Huawei and Industry Partners Reach Consensus on Mobile AI Network Services
At the Mobile Artificial Intelligence (AI) Summit hosted by Huawei during Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2025, industry leaders gathered to discuss mobile AI trends. Participants reached two key agreements: enhancing 5G-A uplink experience is critical to mobile AI development, and that network-service synergy is essential for monetizing mobile AI experiences. The summit also marked the launch of the GSMA Foundry project, Mobile Network for Thriving AI, indicating an industry shift towards monetizing user experiences by focusing on network construction.
Wen Ku, President of the China Communications Standards Association (CCSA), stressed the importance of integrating 5G-A and AI, advocating for standardization and ecosystem collaboration to support mobile AI's future. Industry representatives from Rokid, MiniMax, and Unitree Robotics discussed differentiated competition strategies for AI service providers. AI advancements are extending user interactions from touchscreens to voice and video, with developments in audio-visual quality and lowered latency through 5G-A networks, which are necessary for services requiring high uplink speeds.
Speakers, including Zhi-Quan Luo from the Chinese Academy of Engineering, shared their experiences and strategies for optimizing networks with AI technologies. They noted that AI influences both mobile networks and the broader mobile industry, facilitating the transition from traffic to business monetization. The participants acknowledged uplink speed, latency, and network stability as key metrics in evaluating mobile AI capabilities.
Huawei introduced its GigaBand solution portfolio, designed to support the evolution of 5G-A networks for new AI applications. Through advanced resource management techniques, GigaBand promotes the creation of elastic networks, ensuring consistent service quality for diverse applications such as mobile AI assistants. In Hong Kong, the deployment of GigaBand achieved significant throughput increases while preserving user experience. This approach enables operators to build efficient, smart, low-carbon 5G standalone (SA) networks.
The Mobile AI Summit concluded with forecasts of the ongoing evolution of mobile AI fueled by GigaBand technology and collaborative innovation across multiple sectors. This growth trajectory is expected to foster new revenue streams within the mobile industry and enhance user experiences through intelligent services.
MWC Shanghai 2025 took place from June 18 to June 20 at the Shanghai New International Expo Center, where Huawei displayed its latest product innovations. The deployment of 5G-Advanced is accelerating in 2025, with Huawei partnering with global carriers and industry experts to leverage AI developments for improved telecom services and infrastructure.