ZTE Malaysia shares 5G innovations with Malaysian telcos

KUALA LUMPUR: ZTE (Malaysia) Corporation Sdn Bhd, a unit under Chinese multinational telecommunications company ZTE Corporation, aims to bring the latest highlights and trends from Mobile World Congress (MWC Barcelona) to telco leaders, partners, regulators and government agencies in Malaysia.

The company shared also key achievements and fifth generation (5G) mobile technology innovations and solutions with more than 200 guests from the local telecommunications industry at its Leading 5G Tour event today.

The event was attended by Communications and Multimedia Commission MCMC) chief officer corporate Dato’ Mohd Ali Hanafiah Mohd Yunus and ZTE Malaysia’s managing director Steven Ge.

ZTE Malaysia shared top challenges of network transformation to 5G commercialisation and the introduction of ZTE’s 5G solutions in 5G network deployment for ecosystems.

A number of 5G business cases are also presented.

Mohd Ali said the adoption of 5G will represent a quantum leap in mobile capabilities and that as an enabler of the Internet of Things, will allow Malaysians to experience and access data, augmented and virtual reality opportunities and even one day see autonomous cars on our roads.

"As announced by our Minister of Communications and Multimedia Malaysia Gobind Singh Deo in November 2018, MCMC has established a national 5G Task Force supported by four working groups, which comprises of various industry players and stakeholders to study a holistic strategy for 5G deployment in Malaysia.

"A quarterly report will be produced to the government and the final report is scheduled to be completed in the coming October or November,” said Mohd Ali.

During his welcome speech Steven shared several key achievements acquired by ZTE Malaysia.

“With the support from our strategic partners, ZTE Malaysia has achieved RM608 million in sales.

"In addition, we have completed Malaysia’s first pre-5G Massive Mimo live trial in Sekinchan, Selangor together with Digi in September 2018, achieving more than 2.5x cell throughput when compared with LTE technology,” he said.

Other highlights include the successful commercialisation of ZTE Malaysia’s virtualisation core with Digi, U Mobile and TM Webe.

In early 2019, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed to accelerate 5G technology in Malaysia with U Mobile.

Steven adds that ZTE Malaysia is cooperating with more than 30 global operators for 5G testing and commercialisation and that compliance is a key focus area, with more than USD 500 million invested

annually to ensure compliances are abided and upheld.

As one of the pioneers of 5G technology, ZTE Malaysia is working closely with local telco leaders to

introduce 5G into the country and will also be showcasing some of its technologies and innovations at

the upcoming 5G Showcase at Putrajaya, organized by MCMC and graced by Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad the Prime Minister of Malaysia.

“The 5G Showcase will be opened to the public from 20 to 21 April 2019 featuring eight areas that are

primed to benefit from 5G technology such as healthcare, media and entertainment, smart city,

automotive, manufacturing, public safety, agriculture and education. 

"This is an opportunity for the public to see and experience first-hand the benefits that this technology will bring and how it can positively impact their lives,” said Mohd Ali.

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