At the press conference, ZTE, together with the three major operators of China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom, successively released the world’s first commercial pilot of a wireless smart orchestration network, a 5G industry cloud network solution, a new 5G voice network architecture, and AIVO3.0 digitalization. Operational solutions A series of innovative solutions provide continuous momentum for the future development and evolution of 5G.

Zhang Wanchun, senior vice president of ZTE, believes that in the future, the development of 5G must be problem-solving as the guide and creating new value as the core. ZTE Corporation is willing to embrace the new growth of 5G with partners from all industries and realize the greater value of the digital society.

Zhang Wanchun, Senior Vice President of ZTE Corporation, delivered an opening speech

Next, Lao Ji will use a series of innovative solutions released this time to talk about how 5G can achieve “new growth.”

Richer 5G voice

We know that since the day that mobile communications began to operate, voice has been one of the most basic services. However, under the impact of the mobile Internet, in recent years, although the number of mobile phone users is still growing, the volume of voice services has continued to decline. The reason is that the original interaction mode is too single and can only achieve basic call functions. Although the call quality still maintains an excellent level, it can no longer meet the needs of modern people, especially young people, for richer expressions.

5G’s unique high-speed, large-capacity, and low-latency characteristics will bring a brand new experience to voice services. Duan Xiaodong, vice president of China Mobile Research Institute, said that China Mobile built a holographic video call site based on the 5G network at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) held in Shanghai two years ago. It happened that Lao Ji was also on the scene at the time. Through the 5G network, real people who were not there could appear as holographic images, and their movements and expressions were vivid. In such a scenario, only a high-speed 5G network can be realized.

Duan Xiaodong believes that with the 5G network, the traditional voice services of the past will now greatly expand their boundaries, enabling interactive calls, ultra-high-definition, XR (mixed reality) video calls, brand-new video calls, and moving from person-to-person communication to person-to-person communication. -Things communication, the future will move towards things-things communication.

From the consumer perspective, 5G voice has become more fun and easy to use. For example, you can add a variety of cute pet props while you are talking with your lover; when the teacher and students teach one-on-one online, you can also recognize hand gestures; when you are talking to foreign airlines customer service to book tickets, Realize instant translation between Chinese and English; the courier can also use the video call to notify you that the courier has been delivered to your door…

In order to realize such 5G voice, the operator first needs to make changes from the system side. In the past, the VoLTE and VoNR voice services launched by operators were essentially based on IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem). Now, it is necessary to add a new Data Channel capability on the basis of IMS. Through Data Channel, users are able to conduct a series of information interactions, including text, pictures, expressions, location, and actions, in different call stages, whether before, during, or after the call, or during audio and video calls. Even share the mobile desktop and H5 page to provide an interactive and immersive experience.

“The original voice and video capabilities, we compare it to a small truck; now that the Data Channel capabilities are added, it is like a large truck with more cargo (capacity) in it.” ZTE Corporation Vice President Chen Xinyu made a vivid metaphor.

Chen Xinyu also revealed that in the process of helping Guangdong Mobile implement 5G voice, they found that the most difficult thing is not the system side, but the terminal, because the existing smart phones and other terminals do not support Data Channel well. To this end, ZTE and Juphoon and other third-party partners have developed a standard SDK (software development kit), which realizes good terminal support for Data Channel.

“After solving the problem of the terminal, what is left is how to use the open capabilities of the network. I believe that the power of the majority of developers is infinite, and they have a lot of whimsical ideas, many of which are currently unimaginable. “Chen Xinyu said.

5G empowering thousands of industries

In fact, ZTE has helped operators build a 5G voice capability platform, encapsulating these capabilities on the system side, and providing them to third-party developers through open APIs (application programming interfaces). Currently, 7 categories have been provided. , More than 180 atomic capabilities.

At present, ZTE and China Mobile have built a set of “intelligent customer service” systems for the typical scenario of “customer service”. . In the future, if consumers make these two customer service calls, customer service personnel will be able to better help consumers solve problems through richer information interaction methods such as text, pictures, and videos.

In the future, what new and peculiar application results will be produced on the operator’s 5G voice capability platform? The industry is actually looking forward to it, and many third-party developers’ applications are already under development.

