[Singapore, December 1, 2016] Huawei was conferred the 5G Innovation of the Year, Internet-of-Things (IoT)/ Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Solution Innovation of the Year and CEM Innovation of the Year felicitation at the 2016 Telecom Asia Readers’ Choice & Innovation Awards. The awards ceremony was held on November 30^th at the Marina Mandarin Hotel.

The winning entry for the 5G Innovation of the Year was Huawei’s 5G new air interface and CloudRAN architecture with verification. This solution with the combination of diverse innovative technologies offers a set of capabilities to support future 5G use cases in an efficient and flexible way. Huawei not only established joint innovation programs with leading operators, but also conducted lab tests and field trials with a broad spectrum of 5G enabling technologies.  The Huawei CloudRAN seamlessly empowers the RAN architecture for future 5G uses and integrates 5G New Radio technologies to address a wider range of requirements. With cloudification, CloudRAN supports flexible network for coexistence of multiple technologies, and also performs a hierarchical deployment of real-time and non-real-time resource layers for balanced distribution and centralization to enable RAN Slicing for Diversified Service QoS & SLA (Service Level Agreement). Huawei has won this title for a second consecutive year.

The IoT/M2M Solution Innovation of the Year recognizes Huawei’s Innovation in IoT/M2M E2E Solution which are dedicated as industrial gateways for communication in different vertical network environments. Huawei’s IoT/M2M solutions are designed to solve industry challenges through innovative end-to-end IoT solutions that is bring greater efficiency and improving business value. Huawei works closely with industry players and vertical partners to achieve a win-win collaboration within the ICT ecosystem The company has contributed to the digitalization of industries including healthcare, mining, utility in areas such as smart metering, electricity, water, asset tracking and monitoring. Together with industry partners, Huawei deepens the integration of industrialization, information and the execution of Industry 4.0 with over hundreds of partners in the IoT/M2M ecosystem.

The third award, giving Huawei the ‘Hat Trick’, was the CEM Innovation of the Year. XL Axiata, an Indonesia mobile telecommunications services operator and Huawei launched a joint innovative program called the “Precise 4G User Migration” program in order to develop a business model to identify who are the authentic high-value mobile internet users, and then help them to get better internet surfing experience on XL’s leading 4G network. An algorithm was created based on Huawei’s innovative CEM platform-SEQ to identify details of target subscribers’ behavior and footprint which allowed XL to find out who and where the potential 4G users are. Multiple targeted-marketing campaigns were executed to ensure the key groups of subscribers are migrated to 4G network to enjoy better network experience. As an outcome, 4G user migration had increased 260% compared to pre-program and average weekly traffic of migrated 4G users have increased from 600Mbps to 1.4G Gbps. It shows the process of CEM enabling business success and helping achieve revenue growth indirectly.

“We are honoured to receive these prestigious awards, which is a testament to Huawei’s dedication to customer-centric innovation. These awards are also a timely reminder for us to continue our efforts in serving our customers’ best interests. Moving forward, we will continue to align our business strategies to ensure we are in the best position to help customers realize digital and ICT transformation,” said Lim Chee Siong, Chief Marketing Officer of Huawei Southern Pacific Region. 

“Huawei's innovation culture has made put the company in a leading role to help organizations drive the next phase of their transformations. The Readers' Choice awards recognize Huawei's achievements and its contribution to developing next generation infrastructure which will be crucial to the further development of the digital ecosystem,” said Lachlan Colquhoun, Group Editor, Telecom Asia.

The Readers’ Choice and Innovation Awards are held to recognize the technology innovations and contributions to the industry of top telecom vendors operating in the Asia Pacific. 

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