Huawei and Nucleus Connect successfully host inaugural Next Gen NBN Summit in Singapore Tweet

Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world and Nucleus Connect Pte. Ltd. (Nucleus Connect), Singapore' s Next Generation Nationwide Broadband Network (Next Gen NBN) Operating Company (OpCo) today successfully hosted the inaugural Next Gen NBN Summit in Singapore, which attracted over 200 attendees from 100 operators and industry players worldwide.

Themed "To Enrich Life through the Next Generation Nationwide Broadband Network", the one-day summit was jointly organized by Nucleus Connect and Huawei in response to rising interests on Next Gen NBN' s deployment and operation worldwide. Nucleus Connect is the official Next Gen NBN Operating Company appointed by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore to build, design and operate the active infrastructure of the Next Gen NBN in Singapore.

At the summit, Mr David Storrie said, "We have put in a world-class infrastructure that will be able to meet any future surge in the demand for bandwidth services within Singapore for a long time. The commercial roll out of the Next Gen NBN enabled by Nucleus Connect will play a significant role in fulfilling the Singapore's vision of transforming the nation into a truly networked knowledge-based society by 2015."

On 6 May 2010, Nucleus Connect also launched its two Central Offices which house highly advanced optical network equipment that will empower the Next Gen NBN based on Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) and Optical Ethernet (OE) access technologies. Strategically located at the East and North of Singapore at Tai Seng Drive and Yishun respectively, they also house a state of the art Operations and Business support system (OSS/BSS) that will function as the heartbeat of the Next Gen NBN.

The launch of Nucleus Connect' s Central Offices underscores its commitment to enable Retail Service Providers (RSPs) to develop their service offerings more quickly, so that they are able to offer a wide range of services to the end-users from the second half of this year. For a start, co-location, patching and interoperability testing services are now made immediately available to the prospective RSPs.

In his opening speech, Huawei Global Marketing Vice President Mr. Kevin Zhang said that national broadband initiatives were booming across the globe and will transform the telecom landscape, opening up opportunities in both developed and emerging markets. "A national broadband initiative must satisfy bandwidth-hungry applications, such as video conferencing, home surveillance, streaming video, and HDTV. Based on similar projects around the world, Huawei' s research indicates that 30 to 100Mbps is the inevitable short-term minimum range. Singapore' s iN2015 project, for example, requires 100Mbps downlink and 50Mbps uplink speeds in 2010," said Mr. Zhang.

Mr. Zhang also stated that public and private sector collaboration is essential for national broadband success, given the variety of stakeholders that span government, operators, vendors, and service providers. "Network planning, implementation, and operation require a complete and mature eco-system. Experience indicates that operators with the strong backing of partner vendor are a major force in implementing the national broadband initiative, by helping governments draft blueprints, investing in line with government policy, maintaining networks, and delivering services," he added.

About Nucleus Connect Pte. Ltd.

Incorporated on 14 April 2009, Nucleus Connect is responsible for designing, building and operating the active infrastructure of Singapore's Next Generation Nationwide Broadband Network (Next Gen NBN). Nucleus Connect will offer comprehensive and flexible services that will help Retail Service Providers select and deliver broadband connectivity services to their target markets quickly and seamlessly, bringing a more enriching experience to the end-users. Visit www.nucleusconnect.com for more information.

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Huawei Launches New Metropolitan OTN to Enable Operators to Handle Future Bandwidth Demands Tweet

Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, launched the OSN8800 T16, a next-generation metropolitan OTN system, at the 2010 WDM & Next Generation Optical Networking event in Monaco. This new transport system accommodates bandwidth-heavy services such as data, video, and storage, and significantly reduces operator costs with easy maintenance, energy-efficiency, and space-saving features.

Poised to enable operators to handle future bandwidth demands, the OSN8800 T16 achieves 40G/100G transport and offers full-service cross-connection capabilities that support ODUk wavelength and packet cross-connections, offering more flexibility and efficiency in wavelength utilization. By utilizing OTN cross-connections, which reach 640G and easily upgrade to 1.6T, OSN8800 T16 provides easy maintenance and fast service provisioning similar to SDH. Additionally, the OSN8800 T16 is designed with industry-leading photonics integrated device (PID) technology, achieving 120G capacity per card and dramatically reducing power consumption and space requirements.

Christian Chua, President of Transport Network Product Line, Huawei, said, "Operators worldwide are focusing on how to achieve fast service rollouts for metropolitan transport, while coping with the impact of high traffic on their live networks. As part of Huawei' s All-IP convergence strategy, our OSN8800 T16 addresses these challenges with its advanced features and promises long-term customer benefits with its future-proof designs."

According to 2009Q4 Market Share ON Global published by consulting firm Ovum-RHK. Huawei ranked number one in the WDM/OTN market in 2009. Huawei remains committed to providing operators with premium end-to-end transport solutions in WDM/OTN, MSTP/PTN, microwave, and submarine series products.

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Wireless Packet Core Market Expected to Grow in 2010 Despite First Quarter Volatility, According to Dell'Oro Group Tweet

Huawei Takes Top Spot as Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Experience Large Sequential Drops.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, announced that the wireless packet core market contracted 30 percent sequentially during the first quarter this year due to seasonal factors, an extraordinarily strong previous quarter, and order and revenue volatility. Despite this very large drop in the first quarter, however, the market is forecast to grow in the remainder of 2010.

