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highlighted. The second panel discussion Anwar, Director of ICT and Statistics mentioned Huawei’s focus on 5.5G which
moderated by Caroline Faraj, CNN VP and at Salahaddin University, Erbil, Iraq and will soon become a reality, enabling a 10
CNN Arabic Editor-in-Chief, shed light on Rania Halimeh, Regional Director, META, Gbps experience and a hundred billion
the important topic of empowering the role Logical Operations. Panelists discussed connections. “More markets in MEA –
of women in tech. In the digital era, Huawei the importance of public and private such as Jordan – have already announced
strongly believes that more opportunities partnerships to nurture innovation, local the launch of 5G. We look forward to
and support must be given to women to female ICT talents and create ICT future supporting Jordan in introducing the
ensure they have access to the education leaders, improve university curriculums benefits of 5G, and we call for maintaining a
and training they need to be competitive in and programs in light of ICT accelerated fair, unbiased, and transparent 5G business
the digital economy. Equipping women with innovation, and fill the talent gap in environment. We believe that providing
these skills has proven to promote social cybersecurity, among other topics. Shunli equal opportunities to global 5G vendors
integration and inclusive and diversified Wang, Huawei's Vice President in the based on existing work track record,
societies. The panel was attended by Dr. Middle East delivered the closing remarks global experience, cost, and international
Fatma Taher, IEEE UAE Section Chair, Dr. during the event, and highlighted the need standards effectiveness will ensure raising
Eman Said Al Abri, Dean of the College to lead new ways for public-private sector the bar in the competitiveness of the local
of Computing and Information Sciences, collaborations to drive shared success telecom market and efficiently contribute to
the University of Technology and Applied and "Unleash Innovation for a Sustainable the national plans and visions,” concluded
Sciences, Oman, Dr. Mardin Abdullah Digital Future in MEA region". Wang also Wang.

5.5G Is Necessary for Bridging 5G to 6G: Huawei's Dr. Wen Tong

At the Industry Conference & Exhibition US$1.3 trillion in 2021. Emerging 2C and 2B Ultra-high bandwidth is only possible with
(IC&E) 2022 hosted by the Next Generation applications require further advancements sufficient spectrum, and this highlights
Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance, Dr. Wen in 5G capabilities, and this is driving the the urgent need to fully use sub-100 GHz
Tong, Huawei Fellow and CTO of Huawei evolution to 5.5G, which will be defined resources. By adding 200 to 400 MHz
Wireless, delivered a keynote speech titled by the improvements on enhanced Mobile bandwidth of the 6 GHz band and 800 MHz
"Bridging 5G to 6G". In his speech, Dr. Tong Broadband (eMBB), ultra-reliable low- bandwidth of mmWave to the existing 100
explained the driving forces and plans that latency communication (URLLC), and MHz FDD and 100 MHz TDD spectrum
can help 5G evolve into 6G, noting that 5.5G Massive Machine-Type Communications pools, the industry will be able to bring 10
is a necessary step to accelerating this (mMTC), and also new capabilities for Gbps to all users anytime, anywhere.
development. sensing, passive IoT, positioning, and Uplink-Downlink Decoupling for Multi-
New Services Drive 5G to 5.5G to Provide intelligence. With them, 5.5G will be able to Band Convergence Is the Basis of Uplink
New Capabilities. support 10 Gbps downlink, 1 Gbps uplink, 1 Gbps.
5G is developing worldwide, with up to 100 billion-level connections, and native Industry digitalization requires uplink to
40 base stations available on average for intelligence, embarking on a new journey be far more powerful than downlink. With
every 10 thousand users. In China, 5G is of 5G. uplink-downlink decoupling, uplink and
serving more than 30 vertical industries, Ultra-high Bandwidth Is Essential to downlink spectrum on different bands
directly creating an economic output worth Downlink 10 Gbps. can be flexibly combined to support 2B,
including existing FDD spectrum and newly
defined uplink-only spectrum. Through
uplink/downlink decoupling, spectrum
convergence will be possible to ensure
1 Gbps uplink. To date, uplink-downlink
decoupling has been commercialized in
mining, steel, and many other industries
to ensure 1 Gbps uplink for simultaneous
100-channel transmission of HD videos,
360° remote control, and other 2B
applications. "5.5G will bridge 5G to 6G.
5.5G and 6G will be fundamental to linking
the physical world to digital and intelligent
worlds," Dr. Tong concluded. "The success
of the mobile industry depends on unified
standardization and industry collaboration.
Let's jointly advance to 5.5G and boost
collaboration to accelerate technology
maturity for a sustainable future."

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