• Huawei HiFS Frontier Forum 2024, Reshaping Smarter Finance

    Huawei HiFS Frontier Forum 2024 commenced in Shenzhen. The forum, with the theme of Boost Resilience, Reshaping Smarter Finance Together, has brought together financial institutions and Huawei partners from around the world. They discussed how they can reshape resilience, agility, and intelligence through continuous technological innovation and ecosystem cooperation in the face of future uncertainties, and ultimately accelerate the digital and intelligent transformation of the financial industry.

    Building Intelligent Infrastructure to Accelerate Financial Intelligence

    Leo Chen, Senior Vice President, President of Enterprise Sales, Huawei, delivered opening remarks at the forum. He said, “To realize a sound digital and intelligent transformation of the finance industry, Huawei believes three pillars are essential: building a robust and resilient IT infrastructure; building hybrid multi-cloud infrastructure for higher system scalability and greater business agility; and developing a converged data platform, leveraging the cloud, streaming data, and real-time analytics to maximize data value.”

    Boost Resilience, Reshaping Smarter Finance Together

    Jason Cao, Vice President of Huawei and CEO of Huawei Digital Finance BU, delivered a keynote speech at the forum. He pointed out that in the intelligent world, technologies and industries are evolving rapidly, and financial institutions must reshape resilience, agility, and intelligence to stay competitive in the digital economy. “Focusing on the goals of Zero Downtime, Zero Wait, Zero Touch, and Zero Trust, Huawei upgraded a series of infrastructure resilience solutions to help financial institutions reshape resilience; upgraded four key capabilities, including high-performance CCE and distributed database GaussDB, to help financial institutions accelerate application modernization and reshape agility based on a hybrid cloud architecture; upgraded data systems in terms of the architecture, governance, and business scenarios to improve system, user, and business experiences, unleash more value of data and generative AI, and help customers move towards AI Banks,” said Cao.

    Kunte Chen, Chief Digital Transformation Officer of Huawei Digital Finance BU, proposed suggestions for banks in the cloud and AI era: “With the rapid advancements in cloud technology and AI, coupled with the emergence of new competitors like digital banks and fintech companies, traditional banks must prioritize adapting to this new landscape. While ensuring the stability and reliability of their existing operations, their primary focus should be on investing in data infrastructure, followed by optimizing investment efficiency. The emphasis of data application should shift towards driving business operations and creating value for customers.”

    Joy Huang, Vice President of Huawei Cloud Computing and President of Huawei Cloud Computing Strategy & Industry Development Dept, said, “HUAWEI CLOUD continuously innovates and uses 9 innovative technologies to build a world-class financial cloud, providing financial customers with a resilient cloud infrastructure that is as reliable as mainframe. Multi-cloud management and cloud-based DR and backup capabilities help government and enterprise customers build one group cloud. Leverage industry-leading products and technologies such as databases, big data, data warehouses, and AI to implement data and intelligence convergence, supporting customers’ quick and efficient decision-making. With professional migration service capabilities, Huawei helps financial users migrate to and use the cloud, accelerating financial application modernization.

    Collaborating with Global Partners to Create New Value

    At this forum, Huawei launched the FPGGP (Financial Partner Go Global Program) Acceleration Program. According to Jason Cao, Huawei is committed to building a global ecosystem for the digital finance industry. This involves global leading partners, those who are engaged in the local industry, and those who are innovators in segmented scenarios.

    To date, Huawei has served over 3,600 financial customers in more than 60 countries and regions, including 53 of the world’s top 100 banks.

  • Huawei presents 10 most important location energy trends

    Huawei Digital Power today launched its white paper on the top ten site energy trends. They drive telecom operators’ transition to green energy and were explained in detail by Li Shaolong, President of Huawei Site Power Facility Domain.