"First quarter results were only a bump-in-the-road for the wireless packet core market this year," said Greg Collins, Vice President at Dell'Oro Group. "Data usage and smartphone penetration continue to increase and will drive the need for more signaling and bandwidth capacity. Because of these strong demand drivers and despite lower than expected first quarter results, our forecast for 2010 remains essentially unchanged at $2.1 billion, or almost 10 percent growth versus 2009," he added.

The report indicates that Huawei surpassed both Ericsson and Nokia Siemens in the first quarter to capture the top spot in the market with more than 25 percent revenue share. Given a very strong fourth quarter in 2009 in North America for GGSN and SGSN equipment, Ericsson and Nokia Siemens both saw very large sequential declines in the first quarter this year due to order volatility. With the anticipated growth in wireless data and signaling needs, it is likely that both of these vendors will rebound in the coming quarters.

About the Report

The Dell'Oro Group Wireless Packet Core Quarterly Report offers complete, in-depth coverage of the market with tables covering manufacturers' revenue, average selling prices and sessions shipped for Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN), Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN), and Packet Data Serving Node (PDSN) equipment. To purchase this report, please contact Emily Kendall, call +1.650.622.9400 x223 or email Emily@DellOro.com.

About Dell'Oro Group

As the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, Dell'Oro Group provides in-depth, objective research and analysis that enables component manufacturers, equipment vendors, and investment firms to make fact-based, strategic decisions. For more information, contact Dell'Oro Group at +1.650.622.9400 or visit www.DellOro.com.

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Huawei presented the new terminal solutions on the Ukrainian market Tweet

The company Of huawei today presented new terminal devices on the Ukrainian market. The within the framework carried out measure took place the presentation of modems, multimedia devices and [smartfonov] of the production Of huawei Of device, terminal subdivision of the company Of huawei.

The presentation of novelties it opened the functional model Of android-[smartfona] Of huawei (model U8220/U8230), supplied with large sensory screen with the diagonal of 3,5 inches, by two cameras 3,5 [MP] and VGA, by the support of the wireless standards of the connection Of bluetooth, HSUPA (7,2 Mbit/s) and Wi-Fi.

Furthermore, was represented the flag rule of [smartfonov] Of huawei and its representatives - model Of u8500, U8800, and also the model Of u8300 - representative Android [smatfonov] with the built-in QWERTY- keyboard, the Fm- radio and the support of work in the networks EDGE and UMTS.

In addition to [smarftonam], Huawei presented the modem Of e5808 Of security Of modem, basic “raisin” of which is the built-in scanner of fingerprints. Among the basic options of safety, which support modem, it is possible to isolate such as: control of passwords, blocking computer or modem, the protection of operating medium, coding, control of bank calculation through the Internet, the realization of the mobile payments and other services. E5808 Of security Of modem with the built-in memory by volume from 1 to 8[Gb] can ensure the speed of transmission to 7,2[Mbit]/[s], work in the networks of 3G 2100/1900/900MHz.

Also were presented to the guests of solemn measure the devices, intended for the entertainment and the leisure. Among such devices there was “[fanatskiy]” modem- ball, prepared Huawei it is special to the world championship on the football - 2010. Modem can work in GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks, ensuring the maximum speed of transfer to 7.2 Mbit/s. Device supports operating systems Windows, MAC and Linux OS, it is supplied with slot under Micro SD of the map of memory.

Completed the presentation of the new solutions the idea of the convergent device Of smaKit S7. This compact domestic multimedia center is supplied with sensory 7- one inch screen with the permission of 800x480 of points. Device permits implementation of high-speed Internet access, to look films, to listen to music, to examine news tapes, to attend social networks and to make purchases in the online- stores. SmaKit S7 works on the base of the operating system Of android, are supported the standards Of h.264/MPEG4, MP3, PCM and so forth this device can be connected to the domestic sluice, TV or to [smartfonu] Of android.

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Huawei Receives Three Accolades at Global Telecoms Business Innovation Awards Tweet

Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, announced that it received three top industry awards at the Global Telecoms Business Innovation Awards on June 7th. The publication honoured Huawei for its outstanding performances in BT' s "Transforming service enablement through software developer kit" project, TalkTalk' s "Dancing on Ice – cost-free contestant voting" campaign and Vodafone' s "Green wireless solution - affordable for all communities" campaign.

The awards, judged by an independent panel, acknowledged Huawei' s strong innovation abilities across different telecom sectors from wireless, to wholesale and customer service, underpinned by close collaborations with the world' s leading operators.

"We are proud that TalkTalk' s ‘Dancing on Ice' cost-free constant voting project was well received by our customers and the industry," said Clive Dorsman, managing director of TalkTalk Technology. "TalkTalk and Huawei spearheaded the initiative to provide customers with value for money by offering free votes based on over-load control software solutions. Huawei impressed us with its ability to be flexible, innovative and fast in its response to TalkTalk' s needs. The quality of its solutions can stand up to any kind of scrutiny or comparison, " Dorsman explained.

