Huawei TE10 Released in Vienna, Targeting CEE & Nordic European Region

Sept. 5-6, 2016, Huawei CEE & Nordic European Region Enterprise Group Partners Summit was held in Horfburg Palace, Vienna, bringing together over 500 guests from CEE & Nordic European Regions. Enterprise partners, IDC analysts, and industry partners shared insights into Huawei agile cloud at the summit.

Huawei TE10 is a stylish and innovative endpoint, which allured to the participants throughout the process of product release. Its real-time connection with Vienna, Shenzhen and Norway over the cloud platform demonstrates its connectivity, easy operation and outstanding audio and video quality. TE10 with all these features combined have received high acclaims among partners.

With rapid development of technology and applications, enterprises have extended its video conferencing applications from high-end conference rooms to huddle rooms and a variety of industries, which are becoming more and more popular. In addition, enterprises shift its focus from buying devices to renting services, and the hosting of video conferencing emerges. The hosting mode enables more and more small-and medium-sized enterprises to gain video communication services quickly and with lower cost.

Riding on the wave of booming cloud video, Huawei TE10 is created, and developed.  Following the style of Huawei video conferencing endpoints as well as touching the nerves of the “Big Video” era, this future-oriented endpoint is packed with many unique features.

Smart Device, Agile Video

According to Gartner report, video conferences have a huge market space in the small and medium-sized conference rooms, hardly 5% of which has video conferencing devices installed. Huawei TE10 is oriented towards hosting market, and designed for huddle rooms. Accompanied with the third-party cloud platform, TE10 can perfectly suit needs for B2B businesses.

As the most smart all-in-one cloud video endpoint, Huawei TE10 integrates with Huawei Cloud Enterprise Communications platform and IMS.  TE10’s “plug-and-play” functionality enable you to initiate video calls directly through a cloud platform. Additionally, Huawei TE10 provides multiple API interfaces which flexibly integrates with the third-party platforms.

Experience-centered Design

When it comes to choose a product, customers tend to choose easy-to-use products with high quality user experience.  Keeping the core concept of “Experience-centered” in mind, TE10 highly incorporates six components into one endpoint with a metal body of 9cm and 0.5kg. The smart and integrated design makes deployment much easier even than installing a wireless router at home. Customers can install TE10 within minutes by connecting the power and video cable.

 

Bring Communication Back to Nature

The era of cloud video calls for simplicity either in hardware installation, software configuration, or operation. Huawei TE10’s lightweight interactive design brings communication back to nature, with a focus on intuitive and user-friendly interfaces. All the operations can be done within three-layered menus with a short learning curve.

Huawei TE10 adopts professionally customized lens with wide-angle and flexible zooming capabilities, and the built-in microphone array with an optimal range of 6 meters for sound pickup; along with its robust network adaptability which is 20% packet loss concealment, TE10 easily adapts to diverse environments, and helps gain the best possible experience either for personal use or group conferences.

A profound change has taken place. Huawei expects to seize each chance of transformation in the industry, and deliver top-notch services and experiences for our customers.

Huawei Introduces Innovative Cloud Video Endpoint TE10, Founds Cloud Enterprise Communications Alliance

Huawei TE10 brings HD video to Huddle-Rooms, open workspaces, mobile and cloud

Founding members of the Cloud Enterprise Communications Alliance celebrate at HUAWEI CONNECT 2016 in Shanghai.

(Shanghai Exhibition and Convention Center, September 1, 2016) Highlights of the Cloud Enterprise Communications session at HUAWEI CONNECT 2016 included the introduction of the Huawei TE10 Huddle-Room Cloud Video Endpoint and the new Cloud Enterprise Communications Alliance. The session also brought together over 300 experts and partners to discuss how enterprise communications can drive business agility and innovation in the cloud era.

The TE10, a major innovation in video conferencing, will enable small project teams and the general public to collaborate in small rooms over high-quality video. The TE10 is the first in the industry to incorporate six components into one endpoint and can be installed in about one minute.

The Cloud Enterprise Communications Alliance will help members migrate converged platforms to the cloud and extend applications from the office to production, according to Ma Haixu, President of Huawei Cloud Core Network Product Line.

“To meet those goals, we need to strengthen technological advantages and platforms,” Ma said. “We also need to build a cloud alliance ecosystem with partners determined to build more open architectures.”

“The cooperation between Intel and Huawei will accelerate Big Video innovation,” added Wang Rui, Intel’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “It will help us build a win-win ecosystem with partners and promote industry development in a rapid and healthy way.”

Wu Zhenhua, Director of Global Business Development, Strategy and Business Development, Huawei Cloud Core Network Product Line, told the gathering that, in the next five years, Huawei will invest US $50 million to cultivate 40 vertical industry solutions and 300 partners. He said Huawei expects that partners will double their revenues during that time.

“We also will develop 2,000 alliance members to build an enterprise-class audio and video ecosystem for a win-win future,” Wu said.