    Trend 1: From consumer to producer
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    Operators and tower companies (towercos) are transforming from pure energy consumers to proactive energy producers. This shift is critical to transforming the global energy landscape towards a low-carbon society. Operators are now focusing on building environmentally friendly, low-carbon networks, but also producing green energy and engaging in energy planning through the use of new energy systems such as photovoltaics (PV) and energy storage systems (ESS).

    Trend 2: Use of green electricity

    For the energy sector of the telecommunications industry, a standardized green electricity system will be built from three dimensions: energy self-sufficiency, reasonable utility, and security and stability, making the construction and use of green sites a new normal.

    Trend 3: Emergency power supply and energy storage

    The industry will evolve from pure power backup to integrating power and energy storage solutions, resulting in more cyclical applications such as peak staggering and Virtual Power Plant (VPP) services. The VPP energy storage system for telecommunications companies is characterized by its simplicity, intelligence and the convergence of multiple services.

    Trend 4: From telecommunications location to shared location

    In addition to power supply for communication services, telecommunications sites can develop various services such as “Communication + Edge Computing” or “Communication + Power Supply for Private Households” depending on local needs, thereby expanding the scope of services provided by the sites. Telecom sites support eMIMO mode and intelligent collaboration to offer more advanced services.

    Trend 5: Low-CO2 locations

    In response to increasing energy demand and the goal of carbon neutrality, operators and towercos are focusing on establishing low-carbon sites. This also includes the introduction of various standards and solutions as well as intelligent management.

    Trend 6: Simplifying locations

    Operators will continue to build energy networks that feature simple architecture, superior quality, cost efficiency and optimal user experience by building simplified site structures in multiple dimensions.

    Trend 7: Smart locations With the help of power electronics and digital technologies, the entire connection of the locations from energy production, conversion, storage, distribution, consumption to management works on an intelligent basis. Through digital energy management (“Managing watt with bit”), the power supply system is entering an intelligent age. Trend 8: Synergy of generation, grid, load and storage A site’s power system, grid and load devices are no longer isolated from each other to achieve intelligent synergy between generation, grid, load and storage. For example, by using energy services such as intelligent peak load grading and VPP, locations can achieve additional energy benefits. Trend 9: Different battery technologies Battery technology at telecommunications sites is becoming increasingly diverse in terms of materials, applications and management technologies. This also means a shift to materials like sodium batteries, which are known for their stability and accessibility. Trend 10: Security and trustworthiness Operators will build secure and trusted energy networks with a focus on device and network security, security authentication, and trusted processes and outcomes. As part of our support for the sustainable development and business success of operators and towercos, Huawei Digital Power aims to harness the benefits of technological innovation and promote the development and success of the industry by releasing the top ten site energy trends for 2024.

  • Petal Maps and Tawasal SuperApp join forces to provide advanced mapping services

    Petal Maps, Huawei’s navigation system, signed a memorandum of understanding with Tawasal, a leading communications technology innovator in the UAE, on December 26. The goal of the collaboration is to provide improved map services for users of both parties who are expanding internationally. The signing ceremony was attended by Abdul Jabbar Al Sayegh, Head of Tawasal and Eric Tan, Director of Cloud Services, Outbound Business and Solutions at Huawei.

    Tawasal SuperApp is a groundbreaking app that offers a lifestyle social platform based in Abu Dhabi that operates and is available internationally. Founded in 2022, Tawasal Information Technology has quickly become a leader in the IT industry. It currently provides services to more than 2.5 million users. Through the application itself, Tawasal is committed to providing reliable, easy-to-use, high-level solutions that keep pace with the rapidly changing digital world.

    Through this strategic collaboration, Tawasal will provide Petal Maps with local GPS trajectories, road data, 360° panoramic street photos and other detailed local information. This partnership will further enrich Petal Maps global data ecosystem, support end users as well as Chinese car companies in their global expansion. At the same time, Petal Maps’ global map platform capabilities will assist Tawasal in providing a more convenient and efficient travel experience for its local public in the Middle East region, meeting the travel needs of travelers and ensuring effective support for local business promotion services.