"I' m very pleased that Huawei stood out from hundreds of other projects around the world,' said Victor Zhang, General Manager and COO of Huawei UK & Ireland office. "Within the current challenging economic conditions, Huawei has been helping operators define new revenue growing points and increase ARPU by launching new services through integration of their networks. Further, it has provided operators affordable products that connect the ‘unconnected' whilst at the same time reducing environmental impact," said Zhang.

"Working closely with our customers is the key factor that has enabled Huawei to grow and we plan to further consolidate our market position through this successful model," he said.

Huawei and its customers picked up three prestigious industry awards on 7th June, London.

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CDG Recognizes Huawei with 2010 3G CDMA Industry Achievement Award at 2010 CDMA World Forum Tweet

Award recognizes Huawei' s significant and consistent contributions and innovations to CDMA2000 Eco-system.

Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, announced that it has won the 2010 3G CDMA Industry Achievement Award for Network Technology Innovation presented by the CDMA Development Group (CDG) at the second annual CDMA World Forum in Shanghai in recognition of its consistent contributions and innovations in CDMA technology.

The 3G CDMA Industry Achievement Awards are presented annually by the CDG to honor businesses and individuals making notable contributions to wireless technology in technical innovation, standards development, consumer entertainment services, or enterprise solutions over the prior year. Final selection of the winners was made by senior CDG executive members as well as representatives of industry associations and the trade media community.

"The CDG congratulates Huawei on winning the 2010 3G CDMA Industry Achievement Award for Network Technology Innovation," said Perry LaForge, executive director of the CDMA Development Group (CDG). "Huawei has demonstrated its commitment to CDMA2000® through impressive research and development over the years, and its most recent accomplishments with EV-DO Rev. B and LTE continue that tradition of excellence and innovation."

Zhao Ming, President of Global Wireless Network Solution Sales Department, Huawei, received the award and later noted, "Continuous customer-centric innovation is one of Huawei' s core values. We are pleased to be recognized for our pioneering work in CDMA network innovation, our support of CDMA has most recently been highlighted by Huawei' s launch of the world' s first commercially-ready CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Revision B, the world' s first CDMA LTE multi-mode trial for a US carrier, and by our leading-edge SingleRAN@Broad solution." Mr. Zhao Ming pledged continued commitment to support of CDG and the CDMA eco-system.

Mr. Zhao Ming (left) received the award from Mr. Perry LaForge (right) at the second annual CDMA World Forum in Shanghai.

Using Huawei' s SingleRAN@Broad solution, COX Communications in North America successfully deployed the world' s first CDMA LTE multi-mode trial in order to manage unprecedented mobile broadband traffic and lower the cost-per-bit, thus enhancing user experience. The successful rollout and operation of the CDMA LTE multi-mode trial provides assurance of CDMA' s viability and future evolutions to LTE.

Huawei is committed to CDMA innovation and continuing its contributions to standards, long-term support and the overall advancement of the global CDMA eco-system. Huawei was first-to-market with its commercially-ready CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision B solution, which has been applied by China Telecom in Beijing and Guangzhou. Since it began in 2006, the Huawei-hosted Global CDMA Operation & Development Forum has brought together top CDMA operators and partners from across the industry to discuss the future of CDMA.

About CDG

The CDMA Development Group is a trade association formed to foster the worldwide development, implementation and use of CDMA2000 and other complementary wireless solutions. Its member companies include many of the world' s leading service providers and equipment manufacturers. The primary activities of the CDG include development of advanced features and services, evolution of standards, technical education, advocacy, regulatory affairs, global roaming and device availability. Currently, there are more than 500 individuals working within various CDG industry initiatives.

For more information about the CDG, please visit www.cdg.org

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Huawei Leads Both the Business Services NMS and Residential Broadband NMS Markets Tweet

Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, was ranked first in both the business services NMS (IP&Optical) and residential broadband NMS (Network Management System) markets, with 25% and 29% shares respectively, by the world-renowned consulting firm Analysys Mason in its research report Analysys_Mason_NEMs_NMS_market_share_Apr2010.

Partnering with global industry-leading carriers, Huawei has developed a wide array of end-to-end IPTime network solutions. As an important integrated part of the IPTime solution, Huawei' s network operation and maintenance (O&M) solution, is designed incorporating the ideas of "Single OSS(Operation Support System)", "Continuous Innovations", and "Customer-centric". The O&M solution enables carriers to enjoy benefits as rolling out services and identifying faults quickly, addressing the key issues, and cutting OPEX during their network transformation to the All IP networks, thereby turning a top-notch network into a reality.

Regarding the business services (IP&Optical) NMS arena, Huawei has been focusing on visualized O&M and making one breakthrough after another. Huawei's business services (IP&Optical) NMS solution achieves the visualized management of IP services, fast service rollout and fault identification, and network assessment and diagnosis, making it possible to change to proactive O&M from reactive O&M. In terms of the residential broadband NMS, Huawei has developed the integrated fiber-copper equipment management and access line assurance schemes to automatically provision services and accurately identify faults.

Up to date, Huawei's iManager U2000 NMSs have been selected by over 200 carriers around the world, including China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Vodafone, France Telecom, Deutsche Telekom and KPN.

