Huawei 5G construction has made new progress in Europe.
According to Xinhua News Agency, Portuguese telecom operator NOS announced on the 23rd that it will cooperate with China Huawei to build the country’s first 5G network in Matosinhos, northern Portugal.
NOS CEO Miguel Almeida said in a statement that NOS officially put into use 5G networks, providing local governments, enterprises and research institutions with a research base for 5G technology applications, marking NOS at 5G. Technology applications are already at the forefront, and innovation in smart cities and other areas is leading.
It is worth mentioning that Huawei 5G mobile phones have entered the Portuguese market ahead of time before the 5G network has been officially connected.
According to the Portuguese “Daily News” website, on August 3 this year, the Portuguese telecom operator NOS officially launched the Huawei 5G mobile phone Mate 20x, priced at 1099.99 euros (about 8649 yuan), consumers can also choose to pay in installments.
NOS Marketing Director Daniel Beyato said at the launch ceremony that NOS and Huawei have already succeeded in the cooperation of 5G signal broadcasting and remote control of automatic driving. The launch of the 5G smart phone is another decisive move by NOS to lead Portugal into the 5G era.
In addition to NOS, in December last year, Huawei also signed a contract with Portugal’s largest telecom operator Altice to provide network upgraded equipment and software to support the commercial 5G standard in 2019.
Altice Portugal’s CEO Alexander Fonseca said at the time, “Huawei has been a trusted partner of Altice for many years, and we look forward to exploring this revolutionary new technology for the benefit of our consumers and corporate customers. It also provides a way to promote new business models and services.”
Before Portugal, Spain, its neighboring country, took the lead in launching 5G services using Huawei equipment on June 15.
According to the Spanish newspaper Le Monde, when the British multinational telecommunications operator Vodafone deployed 5G networks in 15 cities in Spain, the Swedish telecom equipment manufacturer Ericsson only made a “small contribution”, and Huawei is the main equipment supplier.
In addition, according to the Portuguese “Express” reported in August this year, Huawei will build a network technology center in Lisbon, Portugal, by the end of 2019. According to Tony Li, head of Huawei (Portugal), the network center will provide technical services to many European countries and will help European countries such as Britain and France to improve network quality.
Last week, at the 10th Global Mobile Broadband Forum in Zurich, Switzerland, Yang Chaobin, president of Huawei’s 5G product line, revealed that Huawei has signed more than 60 5G commercial contracts worldwide.
According to reports, among the more than 60 5G commercial contracts of Huawei, 32 are from Europe, 11 are from the Middle East, 10 are from Asia Pacific, 7 are from the Americas, and 1 is from Africa. In May this year, Yang Chaobin said at a media meeting that at the time, Huawei had more than 40 commercial contracts and shipped 100,000 modules.
