During the 5.5G Industry Summit during at MWC Barcelona 2024, the Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA) launched an initiative “Embracing a prosperous 5G-Advanced era”.
At the summit, the GSMA also released a white paper “5G-Advanced: Shaping the future of operator services”. The white paper states that the first-wave 5.5G deployment will start in 2024. It also stresses that 5.5G will improve the coverage, mobility, speeds, and energy efficiency of 5G networks to create new value for operators and their customers.
John Gao, President of Huawei’s 5.5G Domain, was invited to speak at the summit. During his speech, Gao briefed the service development and business value of 5.5G, and unveiled Huawei’s multipath solutions for evolution to 5.5G.
“The first year of commercial 5.5G has come. The industry has identified the commercial use cases of 5.5G, verified its business value, and defined the evolutionary paths to 5.5G,” explained Gao. “We will continue to work with all industry partners to build a thriving 5.5G industry and unleash its potential to improve connections for consumers and businesses.”