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'Movistar unveils Ivy low-cost Android phone with Huawei' Tweet

Movistar, in partnership with Huawei, will launch a low-cost Android-powered handset. Dubbed Ivy, the Huawei U8100 device is produced by Huawei, and enables HSDPA mobile broadband access at speeds of up to 7.2 Mbps. The Android 2.1 handset also features support for WiFi y Bluetooth, 3-megapixel camera and 2.8-inch touch screen. The Movistar IVY comes with the Google applications, including YouTube, Gmail and Google Maps. It also includes a GPS sensor that automatically scans the area around the user's position, Ruta Movistar Navigation service, and allows satellite navigation software to be obtained from third-party vendors. The phone comes preloaded with MovistarAeA's multiplatform social network Keteke, as well as Youtube and Facebook.

The Ivy includes a 2GB memory card and can be synchronised with a PC by using the included USB cable, in order to exchange emails and update calendars and tasks. Users can also use their phones to share photos, songs and other files with their friends via Bluetooth or by connecting to local WiFi networks. Movistar voice service subscribers can also activate a pay-per-use internet option. Customers can access Movistar's mobile internet services for EUR 1 per day. Ivy users can also deactivate the data service at the end of the day to avoid charges for unintentional use. Starting 1 June, the low-cost Android device will be available for prices ranging between EUR 0 and EUR 95, depending on the selected tariff plan. The device will be available free of charge for new subscribers and ported customers.

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T-Mobile Hungary bring Android 2.1 to Huawei Pulse Tweet

Android 2.2 is hot news right now, and it is quite possibly the first version of Android which really hits the spot for all the different types of people out there that demand slightly different things from their smartphone. Nonetheless, plenty of Android phones are still running much older iterations of the little green robot. Indeed, Android fragmentation has been a hot topic for a while now. A number of entry level devices are still running on Android 1.6 so it is great news when we hear of one upgrading.

The Huawei Pulse is alleged to receive an upgrade to Android 2.1 via T-Mobile Hungary. This news comes to us via Eurodroid, but is available for anyone to see over at the T-Mobile Hungary website. Check it out translated into English here. This page offers a step-by-step guide along with a link to the files you need to download the get this thing moving. For anyone looking to try this at home, as T-Mobile themselves point out, after upgrading to ‘the 2.1 software, the transition to version 1.5 can not be restored.’

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Brazil' s NET Expands Its Broadband Metro Network Using Huawei' s IPTime Broadband Metro Solution Tweet

Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, announced that it was selected by NET, the largest cable TV operator and the second largest broadband service provider in Brazil, to deploy its IPTime broadband metro solution as part of an initiative to expand and restructure NET' s IP metro network. This initiative will provide subscribers with high-quality, high-definition (HD) video service throughout the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

As a result of a 30% increase in subscribers since 2009, NET faces challenges such as aging equipment, soaring OPEX, little support for new bandwidth heavy HD and 3D video services, and exhaustion of IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4) address resources. To address these challenges, NET initiated its "NET Virtual Routers" project using Huawei' s IPTime broadband metro solution to update its existing metro network and include new coverage areas to extend service reach.

Huawei's solution, featuring "SingleMetro, MultiPlay", uses innovative technologies such as video packet retransmission and fast channel change (FCC) to deliver high-quality video services. The converged SingleMetro platform - the industry' s most comprehensive IPv6 evolution option with a flexible "pay-as-you-grow" design - supports NET' s seamless evolution to future networks, while achieving maximum investment protection.

"As a leading broadband service provider in Latin America, NET focuses not only on the advanced and future-proof network with its diverse IP service offerings, but also on high returns on investment and long-term investment protection. As part of our All-IP convergence strategy, we believe that our IPTime Broadband Metro Solution will enable operators like NET to increase operational efficiency and business profitability, and protect network investments," said Li Ke, president of Huawei's Southern South America Regional Division.

Huawei's IPTime broadband solution has been deployed by leading operators worldwide, such as China Telecom, China Unicom, China Mobile, France Telecom (FT), Telefonica, Vodafone, and SingTel.

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Huawei Wins LTE Innovation and Commercialization Awards at LTE World Summit 2010 Tweet

Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, announced that, in recognition of their advancements in the commercialization and research and development of LTE technology, the company won two top awards at the LTE World Summit 2010 in Holland. These awards include "Significant Progress for a Commercial Launch of LTE by a Vendor" and "Best Contribution to Research & Development for LTE."

The LTE World Summit 2010 attracted more than one thousand attendees, including operators, vendors and organizations from across the LTE ecosystem. Huawei was selected by an independent panel of judges and honored for their significant contributions to the LTE industry chain.

Ying Weimin, President of LTE Product Line, Huawei, said: "Huawei has invested heavily in the development of the LTE industry since 2004; contributing world-class LTE technologies, patents, standards and commercial experiences. Huawei also created a successful business model enabling the world' s operators to remain profitable, while meeting an unprecedented demand for mobile broadband services anywhere, anytime."

As of March 2010, Huawei has been awarded more than 60 LTE contracts, including nine commercial LTE contracts. Huawei has also expanded its scope to focus on end-to-end R&D, including eNodeB, EPC (evolved packet core), terminal devices (USB/CPE) and chipsets.