    Fostering a global data ecosystem to facilitate efficient global expansion for Chinese automotive companies

    Petal Maps actively collaborates with global ecological partners, supplementing and improving global data through ecological co-building. Currently, more than 320 million POI (point of interest) data has been accumulated, creating competitive products for Chinese automobile companies expanding abroad. At the Huawei Developer Conference 2023 (Huawei Developer Conference – HDC), which was held in August this year, the outbound strategy of the HMS for Car service was proposed for the first time.

    In addition to cooperating with advantageous products such as Petal Maps, HMS for Car will provide one-stop services together with leading product capabilities and experience, rich environmental capability from abroad, and Huawei cloud computing based on cooperation, ensuring the efficient global expansion of Chinese automobile companies.

    This innovative collaboration between Tawasal and Petal Maps represents an exciting milestone in the exploration of the Middle East market. At the same time, it encourages a joint commitment in building a global solution in vehicles with recognized partners and ensures a better user experience. Looking ahead, Petal Maps remains committed to improving its ecosystem of global data and services by supporting China’s automotive industry partners to achieve extraordinary success on a global scale.

  • Holiday Gift Guide Featuring Huawei’s Latest Lifestyle Tech Trends

    As the holiday season approaches, it’s time again to hit the stores to surprise your loved ones. Whether it is a gift of love and appreciation expressed at Christmas or a good luck gift to help one usher in a brand new New Year, we all want to present a gift that is practical in function but also fashionable in design. It’s often a huge struggle to find a gift that meets both, so we’ve put together a gift guide for lost shoppers who need some inspiration, starting with the latest trends in Lifestyle Tech.

    Accessory with Technology: Fashionable Tech Wearables

    As technology moves into various lifestyle sub-genres, it is no surprise that Tech finally formed a new sub-category in Fashion last year. We are now seeing more tech products adopt sleeker designs, creating a new “fashion tech” hybrid that is attracting more and more users. These devices not only give you a brand new look that will make you look stylish, but also help improve your life with sports, health and productivity features without compromising on style.

    Huawei’s latest Fashion Forward directive has bridged the gap between fashion and technology by introducing high-end designs in its new wearables. Launched last quarter, the Huawei WATCH ULTIMATE DESIGN incorporates 18K Gold elements into the classic Huawei WATCH Ultimate flagship smartwatch, with each piece of gold crafted using traditional techniques.

    Huawei also recently launched the latest Huawei FreeClip, a combination of clip-on earring design and open-ear listening audio technology. Perfect for users who prefer open-ear listening experiences, Huawei FreeClip allows users to break a sweat during exercise while enjoying breathable and comfortable headphones. At the same time, the sleek exterior makes the headphones versatile enough to be used anywhere between a workout session at the gym or a casual day out on the town.

  • Huawei Mate 60 follows its Pro sibling…

    Huawei Mate 60 followed its Pro sibling as it launches in China. The device has a single version of 12GB RAM and 512GB of storage and costs CNY 5999. It came in the same colors and IP68 rating as its sibling. However, the vanilla version is smaller with a smaller display – a 6.69-inch OLED unit with a resolution of 1260 x 2688 px. It supports 10-bit color bit depth and covers 100% of the DCI-P3 color space. A 1-120Hz adaptive refresh rate and a 1440 Hz PWM dimming are supported. The display is protected by Huawei’s Kinlun Gen 2 glass.

    The rear camera department of the Huawei Mate 60 has a shooter like the Pro version – a 50MP unit with a variable aperture from f/1.4 to f/4.0, OIS, and autofocus. It also has the same 12MP ultra-wide camera with an f/2.2 aperture. The third camera is different and on the vanilla model, it is a 12MP periscope telephoto camera with a 125 mm focal length equivalent, 5x optical zoom, and an f/3.4 aperture. The selfie camera comprises a single 13MP sensor without any other sensors aiding it.

