Powerful challenger

We know that in today’s science and technology field, the US political circles have fallen into a very anxious situation, worried about China’s overtaking. Not long ago, on June 8, the U.S. Senate also specifically passed the “U.S. Innovation and Competition Act.” The bill set a budget of $250 billion, hoping to expand U.S. investment in high-tech industries in the next five years to maintain the United States. Competitiveness in this field.
The five Chinese technology companies banned by the US Federal Communications Commission this time are precisely the leaders in their respective segments: in the field of communications equipment, Huawei is the global leader, ZTE is the fourth in the world, and has achieved 5G and even 5G Advanced. Technology dominance; in the field of security video, the Chinese company Hikvision is a global leader, and Dahua, which is located in Hangzhou with Hikvision, is closely behind and dominates this fast-growing market together.
Although not as famous as Huawei and Hikvision’s big brothers, Hytera is also a very strong challenger in the segment of global private communications. It ranks second in the world and has already challenged the industry’s leader and Motorola Systems in the United States. (Hereinafter referred to as “Motorola”) poses no small threat.

We know that as early as 2012, Motorola at that time made a major split, sold its mobile phone business to Google, retained its dedicated communications-based business and reorganized it into the current Motorola, just thinking that it could stay there. Leadership in the field. However, Motorola is obviously happy too early. At this time, Hytera from China has begun to rise, with branches all over the world, and together with thousands of partners around the world, to provide governments and industry users in many countries and regions with their urgently needed special communication products and solutions. Program. After years of rapid development, Hytera’s technical standards and service capabilities have entered the first echelon of the global private communications field, and its catching-up with Motorola has become increasingly obvious. In overseas markets, Hytera beat Motorola many times to win the bidding of special communication network construction projects, such as Russia’s 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2018 FIFA World Cup TETRA communication network construction projects. In the Chinese market, Hytera also defeated Motorola many times and won the TETRA communication network construction project of Shenzhen Metro Line 7, Line 9, and Line 11. It is precisely because of fear of the rapid rise of Hytera. Starting in March 2017, Motorola has initiated multiple lawsuits against Hytera in the United States, Germany, Australia and other countries, and filed high-priced compensation claims. This move by Motorola is very similar to the lawsuit initiated by Cisco against Huawei in 2003.

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So, after encountering several heavy blows by American companies and the American government, can Hytera still survive and develop? In fact, we can see from the fact that Huawei has been suppressed by American companies and the government many times over the years, but the more frustrated it is, the more courageous it is in the war, we can see that Chinese technology companies have a tenacious ability to survive. So is Hytera. Since its establishment, Hytera has continued to maintain stable development, especially in the last 5 years, it has maintained an annual growth of about 20-25%. Operating income has increased rapidly from 1.2 billion yuan at the beginning of its listing in 2011 to 2020. 6.1 billion yuan. At present, Hytera has more than 8,000 employees worldwide, including more than 1,000 foreign employees, and has 10 R&D centers around the world. Hytera has been focusing on various vertical industries such as public safety and transportation. Together with more than 4,000 distributors and partners around the world, it provides dedicated communication products and services to users in more than 120 countries and regions around the world. It is understood that Hytera has established more than 4,000 dedicated communication networks around the world, successfully serving more than 15 million users worldwide. What Americans fear the most is Hytera’s technological innovation capability: Hytera continuously invests more than 15% of its revenue in product research and development every year. The research and development intensity is equivalent to that of Huawei, and it continues to launch new products and solutions: In 2014, Hytera began to invest in the research and development of PMR private network and LTE public network convergence solutions, and began the technology research and development and deployment of broadband systems. By 2017, Hytera has released a convergent communication solution, launching an overall solution for screens, tubes, and terminals, including a full range of products such as multi-mode terminals, broadband & narrowband converged systems, cross-network converged command and dispatch platforms, and intelligent application software. , To provide professional users with a smooth evolution of communication solutions from narrowband to broadband. In 2020, due to the dual impact of the epidemic and the international trade situation, Hytera’s operating income has declined, but the basic disk business of its main dedicated network has remained stable, and non-core businesses such as OEM have declined. Thanks to effective overall cost control, the company remained profitable throughout the year. After entering 2021, the global dedicated communications market has seen a recovery growth, and Hytera, which is ready, has realized the flying of domestic and foreign markets, and signed large contracts continuously. Hytera disclosed on February 1 this year that its subsidiaries have signed a contract for the maintenance service of the TETRA system with the Brazilian road police. The project is mainly to provide the Brazilian road police with a 30-month warranty for the TETRA system covering multiple states. Maintenance services, the total project amount is 49.602 million reais (approximately RMB 58.794 million). In addition, Hytera also signed a purchase order of more than 47 million yuan with an industry partner in a Central Asian country, mainly for the expansion and upgrade of the dedicated communication network of the dedicated communication customer in the Central Asian country. It is reported that this project is another major project of Hytera following the law enforcement recorder project in the country, providing strong support for customers’ daily and major security activities. Recently, Hytera also successfully signed a cluster network project with a customer in a North African country, with a project amount of nearly 50 million yuan. It will build the country’s first true digital cluster communication network in the country and set a benchmark demonstration project for the North African region. At the same time, it also signed a multi-mode terminal expansion with an industry partner in an ASEAN country. The project amount is nearly 40 million yuan. The broadband and narrow convergence communication network has covered its main areas, and the solution has played a key role in various major occasions. In the domestic market, Hytera also has frequent good news. On February 8 this year, Hytera disclosed that the bidding results of the “Procurement of Special Communication System Equipment and Services for Line 12 of the Fourth Phase of Shenzhen Metro Project” were announced. Shenzhen Hytera Technology Service Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company As the proposed bidder, the project amount is RMB 225.96 million. On March 2, Hytera sent another good news, providing professional wireless communication equipment and related services for the 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (“COP15”). The contractual estimated amount is 34,355,600. yuan. Judging from the performance this year, Hytera has already stepped out of a temporary trough and has begun another round of ascent.