Huawei shares its patent and standards achievements with industry partners in an effort to build an open, cooperative, and harmonious LTE industry environment. To date, Huawei has submitted more than 4,700 LTE/EPC standard proposal contributions to 3GPP and holds 181 LTE essential patents, accounting for 34% of the infrastructure vendors in LTE essential patents.


About LTE World Summit

LTE World Summit 2010 is the leading event of its kind attracting all the major LTE players, including all major operators, vendors, industry associations, industry press and bloggers from across the world. It has over 80 stands, a comprehensive 6 track programme, and two co-located conferences.

For further information about LTE World Summit, please visit: http://www.lteconference.com/world

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Huawei Provides China Unicom with Integrated Solution for Mobile and Fixed-line Video Communications Tweet

Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, announced that it has deployed an integrated solution for providing multi-media video communications between mobile callers and traditional fixed-line customers using a VIG (video interworking gateway) for Beijing Unicom, a subsidiary of China Unicom.

This solution is part of Huawei' s mobile softswitch and allows multi-media video interworking between fixed and mobile networks without additional equipment. Using the VIG, China Unicom customers can have flexible multi-media services that leverage the advanced 3G network. Huawei' s integrated VIG solution simplifies operation and maintenance for China Unicom, as opposed to a separate video gateway solution, and it can also provide IMS (IP multimedia subsystem) and IM-MGW (IP multimedia media gateway) capabilities, which will allow China Unicom to easily implement complete fixed-mobile convergence.

Dr. Wang Chenglu, vice president of core network, Huawei, said: "Huawei' s built-in VIG solution, which is based on our unified media gateway, enables leading operators like China Unicom to offer advanced 3G multimedia services. This deployment will support China Unicom in establishing and improving their 3G offerings and lay a solid foundation for future success."

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Huawei Wins "Solution Excellence Award" at TM Forum Tweet

Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunication solutions to operators around the world, today announced that its NGBSS (Next Generation Business Support System) solution won the "Solution Excellence Award" at the 2010 TM Forum Management World event in Nice, France on May 18, 2010. Huawei' s winning best-of-suite NGBSS solution is modeled on best practice principles and commercially applied experience and enables multi-platform use through open architecture.

Huawei' s end-to-end NGBSS solution enables operators increase revenue, reduce costs, improve efficiency, and optimize their overall business processes. Huawei was selected by a panel of industry experts and the results were announced to a record attendance of more than 3,000 senior executives from the communications and enterprise industries.

Nik Willetts, Chief Marketing Officer for TM Forum commented: "Competition for the Forum' s prestigious awards is always fierce, but the record number and diversity of the nominations from the outset meant that this year it was stronger than ever. The sheer volume and the quality of the entries is a true testament to the Awards and the value the industry places on them. Our sincere congratulations to all of this year' s winners."

"We are proud to receive this highly-regarded award from the TM Forum, which recognizes Huawei' s market leadership and innovation in this area. Huawei BSS helps operators optimize business processes and achieve sustainable success through smart operation and efficient support," said Dr. Che Haiping, VP & CTO of Software, Huawei.

Huawei NGBSS has been adopted by top operators including China Mobile, China Telecom, ET, and Telfort/KPN, and has been deployed in more than 30 countries, serving more than 300 million subscribers.

More information about the awards can be found at: http://www.tmforum.org/TMForumPressReleases/TMForumExcellence/42235/article.html

About TM Forum Award

TM Forum is the world' s leading industry association focused on improving business effectiveness for service providers and their suppliers. Serving the information, communications and entertainment industries, the Forum provides practical solutions, guidance and leadership to transform the way that digital services are created, delivered and charged.

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WiMAX Industry Outlines Future Growth Opportunities and Direction Tweet

Call for increased collaboration and across-the-board interoperability to enable flexible deployments.

Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, along with WiMAX industry partners Clearwire, Intel and the WiMAX Forum, outlined an agenda that explored opportunities for the future of WiMAX at the 2010 Global WiMAX Business Development Forum held in Hawaii. Forum attendees from across the global WiMAX industry ecosystem concluded that the development of the WiMAX industry worldwide has taken off.

Participants believe the future of WiMAX is tied to its increasing capacity to offer across-the-board interoperability that helps lower costs, broaden bandwidth and enable highly flexible deployment. WiMAX' s ability to deliver high quality data speeds, fast transmission and abundant services is largely enabled by the adoption of advanced, future-oriented technologies, such as 4T4R (4 transmitters and 4 receivers), MIMO (multi-input multi-output), and Beamforming, which are now commercially available by Huawei.

To reach the next level for the WiMAX industry, Mr. Tang Xinhong, president of WiMAX, Huawei, called for increased collaboration across the industry. He stated: "If the challenges of WiMAX development, such as standardization, technology, industry maturity, commercialization, and spectrum, can be addressed one by one, undoubtedly the development of WiMAX will be accelerated. Only in collaboration with our partners, can we prompt the evolution of WiMAX."

At the Forum, Clearwire outlined the strength of its current WiMAX capabilities. Clearwire is the world' s largest WiMAX operator, with its commercial network covering approximately 41 million people today in the United States. Clearwire' s 4G networks in Hawaii and Seattle - which Huawei provided, deployed and services - are the world' s first to adopt 4T4R MIMO technology, and can be upgraded to Beamforming through software upgrades. Huawei's multi-carrier technology and fourth-generation base station platform enable Clearwire to significantly reduce expansion costs in the future.

