Huawei wins 5G Telecom Service Innovation & IoT Leadership awards at TechXLR8 Asia Awards 2018

Dual win a testament to Huawei's leadership and innovation in 5G and IoT

SINGAPORE,Sept. 20,2018 --Huawei won two acclaimed awards-- "Best Telecom Service Innovation" and "Leadership in IoT" --at the TechXLK8 Asia Awards 2018 in Singapore.

(Left) Konesh Kochhal,Director,Industry Ecosystem Engagements,and Abdul Memon,VP of Marketing,IoT and 5G Solutions,Huawei Southern Pacific Region receive awards on stage.

Lim Chee Siong,Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer,Huawei Southern Pacific said,"We are honored and delighted to be recognized for our efforts and contributions towards the growing 5G landscape. The recognition from the industry and partners is reassuring our capability and innovations. We would like to thank our partners for believing in our vision of Building a Fully Connected Intelligent World through open ecosystem collaborations. We share this achievement with them and will continue to improve our offerings."

The 5G Network Slicing as a Service (NSaaS) solution by Huawei was awarded the "Best Telecom Service Innovation" award. The solution enables operators the ability to provide differentiated network slices for varied vertical markets instead of just providing data connection with the same quality for all end users. Besides,it helps operators run a "slice mall" to sell network slices to enterprises. Huawei has already been conducting extensive trials on 5G Slice services with many first-tier operators,including Deutsche Telekom,Telefonica,China Mobile and so on.

The IoT Solution Partnership Program,developed by Huawei was conferred the "Leadership in IoT" award for its rendered IoT support to partners. Huawei's injection of resources in the development of global and local IoT partnership ecosystem and OpenLabs across the globe has seen success from its IoT industry solution development of the IoT chipset-- Boudica,LiteOS-- to the creation of sustainable cloud-based IoT platform-- Huawei OceanConnect IoT Platform and industry developer applications. Huawei has designed an IoT Solution Partnership Program which has upgraded the knowledge of more than 1300 partners across industries through 3 key touchpoints-- Developer Community,OpenLab,and Marketplace.

Sam Oakley,Senior Portfolio Director,KNect365 said,"The TechXLR8 Awards showcases innovation and excellence in the telecommunication and technology industry and the judges had a very difficult challenge in selecting winners from a selection of very high-quality entries in 2018. Huawei's success in winning 2 awards reinforces their leading position in the market.

TechXLR8 Asia Awards 2018 recognises innovation in the technological and telecommunications industry. The TechXLR8 Asia event hosts technology exhibitions and conferences centered on advent technology including 5G,Internet of Things (IoT),and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Huawei delivered plenary speeches-- 'NFV,SDN and Cloud: Building the Foundations of the Future' and 'Beyond Creativity: Cloud based IoT as a Service'-- as a prove of its knowledgeable prose in the industry. The event provided opportune grounds for technological collaboration.Huawei continues to stretch the horizons of the IoT and 5G landscape,scaling technological feats. Huawei's President of Wireless Network Marketing & Solution Sales,Wang Zhongtao also gave a speech-- Enlighten 5G City-- at the 5G Asia and Network Virtualization & SDN Keynote session as part of the 5G Summit,one of the six hot tech events under the TechXLR8 umbrella.

About Huawei

Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. With integrated solutions across four key domains-- telecom networks,IT,smart devices,and cloud services-- we are committed to bringing digital to every person,home and organization for a fully connected,intelligent world.

Huawei's end-to-end portfolio of products,solutions and services are both competitive and secure. Through open collaboration with ecosystem partners,we create lasting value for our customers,working to empower people,enrich home life,and inspire innovation in organizations of all shapes and sizes.

At Huawei,innovation focuses on customer needs. We invest heavily in basic research,concentrating on technological breakthroughs that drive the world forward. We have more than 180,000 employees,and we operate in more than 170 countries and regions. Founded in 1987,Huawei is a private company fully owned by its employees.

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