    Huawei Mate 60 is equipped with a 5750 mAh battery with 66W fast charging, 50W wireless charging, and reverse wireless charging support. The device runs on HarmonyOS 4.0 and supports satellite messaging in China. The chipset is probably the Kirin 9000s one with a 2.62GHz octa-core CPU and a Maleoon 910 GPU.

  • Huawei Mate 60 Pro launches in China

    Huawei Mate 60 Pro has been quietly launched in China. The company listed on its website without any formal announcement or promotional activities. It is priced at CNY 6999 for the single 12GB+512GB variant and is available in green, purple, white, and black colors. The front of the device is adorned with a 6.82-inch OLED display with a resolution of 1260 x 2720 px. It supports 10-bit color bit depth and covers 100% of the DCI-P3 color space. A 1-120Hz adaptive refresh rate is supported along with a 1440 Hz PWM dimming for eye protection. The display is protected by Huawei’s Kinlun Gen 2 glass.

    There are three punch holes in the top center of the screen. One is for the 13MP selfie camera with an f/2.4 aperture. The second and third ones are for the 3D deep-sensing camera and laser for advanced face recognition and portraits. The rear camera department is headed by a 50MP ultra-light-variable shooter with an aperture from f/1.4 to f/4.0, OIS, and autofocus. It is adjoined by a 48MP ultra-macro telephoto camera with an f/3.0 aperture, OIS, and 3.5x optical zoom. Finally, there’s a 12MP ultra-wide camera with an f/2.2 aperture.

    Huawei Mate 60 Pro packs a 5000 mAh battery with 88W fast charging, 50W wireless charging, and 20W reverse wireless charging support. The device runs on HarmonyOS 4.0 and supports satellite messaging in China. The chipset is probably the Kirin 9000s one with a 2.62GHz octa-core CPU and a Maleoon 910 GPU. There are 12GB of RAM and three choices for storage – 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB. The 12GB+512GB variant costs CNY 6999.

  • GOOGLE APPS COME TO HUAWEI & HONOR PHONES

    If you buy a new Honor or Huawei phone, you will not be able to access Google apps, thanks to US regulations that prohibit. And while it is possible to install Google apps on a Huawei or Honor phone, the process is rather long-winded – it’s a pain in the ass basically.

    With the Googlefier app, a new app created by XDA Developer member bender_007, the process of installing Google apps, including Google Play, on Huawei and Honor phones a lot easier.

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  • The impact of walking away from Huawei

    Relationships between global governments and Huawei have been nuanced to say the least in recent months. From the UK to India and most recently Sweden, the dominoes are falling as the Chinese telecoms giant is banned from 5G networks in an increasing number of countries.

    Expelling Huawei from India is certainly one of the most significant moves; China’s premier infrastructure provider will miss out on access to the world’s largest mobile market as a result. Losing a foothold in Sweden is also a symbolic defeat, ousted from the home of its biggest rival, Ericsson. With new restrictions rumoured to be on their way in Germany, Huawei could also be about to fall out of one of Europe’s most significant territories.

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  • Evolution of Huawei phones

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    Huawei didn’t start at the top. When Huawei first began producing phones, it entered a crowded market, and its phones were often offered under the banner of different brands. But, Huawei became a success story in short order, quickly rising through the ranks, introducing its own top-of-the-line smartphones, and soaring past the competition to become the world’s largest smartphone manufacturer. Here’s a bit of the history of how it got there.

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  • Huawei says it’s running out of chips

    Huawei, the world’s biggest smartphone vendor, says it’s running out of processor chips because of US sanctions against the company, The Associated Press reported. And according to Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei’s consumer business unit, as of next month the Chinese phone manufacturer will no longer be able to make its own Kirin chipsets due to the ongoing economic pressure from the US.

    “Unfortunately, in the second round of U.S. sanctions, our chip producers only accepted orders until May 15. Production will close on Sept. 15,” Yu said at a conference August 7th. “This year may be the last generation of Huawei Kirin high-end chips.” Huawei’s upcoming Mate 40 phone, scheduled for release in September, could be the last phone with a Kirin chip.

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