AI and 5G to lead Huawei MWC push - Mobile World Live

Huawei used its annual pre-Mobile World Congress briefing to provide an update on its focus areas, including the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in networks and – unsurprisingly – 5G. Ryan Ding, president of the vendor's Carrier Business Group (pictured), said the company believes there is a need to embed AI "into our services, into our networks, to provide more flexible services, and also improve our operations experience". He talked-up the company's new AI platform, called Atlas, which he described as "Huawei's heterogeneous computing solution". AI, he said, had become a "general purpose technology" which was integrated into Huawei's products and solutions and "greatly improved the efficiency of live networks". Returning to one of the main themes of Huawei's 2017 Global Mobile Broadband Forum, the executive highlighted the role of AI in network management.