generate new revenue sources and accelerate the transition towards an intelligent world.

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