This actually shows that the so-called “5G new growth” is not only the growth of operators’ own business, but also the growth of the entire ecosystem; the future of 5G will not only grow into a few towering trees, but cultivate a large area. Lush forest.

It is also based on this concept. At this press conference, ZTE and China Telecom also jointly released the “5G Industry Cloud Network Solution”, focusing on customers and businesses, and building the foundation through “Lingyun” and “light network”. “Operation and maintenance” based on “Smart Action” to achieve cloud-network symbiosis. The solution combines the flexibility and innovation of IT and the professionalism and reliability of CT, helping industry customers to package the cloud and network to “home”. ZTE and China Telecom have cooperated in many industries, such as industrial manufacturing, medical treatment, and electric power, and implemented in-depth practices to accelerate industrial transformation and upgrading.

In terms of basic capabilities, the “5G industry cloud network solution” achieves the full integration of cloud network hardware such as wireless base stations, fixed network NT/IT equipment, edge integrated cabinets, and general services, and shields the bottom layer by sharing the base. Differences in hardware. Enterprise customers from all walks of life can tailor these components according to their actual needs.

In addition, the plan also specifically summarized nearly 15 industry scenarios, encapsulated the capabilities of CT and IT, formed more than 300 ICT components and nearly 1,000 business templates, and launched different products and solutions for different scenarios. .

Smarter 5G

Now that the operator’s 5G network is so powerful, while helping operators to empower thousands of industries through 5G, how to make the 5G network more efficient? This requires making 5G networks smarter.

At this press conference, ZTE and China Mobile jointly released the “AIVO3.0 Digital Operation Plan”. Based on ZTE’s VMAX Digital Intelligence Center, it can help operators plan and build Scenario-based applications for maintenance operations internally, and support all Scene intelligent operation; external applications can quickly incubate intelligent industry applications, and build a digital ecosystem of thousands of industries.

Zhao Jianfu, general manager of Shandong Mobile Network Management Center, said that Shandong Mobile and ZTE have opened a large-scale AIVO digital operation commercial site, which has realized “intelligent insight and value operation” for 5G networks, and realized big data support for operators during the epidemic. Flow monitoring of designated hospitals, Qingdao Shanghai Cooperation Summit and major guarantees. “Through digital operations, our one-click complaint handling efficiency has been greatly improved, and the accuracy rate of global end-to-end perception and positioning has reached 87%.”

In addition, ZTE and China Unicom jointly released the “World’s First Commercial Pilot for Wireless Smart Orchestration Networks” to achieve the best user experience with “User Orchestration” and maximize the utility of network resources with “Network Orchestration” to achieve user experience. And the optimal solution of network utility.

Ma Hongbing, general manager of China Unicom’s science and technology innovation department, revealed that China Unicom and ZTE have launched the country’s first wireless smart orchestration commercial network pilot in Pulandian District, Dalian, Liaoning Province, which has achieved a 50% reduction in the proportion of NR users’ uplink low speed and handover delay. A drop of more than 50%, a 12% increase in the duration stay ratio, and a 20% increase in the traffic stay ratio. In the case of the pull network test, the average rate of 5G users has increased by 20%-130%, and the user experience has been greatly improved.

Through the release and practice of this series of innovative solutions, Bo Steel, vice president of ZTE Corporation, has given the best answer to “5G New Growth”: Chips, algorithms and architecture form a foundation, and continue to take root and accumulate potential energy; Wisdom and security are the double-stranded genes extending from the network to the business; the three aspects of capability, performance and efficiency continue to iteratively innovate to release kinetic energy to grow toward the sun, build a value-centered world of digital intelligence, and realize “5G grows everything The wisdom of the numbers builds the future”.

Increasing influence How China is entering Europe’s ports

Status: 10.06.2021 12:33 p.m.