The next blue ocean

If Hytera’s main battlefield was still in the narrowband private network market before, Hytera has now entered the 5G private communications market strongly, opening up a new blue ocean for future growth. Before the 4G era, limited by the network’s own conditions, the “skills” of dedicated communications could not be fully utilized. In the 5G era, the characteristics of large bandwidth (eMBB), high reliability and low latency (uRLLC) and wide connection (mMTC), especially the latter two, make it possible to interconnect everything, and the role of “dedicated communication” is prominent. In addition, the features and functions of 5G, such as slicing, full cloud, microservices, NFV (network function virtualization), and MEC (multi-access edge computing), also provide the possibility for more organizations and enterprises to flexibly deploy private communication networks. . As a result, countries around the world are extremely optimistic about the prospects of 5G dedicated communications. In China, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is simultaneously planning 5G industrial Internet dedicated frequencies and launching pilot construction of industrial 5G dedicated communications. In emerging market countries such as Europe and the United States and the BRIC countries, the demand from industry private networks will also grow rapidly, driven by 5G. According to Grandview Research’s forecast, the compound growth rate of the global 5G dedicated communications market during 2020-2027 will reach 37.8%, and the 5G dedicated communications market will also grow rapidly as the needs of vertical industry customers increase. Another research organization, ABI, predicts that by 2036, global 5G dedicated communication network expenditures will exceed 5G public networks. As the world’s leading provider of dedicated communications and solutions, Hytera has long seen the huge room for growth in 5G dedicated communications, and has invested in the development of a full range of products and solutions. As early as 2020, Hytera’s 5G core network passed the China Mobile 5G OpenUPF-N4 interface decoupling Class A threshold use case test and China Unicom’s white box UPF-N4 interface compatibility test. In December of that year, based on Hytera’s self-developed 5G core network and base station, it also opened up the data service First Call with standard 5G commercial terminals. In terms of 5G terminals, Hytera provides communication terminals and data transmission terminals. The communication terminals can provide 5G network access capabilities for different devices. The data transmission terminals can complete the collection and transmission of industrial equipment data based on the 5G network. As a result, in the field of 5G private communications, Hytera has assembled three major products: core network, NR base station, and terminal, and based on different industry customers and different application scenarios, it has created a very targeted 5G private network solution. 5G dedicated communications is becoming a new growth point for Hytera. Since 2020, Hytera’s PoC public network intercom products have successfully expanded the country’s largest property company. The 5G small base station products have passed the technical tests of many operators and will provide some customers with intelligent manufacturing 5G network coverage in 2021. And data transmission solutions, and signed framework agreements and product orders with a number of 5G solution manufacturers over 100 million yuan. Overseas operator business has also achieved orders and revenue breaks, including cooperating with a large Russian mobile operator to provide public-private integration platforms and terminals for government and enterprise departments, and cooperation with operator subnets in a South Asian country, with local operators in the Middle East In-depth cooperation to provide public network intercom solutions for mining users. From the positive business development in the past year, we can see Hytera’s unique advantages in 5G dedicated communications: due to years of accumulation on narrowband private networks, Hytera not only deeply understands the private communications needs of vertical industries such as public security and energy. , Can also provide public-private integration solutions for major clients in these industries and protect their past investments. Of course, the characteristics of 5G cloudification and microservices also provide good conditions for Hytera to enter more vertical industries, and even for smaller enterprises to build 5G dedicated communications. It is understood that by the end of June 2021, Hytera will release a series of new 4G/5G broadband products to further expand its business areas. At the Smart Leader China Travel Summit held this year, Hytera announced that it has built a “2+3+1” product strategy system, including: PDT/DMR, TETRA 2 narrowband cluster business, which is Hytera’s Basic disk; three new services: public-private integration, 4G/5G broadband, and intelligent integration of guidance, which are growth-oriented services; and one integrated application solution for full integration is Hytera’s comprehensive advantage. To sum up, the US suppression will not only be impossible to knock down Hytera, but will also encourage Hytera to accelerate the research and development of new products, step up the expansion of the global market, and fundamentally challenge the leadership of Motorola and other US companies in the field of private communications. status