"Huawei is a global leader in wireless technology, so having it as one of the primary members of the WiMAX 2 Collaborative Initiative is a clear signal that the continued evolution of 4G broadband wireless technology is on track," said Pouya Taaghol, CTO, Mobile Wireless Group, Intel. "Intel commends Huawei' s leadership towards building an open and harmonious industry environment for the deployment of WiMAX networks with an innovative product roadmap to protect operators' investments as they take advantage of the immediate need for broadband Internet services in many parts of the world."

As of March 2010, Huawei has won 65 contracts to deploy commercial WiMAX networks worldwide, including in North America, Asia Pacific, Europe, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Middle East and Africa, and ranks first in terms of newly added WiMAX commercial contracts. Huawei has delivered global WiMAX projects with operators including Clearwire in the United States, BSNL in India, Globe in the Philippines, and Telefonica in Morocco.

About the Global WiMAX Business Development Forum

Jointly organized by Huawei, Clearwire, Intel and the WiMAX Forum, the Global WiMAX Business Development Forum brings together high-level leaders and decision makers in the WiMAX industry, including vendors, operators, industry organizations and other partners worldwide, to discuss the future of WiMAX. The 2010 Global WiMAX Business Development Forum, which was held on May 12-13 in Hawaii, focused on the theme of "building an open, harmonious, developmental industry environment". The two-day Forum was attended by more than 100 representatives from 40 operators and vendors from the United States, China, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Mexico.

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Huawei Takes Lead in HD Services Powered by IP & OTN Synergy Tweet

Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, successfully demonstrated the benefits of IP & OTN synergy for high-definition (HD) services in Shenzhen at the end of last month. Huawei' s SingleBackbone solution enabled the concept of "IP & OTN synergy" to become a reality.

As the dominant trend in services, HD services will narrow the convergence ratio of metropolitan area networks (MAN) from 16:1 to 2:1, while dramatically challenging backbone network capacity. Instead of following traditional methods of converging or separating the IP and OTN optical layers, Huawei's SingleBackbone pursues a balance between the two, which achieves traffic, protection, and management synergy across the two layers. This technique considerably increases resource utilization and network reliability, efficiently cuts operation, administration, and maintenance (OAM) costs, and helps operators confidently address pressures facing the future backbone network.

"Interworking between the optical transmission layer and the IP layer is emerging as an important feature for service providers looking to optimize network architectures and reduce cost," said Ron Kline, Principal Analyst Network Infrastructure, OVUM. "Huawei' s demonstration showed early evidence of progress in reaching this goal."

In Shenzhen, analysts from around the world witnessed demonstrations of Huawei's end-to-end SingleBackbone solution, covering network planning, traffic switching, and OAM. The solution enables cross-layer network planning through a set of tools and management systems, backed up by resources for highly-efficient, easy OAM at lower costs. Huawei's SingleBackbone responds to traffic changes and allows for the switching of HD traffic services across layers, thus balancing traffic between the router and the OTN network and effectively mitigating pressures that irritate router capacity and alleviating the impact of burst traffic on signal quality.

Christian Chua, president of Converged Backbone Solution Department, Network Product Line, Huawei, said, "As part of Huawei ALL-IP convergence strategy, our single Backbone solution enables operators to increase network efficiency, mitigate pressures on the backbone network and optimize network reliability, while slashing OM costs."

Huawei has participated in the development of approximately 100 backbone networks, with more than 30,000 OTN products shipped, and more than 1,000 cumulative sets of NE5000E core routers and associated cluster systems worldwide. According to OVUM, Huawei ranked first in the 2009 global WDM market and third in the 2009 global core router market, and was the only vendor to be listed among the top three market leader boards of both WDM and core routers.

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Huawei unveiled a preview of "Telfort 2.0", Europe' s First Next-Generation Business Support System in the Netherlands Tweet

Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, together with Telfort B.V. (Telfort), a subsidiary of KPN B.V., today unveiled a preview of Telfort 2.0, Europe' s first Next-Generation Business Support System (NGBSS). The system, named "Telfort 2.0" by Telfort, is a new innovative customer care and billing solution. This new solution began serving a selected number of new customers in a few of Telfort' s shops in April 2010. It provides customers and users with economical, user-friendly services. In June 2010 all of Telfort' s postpaid customers will be transferred to this new platform. In the years to come, it will also serve Telfort' s prepaid and internet customers.

Telfort has partnered with Huawei to deliver a future-proof, next generation business support system (NGBSS) that will integrate Telfort' s complicated IT landscape, will increase its business efficiency and will enable Telfort to keep up with market-driven innovation with this state of the art solution. The new system is based on service oriented architecture (SOA) and combines TM Forum Frameworx (also known as Next Generation Operations Systems and Software, NGOSS) enhanced Telecom Operation Map eTOM and Shared Information/Data Model SID standards, which are the basis for future evolution and transformation.

