Huawei partners with Airtel to deploy Massive MIMO technology in India

Paving the way for 5G realizations in India, Huawei, together with Bharti Airtel, has recently announced the country’s first Massive MIMO technology implementation. An integral component in India’s roadmap to 5G deployment, the Massive MIMO solution can potentially increase spectrum efficiency by six to ten times, significantly decreasing networking costs while enhancing intensive coverage. More importantly, the solution will enhance the user’s experience seamlessly and act as a gateway to 5G in India.

Committed to the Indian market, Huawei is continually investing in market-specific partnerships, developing localized solutions and conducting trials to ensure that India joins the ranks of other developed global economies in 5G’s commercial rollout.

Last month, Huawei officially released its 5G-oriented mobile bearer solution X-Haul, which is now available globally and in India. This solution has four core values: providing flexible access capabilities that can match the scenario of any site, implementing agile network operations based on cloud architecture; enabling new service innovation through end-to-end network slicing, and supporting smooth evolution from 4G bearer networks to 5G bearer networks. The solution is set to help operators in India build end-to-end 5G networks.

For backhaul scenarios in areas that have a high population density like Indian metros such as Delhi and Mumbai, Huawei launched the industry's first 50GE/100GE adaptive network slicing router, which provides seamless 100GE compatibility even when providing 50GE base station access. For scenarios where optical cables are not used, Huawei launched the industry's first 5G-ready microwave solution. Smooth capacity upgrade is supported through the use of a same frequency band or inter-frequency band Carrier Aggregation (CA) technology, which enables any-media 10GE to site.

Speaking on the occasion, Jay Chen, CEO, Huawei India, said, "The 5G era is approaching, and we are confident that 5G deployments in India will happen in line with global timeline. We are continually developing technologies to effectively support operators' new service development and expand the business blueprint in upcoming 5G scenarios. Huawei continues to promote joint innovation with operators in the 5G field around the world and in India, and is joining hands with upstream and downstream industry partners to promote the sustainable development of the 5G industry."

As Huawei continues to pioneer 5G worldwide, the ICT leader has announced a string of milestones which are advancing the development of the revolutionary technology and defining its commercial roadmap globally.

Closer home, in the Sangam area of Seoul, a hotspot for digital and media businesses, LG U+ and Huawei recently successfully completed the first phase of their 5G-intensive urban field test. This 5G field test was designed as commercial-oriented and realized by an end-to-end 5G network with 5G gNodeB, Ng Core and a 5G mobile bearer network. The test content covered coverage and capacity tests under the 5G target frequency band millimetre wave 28 GHz.