Super-fast cellular network Europe is lagging behind in terms of 5G expansion

Status: 16.06.2021 11:11 a.m.

The expansion of the new generation of mobile communications is progressing. Half a billion people worldwide could use 5G this year. According to a study, there are mainly networks in Asia and North America ahead. In the race to expand the fifth generation of mobile communications (5G), Western Europe is in danger of being overtaken by North America, Northeast Asia and the Gulf States on the Arabian Peninsula. That is the result of a study by the Swedish network equipment manufacturer Ericsson. According to this, nine percent of all mobile phone contracts in Northeast Asia (including China and South Korea) had already been converted to 5G by the end of 2020. In Western Europe this value was only one percent. Globally, it is expected that 580 million people will already be using 5G networks by the end of 2021. Because of the corona pandemic, some frequency auctions in Europe have been postponed, Ericsson said in his “Mobility Report”. This has a short-term impact on the provision and coverage of 5G in the region.

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Early expansion in the Gulf States

Nevertheless, 4G technology will also be pushed back in Western Europe in the coming years, in favor of 5G. While 4G (LTE) is currently the dominant access technology and accounts for 78 percent of all contracts, Ericsson is forecasting a decline to 27 percent by the end of 2026. The 5G penetration will then reach around 69 percent. Older standards such as UMTS (3G) disappear almost completely . This would mean that 5G penetration in Western Europe would be lower than in North America, where it is forecast that by 2026 almost 84 percent of all mobile phone contracts could be based on the 5G standard. A share of 73 percent is expected in the Gulf States. In 2019, these countries were among the first in the world to introduce commercial 5G services. In Northeast Asia, on the other hand, only two thirds (65 percent) of all mobile phone contracts are expected to switch to 5G by 2026. In absolute numbers, Asia is forecast to have the largest number of 5G contracts (1.4 billion). The study expects 340 million 5G contracts for North America. In other regions of the world, including India and Latin America, current 4G technology will remain dominant in 2026. Overall, Ericsson expects the number of 5G cellular connections to grow to 3.5 billion by 2026 – almost 500 million of them in Europe.

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More wireless landline connections

5G technology is carried by smartphones, which already make up the majority of mobile data traffic. According to Ericsson, a good half – 53 percent – of mobile data traffic should run over 5G networks by 2026. The Swedish network equipment supplier also predicts that the number of wireless fixed network connections (FWA) will reach almost 180 million by the end of 2026. Up to this point in time, mobile communications will account for around 20 percent of global mobile network data traffic for your own four walls. The wireless fixed network connections via 4G or 5G compete with classic broadband connections such as DSL, cable internet or fiber optic connections. They are especially cheaper to provide on the “last mile” because you do not have to lay cables from the distribution box into the apartments or offices.

