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10 Wire & Cable ASIA – May/June 2014
Industrynews
5G heading to Europe
HUAWEI is taking decisive action to make the fifth
generation of wireless systems (5G) a reality for Europe.
At the 5G@Europe Summit in Munich, Germany, participants
discussed how best to join forces to speed up progress
towards achieving this objective.
5G is the next generation of ultra-fast wireless networks that
will power the technology of tomorrow. Huawei is investing
in a tremendous research and development effort to turn this
investment into technological progress for Europe, thanks to
an open and collaborative approach involving industry
partners, consortiums, universities and leading innovation
platforms around the world.
The 5G@Europe Summit provided the opportunity to
discuss the challenges and opportunities involved in 5G
including long-term vision and requirements, key technology
drivers and innovation as well as societal benefits.
“5G will have a fundamental impact on the ICT industry and
on our quality of life. Huawei is one of the driving forces in
making 5G a reality,” said Dr Wen Tong, head of wireless
research and head of communications technologies
laboratories at Huawei 2012 LAB. “We began investing in 5G
in 2009, and recently announced plans to invest an
additional US$600m for research and innovation into 5G
technologies by 2018.”
Huawei will invest significant research and innovation efforts
in Europe within the Horizon 2020 framework and beyond,
especially at the Huawei European Research Centre (ERC).
As a member of the European research consortium METIS,
Huawei ERC is at the forefront of 5G research by developing
the key technology components of the 5G Wireless
interface. The ERC is also one of the key contributors to the
Advanced 5G Infrastructure public-private partnership
programme (5GPPP) defined by the European Commission.
Huawei predicts that the first 5G networks will be ready for
commercial deployment in 2020, delivering 1,000 times the
capacity of current mobile networks and reaching peak data
rates of over 10Gbps.
Huawei – China Website:
Market hit by weather
Operating rates at China’s major copper wire and cable
producers averaged 75.47 per cent in January, down 9.97
per cent from December, Shanghai Metal Market’s latest
survey showed.
SMM surveyed 21 copper wire and cable producers with
total capacity of 1.052 million tpy in January.
Outdoor work slowed significantly in January as workers
returned home for the Chinese New Year holiday and due to
adverse weather conditions, depressing demand for wire
and cable.
Shanghai Metals Market – China
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