China Direct

Huawei launches mobile ecosystem for UK developers

 

CBI member, Huawei launched its investment plan and developer tools at the company’s first ever UK and Ireland Huawei Developer Conference on Wednesday, with the aim being to provide the tools and support to allow local developers to work and design products for the Huawei Mobile Services operating system.

Huawei Mobile Services is Huawei’s dedicated mobile ecosystem, and provides mobile phone users with many essential features, such as Huawei ID, push notifications, payments and other services.

By electing to integrate HMS into their operations, businesses will be able to receive direct access to Huawei’s hardware and artificial intelligence technology.

24 HMS core kits were launched at the conference held in London, and are aimed at providing businesses and developers with access to open source developer kits so that they can develop and integrate apps for the Huawei app Gallery.

Huawei also announced an investment plan of £20 million to help promote UK and Irish developers working with HMS and developing products to join the Huawei App Gallery.

Anson Zhang, managing director of Huawei UK’s Consumer Business Group, said: “Ultimately, [Huawei] envision an all-scenario intelligent consumer experience for the future of Huawei Mobile Services and will provide businesses and developers with the opportunity to reach new audiences, expand and monetise, as they prepare for a fully connected world.”

According to Huawei, HMS already has four million users in the UK alone.

Huawei is the CBI’s strategic partner for the CBI Chinese New Year Dinner. Now in its sixth year, the CBI’s annual flagship event with a focus on China brings together senior professionals from business, politics and media to celebrate the long-standing relationship between the UK and China.

To be held 27^th January 2020 at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park Hotel, London. For bookings, please follow the link.

Huawei launches world’s fastest AI computing platform

CBI member, Huawei has unveiled what is now widely considered to be the world’s fastest artificial intelligence-enhanced computing platform. Named Atlas 900, the platform consists of a series of AI training clusters which when combined utilise digital and adaptive learning to breakdown and solve complicated problems that otherwise would require enormous amounts of memory and data processing.

Hu Houkan, rotating Chairman of Huawei said: “We believe that connectivity and computing will be woven into the fabric of everything and are worth our continuous investment. As people are computers are closer than ever, the improvement of computing power is crucial to human beings.”

Atlas 900 combines the power of thousands of processors. As a result, it takes the computer just 59.8 seconds to train ResNet-50, the gold standard for measuring AI training performance. This is 10 seconds faster than the previous world record.

The computer’s processing power will also be made available to Huawei customers through its integration with Huawei Cloud. Customers will be able to log into the Cloud to see the latest in astronomy, weather forecasting, the economy and, at a later date, use the Cloud to facilitate autonomous driving.

 

Three is the magic number as Huawei launches 3rd UK 5G network

 

CBI member, Huawei has announced that it has launched a third 5G ultrafast mobile broadband service in the UK, this time in partnership with telecommunications provider, Three.

Three’s ultrafast mobile broadband network is powered by Huawei, and joins fellow CBI members, EE and Vodafone by launching the new service in busy parts of London with a £35 per month home broadband deal. Three announced at the launch, that they plan to expand their service offering with Huawei to cover 25 towns and cities by the end of 2019 and deliver “At least 2x faster” speeds.

Three predict that 80% of their network traffic today will be covered by Huawei’s 5G network within three years. Consequently, the company plans to launch their 5G mobile service at no extra cost for customers on all contract, SIM only and PAYG mobile plans.

Three is confident that it will be able to deliver on its “At least 2x faster” promise, since tests of Huawei’s systems installed in the London Borough of Camden returned an average download speed of 138Mbps, compared to 25Mbps on their 4G network.

Dave Dyson, CEO of Three said: “Three’s 5G is going to revolutionise the home broadband experience. No more paying for landline rentals, no more waiting for engineers, and even a same day delivery option. [Three] have taken a simple approach with one single truly unlimited data plan to give customers the opportunity to fully explore 5G and all its exciting possibilities.”

 

 

Vodafone and Huawei confirm 5G partnership

 

 

 

CBI members, Vodafone and Huawei have confirmed that they will continue to work together on the development and roll out of 5G infrastructure across the UK.

Vodafone confirmed at the launch of the company’s 5G service on Tuesday, that it is maintaining the use of Huawei equipment in non-core parts of its network infrastructure, even though Huawei officially remains under government review.

On Tuesday, Vodafone launched 5G in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Manchester, Liverpool and London. Twelve more cities are expected to follow soon.

Business director of Vodafone UK, Anne Sheehan, said: “5G is a game-changer for the economy and UK businesses. We are committed to helping our customers take advantage of this technology by making it widely available in the UK and through roaming. [Vodafone] want to help UK businesses become global leaders and 5G will play an important role in achieving that aim.”

Victor Zhang, a senior vice-president at Huawei said: “[Huawei] are proud to be helping Vodafone open up a new world of seamless opportunity with their launch of 5G mobile services in the UK. This reinforces the UK as a 5G leader and builds on our 18-year history of supporting the digital economy in the [The UK].”

Vodafone chief technical officer Scott Perry said “[Vodafone] hopes that the UK government stops short of a full ban and allows the use of Huawei technology in peripheral parts of the network.”

5G will bring unprecedented speeds to internet users, with some operations running 10 times faster than on 4G networks. 5G is also expected to unlock potential in a host of new services, including artificial intelligence, robotics, self-driving cars, and the Internet of Things.