Accordingly, the National Center for Technology for COVID-19 Prevention and Control (Center) is a flexible working structure, not an administrative organization, without creating additional organizations or staff. The Center has the task of acting as the focal point to coordinate and coordinate with agencies, organizations and enterprises in providing technical and technology-related support and cooperation to support the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic; Design, build, manage, operate, monitor, ensure safety and network security for technology platforms and systems for COVID-19 prevention and control. Decided to establish the center. Photo: VT A unified management force, centralized connection and distribution of electronic medical declaration data, domestic movement declaration data, people’s reflection data, quarantine point data and control data entering and exiting quarantine points between technology systems for COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control. The center also develops or receives new technology solutions in the prevention and control of COVID-19 epidemic, serving the requirements of using technology to support the medical profession of the Ministry of Health. The Center will support technical requirements, guide organizations to deploy technological measures for ministries, sectors and localities in the prevention and control of COVID-19. Urging the implementation and application of technology systems and platforms to prevent and control the COVID-19 epidemic. In addition, the Center also performs other tasks as assigned by the Minister of Information and Communications.

In fact, Siemens’ above-mentioned actions are not surprising, because all of these are traceable. Siemens has been conducting 5G testing and research at its automotive testing center in Nuremberg. It also created its own 5G private network infrastructure in Amberg and Karlsruhe: In these places, Siemens is completely dependent on its own independently developed products and solutions. Established manufacturers frustrated and exit Siemens’ telecommunications history can be traced back to the 19th century, when the company began manufacturing telephone exchanges (before that, telegraph equipment was manufactured). It has existed for a long time in the telecommunications industry like its Finnish counterpart Nokia. The fate of Siemens and Nokia are also very similar. This starts with it giving up the mobile phone business. In 2005, Siemens sold its struggling mobile phone division to BenQ and licensed its mobile phone brand to BenQ for five years. This transaction was interpreted by the media at the time as a “snake swallowing elephant”, indicating that in the market at that time, Siemens The mobile phone business has a pivotal position. It is reported that BenQ is a Taiwanese company that produces BenQ-Siemens mobile phones in its German subsidiary (filed for bankruptcy in 2006). After the acquisition of Siemens’ mobile phone division, it did not bring business growth to BenQ, but became a “hot potato”. In fact, in 2004, the Chinese mobile phone market entered the “Ice Age”, but Siemens is still following the steps and keeping track of the old ways. The speed of introducing new technologies and new functions is always slow. In the ever-changing mobile phone market, it can only be killed. Caught off guard. If the abandonment of the mobile phone business is understood as Siemens’ broken arm, then the transfer of all shares of “Nosi” will completely “kill Siemens” in the field of communications. In June 2006, Nokia and Siemens merged the telecommunications equipment business of the two companies to form Nokia Siemens Networks. Both parties invested 50%, and the total transaction amount reached 25 billion euros. In April 2007, Nokia Siemens Networks officially put into operation, once occupied the world’s second largest manufacturer of communications equipment, second only to Ericsson. In 2013, Nokia will acquire all shares of Nokia-Siemens Networks held by German Siemens at a price of 1.7 billion euros (approximately 2.2 billion US dollars). After the acquisition, Nokia-Siemens Networks became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nokia, and “Siemens” was removed from the company’s name, and the company’s headquarters remained in Finland. For the next eight years, Siemens disappeared from the communications field. It was not until the news that Siemens announced its entry into the 5G private network field recently broke that people recalled that Siemens was once a veteran manufacturer in the communications field. Aiming at the 5G private network market According to reports, Siemens has a clear direction for returning to the field of mobile communications, that is, the field of 5G private networks. The reasons for this are also obvious. For smart manufacturing, the deployment of local private networks is the most common due to delay, control, and security requirements. The private network designed and deployed for enterprise-level users can optimize and redefine corporate business processes, and achieve functions that cannot be achieved by current wired networks and WIFI networks. For industrial users, this private network can meet production-critical applications in the coverage, The business requirements for performance and production safety are the infrastructure of cyber-physical systems represented by Industry 4.0. The strategic importance of private networks has been reflected in 5G research and development. In previous generations of networks, private networks were only additional functions of public cellular systems, but now they can directly rely on 5G networks to achieve future private network requirements. According to the “LTE and 5G Private Network Tracking Report-Fourth Quarter of 2020” released by Omdia, industrial vertical industries account for more than 50% of all LTE and 5G private network announcements. With a history of more than 170 years, Siemens has a strong practical ability and right to speak in the industrial field. If an industrial company that is already using Siemens products and solutions chooses a 5G supplier, it is difficult to say that it will not give priority to Siemens. Because Siemens can use its existing advantages in the industrial market, including know-how, customers, technology and solutions. Everyone is talking about the key importance of understanding vertical industries, and Siemens will be better at these than operators to a large extent, so that it can better serve those key industrial applications. As we all know, Germany is a traditional industrial power, and many industrial giants are paying close attention to the application of 5G in the industrial field, and they have proposed 5G private network frequency requirements to BNetzA very early. In August 2018, Germany planned 3700-3800MHz for regional 5G systems, the purpose of which is to meet the needs of 5G applications in industries such as industrial automation, agriculture, and forestry. Based on the characteristics of the country, Germany regards private network 5G as one of the important models for the development of 5G industry applications. For this purpose, it has deliberately planned mid- and high-band frequency resources, formulated relatively complete frequency management policies and technical specifications, and encouraged enterprises to actively apply. At present, many German companies have formulated 5G development plans and submitted applications for 5G private network frequencies. Siemens has also applied for regional 5G frequencies for six factories and is currently performing performance evaluations. Although it is not clear what the infrastructure, products and solutions mentioned by Siemens in the statement are, what is its business plan, and how it will expand the market. At this point, there are not enough details yet to truly assess the impact of this statement. But it is obvious that Siemens is using self-developed methods to move towards 5G private networks, and equipment vendors and operators in the mobile communications field may usher in a strong competitor. C114 Communication Network Lesi

