Telus, Huawei to create 5G "Living Lab" in downtown Vancouver

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...