Piraeus, Rotterdam, Antwerp and soon possibly also Hamburg – China has its own terminals in 14 European ports or holds shares in port operators. Critics warn of the consequences of the urge to expand. From Lothar Gries, tagesschau.de The listed Hamburg port operator HHLA is currently negotiating with the Chinese state shipping company Cosco about a possible participation in one of its container terminals – with the telling name of Tollerort. HHLA recently announced that a legally binding agreement has not yet been reached. However, the publication of such a release indicates that the talks are on the home stretch. Trade with China is by far the most important business for the third largest European seaport. Ships of the Chinese shipping company Cosco have been calling at Hamburg for almost 40 years. Two years ago, China’s Vice President Wang Qishan also visited the Tollerort terminal. With its four berths on a quay wall a good kilometer long, 14 container cranes and a five-track rail connection, Tollerort is one of a total of four container terminals in the Port of Hamburg and the second largest at HHLA.

Important loophole

According to experts, by entering Hamburg, China would close the largest gap in its maritime Silk Road. Even more: through a partnership with HHLA, Cosco could also get privileged access to the Italian Adriatic port of Trieste. The Hamburg port operator had taken over the majority in a new terminal there last year – with the express approval of the government in Rome, which wanted to block the way for the Chinese who were also interested. Because a majority stake by Cosco in the largest container terminal in Trieste would have been tantamount to a sell-out from the perspective of the Italians. Now the Chinese could still gain access to Trieste via Hamburg. That would be a decisive move in Beijing’s expansion strategy, since Trieste is the northernmost port in the Mediterranean and therefore particularly important for Central and Eastern Europe. HHLA is also involved in terminals in the Ukraine and Estonia.

“Loss of Sovereignty”

Cosco and its sister company China Merchant already have their own terminals in a total of 14 European ports – or at least shares in the port operators. All the major seaports on the continent are included, from Rotterdam and Antwerp to Le Havre, Bilbao, Genoa, Valencia and Marseille. According to calculations by US experts, more than two thirds of the 50 largest container terminals in the world are already controlled by the Chinese or at least supported by holdings. “Europe has thus lost some of its sovereignty,” complained the former French Prime Minister and China expert, Jean-Pierre Raffarin. The sell-off began in 2016 when Greece, which was practically bankrupt at the time, was forced by the troika made up of the monetary fund, the EU and the ECB to privatize the port of Piraeus. The Chinese were happy to take it and were given complete control of the strategically located port for a bargain price of 280 million euros. Today Piraeus is number four in Europe, behind Rotterdam, Antwerp and Hamburg. The port is the end point of the maritime Silk Road, from China across the Indian Ocean to the Red Sea. Beijing also controls its entrance for onward travel through the Suez Canal, with a naval base in Djibouti on the Horn of Africa.

Silk Road project – anything but a marketing gimmick

The example of Greece shows the political effects of China’s increasing influence in some countries, says Günther Oettinger, the former EU Commissioner and Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg. “Before the European Union imposed symbolic sanctions on China in March, Greece liked the role of delaying and watering down resolutions against China. A rogue who thinks evil”, said the CDU politician in a guest article for the “Tagesspiegel” “. China’s expansion can no longer be stopped. “We cannot blame the Chinese for being smart. We can only blame ourselves for being so stupid,” said French President Emmanuel Macron, referring to China’s strategy, which is an increasingly large one in Europe’s economy Role to play. In fact, the EU countries watched China’s shopping spree for a long time with takeovers of technology companies such as the German robot manufacturer Kuka. “When China’s leadership launched the ‘New Silk Road’ project in 2013, many in Europe believed it was a marketing gag,” said Günther Oettinger. President Xi Jinping was very serious, as can be seen from the trade network that has now been established. In Europe, China prefers to help those states, such as Greece or Hungary, that are poorer than Western Europeans. These countries are to be tied closely to themselves by investing billions in infrastructure in order to create a “China-friendly Europe”, as a high-ranking EU diplomat of the “world” said.

No concerns from Berlin

The most recent decision by the EU Parliament, which Suspend discussions on the investment agreement reached with China at the end of last year . Among other things, it was supposed to regulate the access of European companies to the Chinese market, but met with growing opposition in the European Union. Critics complained that the agreement did not set any limits to China’s expansionist urge. This is unlikely to prevent the Chinese from entering the Tollerort container port in Hamburg. The negotiations are after NDR- Information well advanced and coordinated with the federal government. There are no concerns from the Chancellery, the Ministry of Economics and Transport, or the Foreign Office.

