Huawei and UC Berkeley create strategic partnership for US$1m basic artificial intelligence research

The Noah’s Ark Laboratory of Huawei and the University of California, Berkeley, have formed a strategic partnership in basic research into artificial intelligence (AI).

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Deutsche Telekom builds a multi-IoT platform in its ‘House of Cloud’

Different standards and platforms are an obstacle to the expected business development of the Internet of Things (IoT). Deutsche Telekom has now developed a solution to this problem at its cloud data centre in Biere, launching a multi-IoT platform at its House of Clouds.

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Open collaboration will help bring about a single 5G standard, says Huawei’s Ding

At the FT-ETNO Summit held in Brussels, Huawei executive director and Products & Solutions president Ryan Ding said, “5G will be one of the cornerstones of industry digitalisation. A single global standard is vital.”

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Vodafone completes the world’s first trial of standardised NB-IoT on a live commercial network

Engineers from Vodafone and Huawei have completed the first over-the-air connection on a live network using standardised NB-IoT. The commercial trial took place in Madrid, Spain.

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Ericsson announces a 5G access network – but what is 5G?

On August 31, 2016, Ericsson announced the launch of its new AIR 6468 cellular radio. Ericsson stated that together with the 5G Plug-Ins announced in June, and the (already available) Radio System Baseband 5216, it now offers all the components of a 5G access network.

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Huawei and ABB sign MoU on cooperation to drive industries towards fully connected era

Huawei has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation with ABB, a global leader in power and automation technologies.

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Huawei big data platform fuels development of Informatica PowerCenter data integration

Huawei announced that the Informatica PowerCenter data integration solution has earned a ‘Huawei Ready’ certification.

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Weightless-P hardware and Weightless Ignition Pack launched at CTIA

The Weightless SIG announced the availability of Weightless-P hardware and the pre-launch of a Weightless-P Software Development Kit.

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Huawei unveils its cloud strategy of enabling an ‘Intelligent World’ with ecosystem partners

More than 20,000 ICT industry leaders and experts from over 120 countries and regions gathered in Shanghai for the first HUAWEI CONNECT, Huawei’s largest-ever integrated conference for the global ICT ecosystem.

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Huawei joins ZigBee Alliance as a Promoter, takes seat on Board of Directors

The ZigBee Alliance, a non-profit association of companies creating, maintaining and delivering open, global standards for the low-power wireless Internet of Things (IoT), reported that Shenzhen, China-based ICT solutions provider, Huawei has joined the ZigBee Alliance.

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Cisco finally focuses on the Internet of Things, cloud, data centres and software solutions

EDITORIAL: On Wednesday Cisco wrapped up a “great year” in the words of its CEO by preparing to lay off one in every 14 of its workforce (or 5,500 people worldwide). The IT giant is at last turning its guns on the Internet of Things.

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ULE Alliance releases 6LoWPAN package as Huawei gateway earns ULE certification

The ULE Alliance, reported that a ULE gateway from Huawei, branded as Qivicon powered by Deutsche Telekom, successfully passed the ULE certification programme.

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UK Smart Cities Index identifies London and Bristol as leaders at Huawei/Navigant launch event

London and Bristol are Britain’s leading “smart cities”, according to new research commissioned by Huawei UK and conducted by Navigant Consulting.

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Huawei and Vodafone announce opening of world’s first Narrowband IoT Open Lab

Huawei, a global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, and Vodafone Group announce the opening of an Open IoT Lab to work on the development of products and applications relating to Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) technology.

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Heavy investment in five IoT solutions leads to breakthroughs, says Huawei

Shenzhen, China — Huawei reports that it has seen breakthroughs with its five IoT solutions, as it tries to build a robust IoT ecosystem and innovate with its partners.

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Playing it for laughs: Huawei’s CEO meets analyst questions head on with wit and candour

Shenzhen, China — Eric Xu, the rotating CEO of Huawei, China’s largest telecom equipment and services provider, isn’t like most chief execs. Not only was he happy to take questions from an international posse of 500 communications analysts and media, he did it unscripted and with a strong sense of humour.

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