By optimizing business processes, simplifying the creation and deployment of new products and services and enabling customers to handle a much wider range of activities through self-service, Telfort' s new system will reduce the company' s Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) significantly. In addition the simplified open architecture will reduce the time to market (TTM). With the reduction in TCO and TTM plus the enhanced self-service for customers, the company can offer various types of new service plans.

Telfort has adopted Huawei' s convergent next generation business support system to replace its legacy systems, and has selected a managed services partner (MSP) for the long term. "The telecom market is changing significantly", Robin Clements, CEO of Telfort explains. "The cooperation with Huawei offers us an efficient and future-proof IT environment with which Telfort will continue to compete successfully under changing market conditions."

About Telfort

Telfort is a Dutch provider of mobile telecommunications services and internet. Telfort is focused on both consumer and business customers and offers simple, clear and affordable products. The products are offered in Telfort' s own shops, the Telfort web shop (http://www.telfort.nl) and via telecom specialists. Telfort makes use of the networks of KPN. Since 2005 Telfort is a subsidiary of KPN B.V.

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Huawei Wins More than 60% Market Share of China Mobile IMS Deployment Tweet

Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, announced that it obtained the largest market share of China Mobile IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) deployment. After ranking first overall in technical capabilities tests, Huawei was awarded contracts in 19 provinces, including Guangdong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, serving more than 60% of China Mobile' s subscriber base for the entire project. Four other vendors share the remaining portion.

The IMS procurement process was started in 2009 and mainly driven by the China Mobile full service / convergent strategy. The project covers 31 provinces and has the capacity to provide advanced services to 14 million subscribers. It is by far the largest IMS deployment to date. The first deployment phase will target businesses, households and individuals upon demand and will provide multimedia telephony, convergent IP Centrex, and other services such as MRBT (Multimedia Ring-Back Tone). Huawei worked closely with China Mobile to design the solution, write the specifications and proceed with the testing. This allowed Huawei to fully understand China Mobile' s needs and requirements.

Mr. Peng Tao, president of IMS, Huawei, said: " As part of Huawei All-IP convergence strategy, the IMS is the simple solution to converge fixed and mobile networks to support full service operations. It enables operators to quickly deliver multimedia services to the market. Huawei keeps its customer-centric strategy and leveraged its professional services capabilities to deliver a leading IMS solution that will enable China Mobile to leverage its 3G network roll out."

A Gartner report released in March 2010, "Market Share: Carrier Network Infrastructure, Worldwide, 2009", acknowledged Huawei' s leading position in the market, stating: "Huawei' s core network in the VoIP switching field, with 18.2% revenue market share, ranks first in the world". The study covers the following products: softswitches, IMS (CSCF), media gateways, signaling gateways and session border controllers (SBCs). As of February 2010, Huawei won more than 120 commercial and trial IMS contracts.

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Huawei Takes Lead in HD Services Powered by IP & OTN Synergy Tweet

Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, successfully demonstrated the benefits of IP & OTN synergy for high-definition (HD) services in Shenzhen at the end of last month. Huawei' s SingleBackbone solution enabled the concept of "IP & OTN synergy" to become a reality.

As the dominant trend in services, HD services will narrow the convergence ratio of metropolitan area networks (MAN) from 16:1 to 2:1, while dramatically challenging backbone network capacity. Instead of following traditional methods of converging or separating the IP and OTN optical layers, Huawei's SingleBackbone pursues a balance between the two, which achieves traffic, protection, and management synergy across the two layers. This technique considerably increases resource utilization and network reliability, efficiently cuts operation, administration, and maintenance (OAM) costs, and helps operators confidently address pressures facing the future backbone network.

"Interworking between the optical transmission layer and the IP layer is emerging as an important feature for service providers looking to optimize network architectures and reduce cost," said Ron Kline, Principal Analyst Network Infrastructure, OVUM. "Huawei' s demonstration showed early evidence of progress in reaching this goal."

In Shenzhen, analysts from around the world witnessed demonstrations of Huawei's end-to-end SingleBackbone solution, covering network planning, traffic switching, and OAM. The solution enables cross-layer network planning through a set of tools and management systems, backed up by resources for highly-efficient, easy OAM at lower costs. Huawei's SingleBackbone responds to traffic changes and allows for the switching of HD traffic services across layers, thus balancing traffic between the router and the OTN network and effectively mitigating pressures that irritate router capacity and alleviating the impact of burst traffic on signal quality.

Christian Chua, president of Converged Backbone Solution Department, Network Product Line, Huawei, said, "As part of Huawei ALL-IP convergence strategy, our single Backbone solution enables operators to increase network efficiency, mitigate pressures on the backbone network and optimize network reliability, while slashing OM costs."

Huawei has participated in the development of approximately 100 backbone networks, with more than 30,000 OTN products shipped, and more than 1,000 cumulative sets of NE5000E core routers and associated cluster systems worldwide. According to OVUM, Huawei ranked first in the 2009 global WDM market and third in the 2009 global core router market, and was the only vendor to be listed among the top three market leader boards of both WDM and core routers.

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Huawei and vividwireless Launch World' s First MIMO BeamForming WiMAX Network Tweet

Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, and vividwireless, Australia' s leading wireless broadband operator, announced the launch of Australia' s first commercial WiMAX network in Perth – the most powerful wireless broadband network in the country. It is also the world' s first WiMAX network to adopt cutting-edge 4T4R (4 transmitter and 4 receiver) and Beamforming technology, delivering wireless access speeds comparable to most ADSL2+ connections.