Staff of the Information Technology Management Department (Department of Information and Communications) actively prepares technological conditions for the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic. The Department of Information and Communications has directed Viettel Thanh Hoa and Telecommunication Thanh Hoa to coordinate with the People’s Committees of districts, towns and cities to implement a monitoring system operating in isolated areas, connecting online to relevant agencies. participate in monitoring. Research and deploy a paperless online meeting room system solution on Jitsi platform to ensure information security for meetings. Set up and create accounts of the online meeting room system ready to serve the meetings of the COVID-19 Steering Committee for epidemic prevention and control at all levels. Guide departments, departments, branches at provincial level, People’s Committees of districts, towns and cities to inspect, review and maintain infrastructure, IT equipment to be ready to serve the management and direction. on the network environment. In particular, continue to promote effective use of document and work record management software to manage, direct, operate and create, exchange, process, and digitally sign electronic documents on the environment. to limit direct exposure. Increase the use of online video conferencing systems, paperless meeting rooms and other IT applications to quickly, economically and efficiently deploy tasks, especially to avoid crowds the maximum spread of the COVID-19 epidemic. Continue to effectively use the National Online Service Portal of the province and the country; promote information, propagate, guide and encourage people and businesses to use level 3 and level 4 online public services within the scope of their providers and make online payment of fees. , fees and other financial obligations in handling administrative procedures to minimize travel, direct contact, and avoid crowds. Continuing to inform, propagate and guide the installation and use of the COVID-19 disease prevention and control technology solution suite at the request of the Ministry of Information and Communications for medical declaration and information update, for traceability infections in the community. Direct postal and telecommunications businesses to ensure safe and uninterrupted post, telecommunications and IT infrastructures serving the direction and administration in epidemic prevention and control by agencies and units in the area. .

With headquarters in London, UK, the OneWeb company intends to deploy a total of more than 650 satellites in the lower orbit of the Earth, in order to provide users on the ground with high-speed Internet 24 hours a day. day through contact satellites. The company is also competing with billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos in the race to cover high-speed internet via satellite to anywhere in the world, especially in remote areas. This is the third time the Russian side has launched the OneWeb satellite beam into Earth orbit after the previous two missions took place in December 2020 and March respectively at Vostochny space airport with 36 satellites per launch. The first six satellites of OneWeb were launched from the Guiana launch site in France in February 2019, and last year, the company launched 68 more satellites from Baikonur launch site, Kazakhstan.