Potential 'launch pad' to increase revenue for network operators

At the NextGen Connectivity Summit 2025 taking place from April 15-17, Mr. Macky Zhang, General Director of Huawei Vietnam, said: The rapid development of 5G has created a new foundation for the comprehensive connection of people, devices and data. However, today's industrial applications are becoming more complex and have higher requirements for performance, latency, reliability and security. Huawei said that 5G-A (5G Advanced) network technology is ready to be the launching pad for this leap and 5G to Business (5G to Business) dedicated to enterprises is becoming a strategic direction for network operators, especially in emerging markets like Vietnam.

Mr. Tenny Sum, Director of 5G Alliance and Partnerships in the Asia-Pacific region of Huawei, said that 5G-A and 5GtoB will create a boost for digital transformation in industries. With superior network technology and a ready ecosystem, 5G-A will become the main platform for AI, IoT, and Smart Industry applications in the next 10 years. Meanwhile, 5GtoB helps carriers expand the B2B business market; help businesses increase productivity, reduce costs, and create new business models.

5G-A and 5GtoB have been successfully deployed by Huawei for many fields in many countries.

Mr. Tenny Sum also emphasized that Vietnam is in a favorable position to quickly enter the 5G-A and 5GtoB deployment phase with innovative technology infrastructure, strong FDI capital from 114 countries with a proportion of 66.9% poured into the industrial sector and many domestic industries in urgent need of digital transformation. In order not to miss this golden opportunity, coordination between network operators, government, businesses and technology partners is a vital factor.

To reinforce this statement, he provided detailed analysis of opportunities, challenges, technology trends, deployment solutions and applicability of 5GtoB and 5G-A in the context of Vietnam, based on the latest research and practical cases that have been deployed globally.

Specifically, 64% of network operators worldwide have deployed 5G private networks (Private 5G). Private network revenue is growing rapidly, especially in China with over 8 billion USD thanks to 5GtoB. The most dynamic 5GtoB application areas today include: smart manufacturing, logistics, transportation, oil and gas, healthcare, and smart cities.

Huawei has supported 55 carriers in deploying 5G private networks for enterprises, with more than 470,000 5GtoB lines globally by 2024. Within 3 years (2021-2024), the scale of 5G private networks has grown more than 4 times - reaching 297 5GtoB networks. Not stopping there, Huawei is also one of the leading units in defining and deploying 5G-A and has been standardized by 3GPP from Release 18 onwards, aiming to take 5GtoB to a new level.

5G-A offers superior performance in terms of download speeds of 10Gbps and upload speeds of 1Gbps, ultra-low latency of less than 4ms with extremely high reliability, along with centimeter-precise positioning suitable for robot or self-driving vehicle operations, the ability to connect up to 100 billion IoT devices for monitoring and smart manufacturing, AI connectivity to meet the needs of human-machine interaction in the field of service robots and virtual assistants...

Discussing the strategy to increase revenue for carriers at the event, Mr. Tenny Sum introduced Huawei's tiered business model, including: private network rental services (such as virtual private networks on the 5G public network platform of Pattaya Smart City - Thailand), revenue sharing cooperation services between carriers and industry partners. Service models are flexibly customized according to the scale of small and medium-sized enterprises, to large and long-standing enterprises, for example, private networks will be classified into: private network transmission lines between devices, private networks for indoor campuses (factories, mines, airports, seaports, etc.), outdoor wide-range private networks (traffic, schools, hospitals, cities, etc.).

In addition, Huawei also launched a tool to help carriers price services, not only based on traffic but also on application experience and value.

5G-A and 5GtoB have been successfully deployed by Huawei in many fields in many countries. In China, the 5GtoB private network has helped the Cainiao logistics center increase order processing productivity by 50%, reduce inventory errors by 90% thanks to AI cameras and real-time synchronous sensors, and increase warehouse efficiency by 2 times compared to previous industrial Wi-Fi networks. Hong Kong - the first 5.5G city deployed by Huawei, achieved a speed of 10Gbps with a latency of less than 10ms, covered everywhere from the metro to the hospital, reduced satellite communication costs by 30% thanks to using mmWave for island routes, and increased medical coordination capabilities for emergency centers.

In Thailand, Huawei also coordinated with the Pattaya city government to deploy 60 smart lampposts with 5G connectivity, integrated cameras, sensors and public Wi-Fi, helping to increase traffic management efficiency by 30%, environmental warnings 40% earlier and increase the number of tourists by 25%. Midea's Private 5G-based smart factory also increased overall operating efficiency by 35%, reduced labor costs by 22% thanks to automation, increased quality inspection efficiency by 60% with AI cameras, and a latency of only 10-20ms, helping AGV robots move more accurately.

In addition, Huawei also deployed a 5G private network in the Vale mine (Brazil) to remotely control trucks, excavators, and environmental monitoring sensors; thereby reducing operating personnel costs by 15%, increasing mining output by 12%, and improving labor safety. More than 10 cities around the world have also applied Huawei's 5G private network solution for metro systems.

Mr. Tenny Sum affirmed: “Vietnam can completely apply and expand successful international models immediately with technical support and comprehensive solutions from Huawei”. Huawei Vietnam is ready to cooperate with network operators to jointly create new values ​​from B2B revenue, optimize the use of existing infrastructure and expand the differentiated technology service ecosystem. At the same time, Huawei proposes a complete deployment model from terminal equipment (CPE), network infrastructure (AAU, MEC), to software and applications (AI camera, IoT, ERP ...), along with flexible service models, suitable for small and medium enterprises.

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