Beamforming maximizes transmission power so that consumers can receive a better signal and a higher data rate. It also provides a 20% increase in coverage radius. Due to innovative technologies such as Beamforming, MIMO (multi-input multi-output), 4T4R, and interference cancellation, Huawei' s WiMAX network provides wider coverage and higher capacity, using fewer base stations, and also utilizes energy-saving technology to increase network efficiency. Through the new network, vividwireless users are able to experience downlink speeds of up to 36 Mb/s and uplink speeds up to 4Mb/s, even up to three kilometers away from the base station. Huawei' s compact vividwireless USB modem provides consumers with high-speed broadband on-the-go.

Martin Mercer, CEO of vividwireless, commented: "Over six short months we have built Australia' s most powerful wireless broadband network and assembled all of the pieces of a leading internet business. This remarkable achievement is a testament to skill, experience, team work, and motivation. Support from Huawei, our supplier of network equipment and terminals, was vital to meeting this tight deadline."

"The beamforming-enabled vividwireless network provides users with an exceptional wireless broadband experience, even if they are located some distance from a cell site," said Peter Rossi, CTO of Australia,Huawei. "Huawei' s global leadership position in the development of WiMAX standards allows us to offer operators new and innovative technologies like beamforming and 4T4R."

The Perth network is the first phase of vividwireless' national WiMAX rollout plan. As vividwireless' s exclusive WiMAX network provider, Huawei will deliver additional WiMAX networks in 2010 covering Australia' s largest cities including Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide, and Brisbane.

To date Huawei ranks number one in terms of commercial WiMAX contracts with more than 65 deployment contracts across North America, Asia Pacific, Europe, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the Middle East, and Africa.
About vividwireless

vividwireless, wholly owned by Seven Network Limited, is Australia' s first 4G wireless network. The network is launching in Perth, with metropolitan extension networks focused on main University campuses currently under development in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Canberra.

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Huawei and Dialog Telekom Deploy ngHLR in Sri Lanka Tweet

Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, and Dialog Telekom PLC ("Dialog"), the largest mobile carrier in Sri Lanka, announced the successful deployment of a next-generation Home Location Register ("ngHLR"). The deployment of ngHLR can serve 10 million subscribers in Sri Lanka and enable Dialog to realize centralized management, simplify its network, and support future subscriber growth.

Huawei' s ngHLR solution addresses the challenges operators face by enabling them to improve reliability of HLR networks and reduce the high OPEX of HLR. Huawei replaced four traditional HLRs in Dialog' s network with one pair of Huawei ngHLRs, which were deployed in two strategic locations: Union Place and Malabe. This solution enables seamless geographical redundancy and gives reliability of 99.9999%, thus greatly improves the stability of Dialog' s network. In addition, the deployment of Huawei' s ngHLR further simplifies Dialog' s network and increases operational efficiency. The intelligent and unified O&M functions reduce the complexity of maintenance. Moreover, Huawei' s ngHLR can smoothly evolve to become a Unified Subscriber Centre, the subscriber-centric data center across networks and applications, to meet Dialog' s full service operation requirements and the rapid market expansion of the future.

"Dialog is always engaged in providing world-class experiences for our growing customer base by continuously adopting leading network technology. Huawei' s ngHLR solution meets our requirement on subscriber data management," said Mr. Pradeep, CTO of Dialog. "This innovative solution has further enabled us to simplify network complexity, reduce operation cost, and provide reliable services to our customers."

"As part of our All-IP convergence strategy, our innovative ngHLR solution will enable operators like Dialog to realize centralized management, simplify network operation and structurally reduce OPEX," said Mr. Cuiwei, president of USC (Unified Subscriber Centre) business line, Huawei. "We are dedicated to assisting operators to enhance subscriber data management and we believe that the cooperation between Dialog and Huawei in ngHLR deployment will meet Dialog' s network development strategy and enhance the competitiveness of its network."

Huawei ngHLR, based on the ATCA ("Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture") platform, provides a maximum capacity of 200 million subscribers, significantly improves maintenance efficiency, lowers operating costs, and offers over 99.9999% reliability by sites load sharing mode. This solution also supports the evolution to USC ("Unified Subscriber Center"), in securing operator' s current capital investment. By the end of 2009, Huawei' s ngHLR solution has been deployed by more than 50 operators in 40 countries around the world. To date, Huawei ngHLR has achieved an accumulative shipment of more than 800 million licenses.


About Dialog Telekom PLC

Dialog Telekom PLC, an ISO 9001 certified company, is a subsidiary of Axiata Group Berhad, formerly TM International Berhad. The company operates 2.5G and 3/3.5G Mobile Communications networks supporting the very latest in multimedia and mobile Internet services. Dialog Telekom PLC has the distinction of being the first 3G operator in South Asia to commence commercial operations. Its local coverage spans all provinces of Sri Lanka, while international roaming is provided in over 200 destinations. Dialog Telekom PLC, the largest and fastest growing cellular service in Sri Lanka, serves a subscriber base in excess of 6 million Sri Lankans.

For more information, please visit www.dialog.lk

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