SHENZHEN, CHINA – Huawei and Telus are teaming up to establish a 5G "Living Lab" in Vancouver.
Announced Friday from Huawei's headquarters in Shenzhen, in conjunction with BC premier Christy Clark’s visit, the new project will test approaches to deliver a next-generation converged fibre-wireless network in downtown Vancouver.
To support this "Living Lab", Huawei pledged to make “a significant investment” to design, test and deploy new technologies leading towards the development of next-generation 5G based telecommunications networks. Telus’ recent commitment to invest $1 billion to expand its fibre optic network in Vancouver will ultimately provide the backbone to support highly efficient and lightning-fast wireless speeds as the development road maps for wireless and wireline networks converge around 5G concepts, reads the news release.
"Working with Huawei, our efforts will lay the groundwork for delivering a converged fibre-wireless network with the potential to deliver dramatically faster wireless speeds, thereby improving citizens' lives and generating significant new social, educational and economic opportunities”, said Telus’ EVP of technology strategy Eros Spadotto, in the release. “In addition, it will help all levels of government to build a greener, more inclusive and globally competitive Vancouver."
"The opportunity to partner with Telus to deploy innovative new technologies is critical to our global 5G research and development process and positions Telus on the leading edge of next-generation telecommunications technology deployment", added Huawei co-CEO Ken Hu.
In photo: Huawei Canada president Sean Yang; Telus EVP technology strategy Eros Spadatto; B.C. Premier Christy Clark; Huawei co-CEO Ken Hu; and Minster Teresa Wat
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