OTTAWA – Huawei hosted a roundtable discussion at its Canadian Research Centre near Ottawa Wednesday as it seeks to make 5G a reality.
The one day event, known as 5G@CANADA Roundtable, touched on several different 5G related topics including long term vision and requirements, key technology drivers, innovation and societal benefits. Huawei said that its approach to 5G innovations has been open and collaborative, working extensively within the global ICT ecosystem, including industry partners, consortiums, universities and leading innovation platforms around the world.
Huawei 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. In Canada, Huawei is collaborating with a number of Canadian universities on 5G related research projects, and will have contributed more than $2 million to this research by the end of 2013.
The company predicts that the first 5G networks will be ready for commercial deployment starting in 2020 and will deliver peak data rates of over 10Gbps, 100 times faster than today's 4G networks.
"Huawei has put a tremendous R&D effort in 5G research and innovation," said Dr. Wen Tong, Huawei Fellow, in a statement. "Today's event is an opportunity to bring together some of the brightest minds in Canada and other regions to discuss both the challenges and opportunities presented by 5G. It is through this spirit of collaboration that 5G success will be achieved."