 

Huawei Achieves UK Government Cyber Essentials Plus Certification

Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider and CBI member, has today announced it has achieved Cyber Essentials Plus certification.

The Cyber Essentials scheme, which was launched by the UK Government in 2014 and is part of the Government’s National Cyber Security Strategy, involves an independent assessment of security controls that businesses need to have in place to mitigate risks from common cyber threats.

By taking part in this Cyber Essential assessment, organisations are able to demonstrate to customers and partners that they have taken vital precautions to combat today’s internet-borne threats.

“In today’s digital world, businesses are under enormous pressure to not only protect their organisations, but also demonstrate how secure they are,” said Ian Glover, President of CREST-accredited certification body for the UK Government Cyber Essentials Scheme, “This scheme is a great example of how organisations can do just that and can give consumers peace of mind that both business and government have defences in place to combat modern day threats.”

Please read more here.

Huawei to invest £3 Billion into UK

 

CBI Member Huawei said on Tuesday it will spend a further 3 billion pounds ($4.2 billion) on procurement in Britain as the world’s largest telecom equipment maker seeks alternatives to the United States, where it faces an effective ban.

Huawei said its chairwoman Sun Yafang made the pledge in a meeting last week with British Prime Minister Theresa May during a trade mission to China which resulted in deals worth more than 9.3 billion pounds. Huawei Technologies has been deepening ties in Britain over the last decade and the British welcome is in stark contrast to the United States, where Huawei has been largely frozen out over thinly veiled national security concerns.

Please read more here.

CBI Sterling Assets Report on China Roadshow

 

  

The inaugural Sterling Assets Report has been on a pan-China Roadshow since its launch on Thursday 02 November in Beijing.

The objective of the Roadshow was to circulate the Report's key findings to the diverse and dynamic UK business network in China and encourage policymakers and local officials to use the Report to promote greater UK-China business investment. 

Additionally the Report was received by business stakeholders the CBBC, British Chambers, Department of International Trade (DIT) and a visiting delegation of the All Party Parliamentary China Group in Guangzhou.

China Direct would like to sincerely thank HM Consuls Cecile Elbeleidi in Chongqing, HM Consul Karen Maddocks in Guangzhou, HM Consul John Edwards in Shanghai and HM Consul Nick Whittingham in Wuhan for their support.

 

    

Please note that China Direct will have the Chinese language version of the Report available for review and download by mid-November.

Kindly find the original Report and Executive Summary attached below for your reference.

Download CBI China Sterling Assets Report

Download Sterling Assets China Executive Summary

Thank you. 

  

CBI Members BT & Huawei deliver ultra-efficient terabit superchannel

BT LABS DELIVERS ULTRA-EFFICIENT TERABIT ‘SUPERCHANNEL’

Latest trial with Huawei sees BT releasing even more capacity from UK core networks

Builds on previous 5.6Tbps speed record with potential to deliver 13Tbps in the future
 
For more information please refer to the attached Press Release below.

Download DC17-246 BT Labs delivers ultra-efficient terabit superchannel

Celebrating CBI Member Success in China - August 2016

Dear CBI Members and partners,

Please find attached below the latest CBI Member Success Summary for August 2016. More than 37 CBI members are referenced covering sectors as diverse as Speedo swimwear to Universities. A full interactive summary document can be found at the bottom of the company list.

• Airbus
• Alstom
• AstraZeneca
• Atkins
• Benoy
• Birmingham City University
• British Airways
• Cardiff University
• Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
• Deloitte
• Ford Motor Company
• HSBC
• Huawei
• Hytera
• InterContinental Hotels Group
• Jaguar Land Rover
• Jones Lang LaSalle
• Lancaster University
• London Stock Exchange Group
• MasterCard
• Middlesex University
• Mott MacDonald
• Norton Rose Fulbright
• Pentland Brands
• PwC
• Rolls-Royce
• Sheffield Hallam University
• Standard Chartered
• Swansea University
• UBS
• University of Birmingham
• University of Leeds
• University of Lincoln
• University of Manchester
• University of Nottingham
• University of Sheffield
• University of Warwick

Download CBI China, Celebrating CBI member success in China, August 2016

Huawei celebrates first 15 years in U.K. with launch of “Seeds for the Future” programme

 

 

CBI member Huawei celebrated its first 15 years in helping to build a better connected U.K. During the commemorative event, attended by over 400 customers, partners, government representatives, and media stakeholders, Huawei announced that it is launching an alumni programme to further support U.K. undergraduates who have participated in “Seeds for the Future”.

The “Seeds for the Future” programme, now in its sixth year, sends U.K. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths) students to China for a month to help promote STEM careers and skills as well as forge a better understanding and closer links between the U.K. and China.

The alumni programme will provide technology workshops and networking events as well as career advice and opportunities for undergraduates who have participated in the programme to help further develop skills and talent.

Huawei also confirmed that it will recruit eight new graduates in 2016, following on from the seven graduates successfully recruited in 2015. The eight new graduates will join in September, when they will embark on a programme designed to develop their understanding of the company’s core products and solutions.

The new recruits will rotate through different departments and roles, gaining understanding and experience of the company’s overall operations in the U.K., before joining a specific team and working on a delivery project.

Please read more here.