But this is not the case. “Although we cannot speak on behalf of CCMI, and did not officially announce a specific date for the launch of this service, Synchronoss is still continuing to make preparations and looking forward to helping bring RCS-based messaging services to American users.” Synchronoss recently responded to Light. Said when reading the question. Verizon’s answer is more blunt: “The owners of CCMI decided to terminate the joint venture. However, we owners are still committed to enhancing the user’s messaging service experience, including increasing the availability of RCS.” The operator in a statement Write. This development is indeed not surprising. GlobalData analyst Lynnette Luna told Light Reading: “The RCS market has been developing very slowly in the past ten years.” Lynnette Luna wrote a report on the US RCS market in June 2020 and has not been updated since. RCS first appeared more than ten years ago, when GSMA marketed the technology under the Joyn brand. They hope that operators such as Vodafone and Verizon can use RCS to create a variety of interoperable multimedia features, similar to Facebook’s WhatsApp. Although the technology has gained a certain market appeal in certain regions such as Japan, it is still unpopular in the US market. In response to Light Reading’s question, T-Mobile said: “We are committed to providing RCS interoperability and are working with other vendors to achieve this goal. T-Mobile users using Android devices can currently enjoy RCS through our network. Messaging services can also communicate with many other users around the world through RCS messaging through interoperability with Google.” In fact, since the establishment of CCMI in 2019, T-Mobile may be the only U.S. operator to speak out in terms of RCS. The operator first launched RCS in 2015 with supplier Mavenir. In 2020, T-Mobile announced that it had reached an agreement with Google to provide RCS services to its Metro by T-Mobile prepaid subscribers. Then, in March 2021, T-Mobile said that it had reached an agreement with Google that Google Messages will become the default messaging service application on all its Android devices. According to people familiar with the matter, T-Mobile’s move is aimed at eliminating mobile-specific messaging service clients, such as Samsung Message. The Google Messages application will still be connected to T-Mobile’s RCS service operated by Mavenir. Considering that T-Mobile US will account for 40% of Mavenir’s revenue in 2020, this is worth noting. “The recently announced cooperation between T-Mobile and Google is good news for the adoption of RCS and its integration as the next-generation mobile messaging service standard. By adding support for Android Message, T-Mobile does not need to rely on The updated roadmap of smartphone manufacturers has expanded the range of users and added more RCS users to its network. This is also good news for Mavenir to expand its RCS development footprint in the United States, because the three major mobile network operators are in their networks Mavenir’s RCS technology is used in the “Mavenir” said the person in charge of Mavenir’s RCS in a statement. The person in charge continued: “The major mobile network operators in the United States have completed or are completing RCS interconnection with each other and interconnection with other RCS users around the world. It is expected that RCS services from different mobile operators will be available in the future. The announcement shows that RCS has become a reality and will continue to develop.” GlobalData analyst Lynnette Luna explained that Google continues to promote the development of RCS in the United States and elsewhere in the hope that it can profit from B2C advertising. Considering the performance of such services in Japan and other countries, this is not surprising. According to Synchronoss data, Japanese consumers have an open rate of 85% of RCS messages and a click rate of 60%-which is much higher than the 0.001% click rate of users on mobile banner ads. Lynnette Luna said: “RCS is really important to Google.” She said that although the development of RCS services in the United States and other places has suffered from “the chicken or the egg problem”-that is, the operator does not support this. The service is because the customer does not use the service, and vice versa. Of course, another major development obstacle facing RCS is: iPhone maker Apple does not support RCS services, and Apple occupies nearly half of the US smartphone market. Lynnette Luna said, “This has always been the Achilles heel of RCS.” But she also said that this service may be promoted by 5G, which requires operators to deploy IMS technology, which makes RCS interoperability easier to achieve. However, Lynnette Luna does not have much hope for U.S. operators such as T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T to vigorously promote the development of RCS. These operators are currently actively expanding their 5G networks. Indeed, AT&T did not even respond to Light Reading’s questions about the development of its RCS. C114 Communication Network Ace