5G technologies: Huawei announced it will invest a minimum of US$600 million in research and innovation by 2018.

With the multi-screen realities, demand for videos and data continues to increase rapidly. With this announcement, Connectikpeople observes that, Huawei    continues to evolve its existing 4G network capabilities by investing a minimum of US$600 million in research and innovation for 5G technologies by 2018.

According to Huawei, the investment will cover a range of key enabling technologies, including the research of air-interface technology.  In this dynamic, Huawei predicts that the first 5G networks will be ready for commercial deployment starting in 2020 and will deliver peak data rates of over 10Gbps, 100 times faster than today's 4G

networks.

Connectikpeople may recall that, Huawei began investing in 5G in 2009. At the Mobile World Congress in 2011 and 2012, the company demonstrated industry-leading 5G prototype base stations with the capacity up to 50 Gbps. Huawei's approach to 5G innovation has been open and collaborative, working with ecosystem partners. To date, Huawei has participated in the EU's 5G research projects, worked on the establishment of the 5G Innovation Center (5GIC) in the United Kingdom, and participated in joint research programs with over 20 universities around the world. Huawei will also be an active contributor in building 5G standards and ecosystems to drive a globally consistent standard across the industry.