Industry experts share insights:

Peter Liu, Research Director, Gartner:

As enterprises shift their IT spending from traditional networks to the cloud, they should do the following:

• Plan cloud transformation
• ŸCreate seamless and consistent customer experiences across multiple channels
• Provide open APIs to maximize the value of cloud communication
• Improve video conference experience in huddle rooms, extending HD video to wider workspaces and the public

Jason Yuan, Vice President, Huawei Cloud Core Network Product Line:

A one-stop Cloud Enterprise Communication platform will enable profitable converged communications solutions for many industries. This solution will feature a future-oriented platform that provides cloud, convergence, and openness and will offer a win-win solution to partner companies.

Liu Chang, Manager of Cloud Videoconferencing Business Center, Enterprise & Government Sector, China Mobile:

Video is an important part of China Mobile’s “Big Connection” strategy, and we deliver HD cloud video conferencing across countries and provinces. This has proven to be an essential approach for business transformation. Currently, the number of our customers has increased substantially, and we are more than eager to cooperate with partners for a better future.

TE10 Heralds Big Video for Small Spaces

“Driven by cloud technology, the Huawei TE10 has emerged at the right moment in video communication,” said Wang Xiangjiong, General Manager, Video Conferencing Domain, Huawei Cloud Core Network Product Line. “The innovative design of the TE10 heralds the return of video communication from large, dedicated conference rooms to small ‘huddle roomsʼ that provide project teams valuable planning time through cloud video conferencing,” Wang said. “It also can be used by staff on business trips.”

Specifications:

• Platforms: Compatible with multiple mainstream vendors’ products such as Videxio. Automatically configure the TE10 with the Videxio platform with just one click.
• Dimensions: 9 cm x 9 cm x 9 cm (3.54 in. x 3.54 in. x 3.54 in.)
• Weight: 5 kg (1.1 lb)
• Power consumption: 8W
• Security: Media and signaling streams encrypted during conferences to fortify security
• Built-in microphone:
• ŸExclusive algorithm enables 180-degree directional sound pickup
• 6m optimal range
• Camera
• 1080p Full HD with 2.0 megapixels
• Ultra-wide-angle, large aperture, deep depth of field
• ŸTransmittance up to 96% for excellent images even under low light conditions

Huawei Launched Family Real-Time Video Alliance at HUAWEI CONNECT 2016

In 2015, hardware and related service revenues generated from the home network economy in China were 230 billion CHY a figure which is expected to reach 1.1 trillion CHY by 2020. The TV-centered home network economy will become the next major Internet market, attracting two-thirds of families in China. Due to the huge market potential, more than 20 partners, ranging from chip, STB, camera and application vendors, gathered at the HUAWEI CONNECT 2016 to discuss the video ecosystem economy.

Family Real-Time Video Alliance

Yesterday, Yang Peng, president of the Huawei cloud core network CS &IMS product line announced the establishment of the Family Real-Time Video Alliance along with 22 partners. Members include nearly 30 partners from chip, STB, camera, and application industries. Together they announced the vision of "creating a multi-billion real-time video market, starting with family services". The alliance aims to extend the application of real-time video from family life into every aspect of life.

Family Real-Time Video Alliance launching ceremony

Yang Peng began the speech with an introduction to the family real-time video market and the vision of creating a global cooperation and innovation ecosystem. He said “Subscribers can enjoy real-time video calls on TVs, making it possible for TVs to bring family members closer together.” Adding "TVs will act as a gateway for family services, spurring the rise of value-added services using real-time video capabilities, such as TeleMedicine, distance learning, and remote customer services.“ In addition, the core network will be dedicated to creating a global cooperation and innovation ecosystem for network, terminal, and ecology extension. ”

Mr. Yang Peng, President of the Huawei Cloud Core Network CS &IMS Product Line

Skyworth, an alliance member, shared its vision of the family real-time video industry. Huawei's real-time video communication services have brought a low-bandwidth, low-delay, and high-quality service experience to audiovisual, real-time video, and real life business settings. Zhang Cheng, sales director of the Skyworth Telecom product line said “As early as in 2015, Skyworth worked with Huawei in real-time video communication services and cooperation continues to grow in 2016, with STBs of different models and chip models manufactured to support Home Presence services.” Real-time video that relies on Huawei's real-time video call services and professional technical services will drive service innovation in different industries, such as education and healthcare. Skyworth will continue to cooperate with Huawei and other alliance members to create more valuable services, and mutual development.

 

Zhang Cheng, Sales Director of Skyworth Telecom Product Line 

IoT: Huawei OceanConnect Works with Partners to Build a Better Connected World

[Shanghai, September 1, 2016] As a key technology that drives the digitization of the entire industry, IoT was a hot topic at HUAWEI CONNECT 2016. The OceanConnect IoT platform ecosystem, was officially launched during the media roundtable held on 1st, Sep.

Ma Haixu, President of Huawei Cloud Core Network Product Lin

Ma Haixu, President of Huawei’s Cloud Core Network Product Line, announced that OceanConnect provides more than 170 open application programming interfaces (APIs) and serial Agents. These features can accelerate the release of an application, simplify terminal access, ensure network connection, and implement seamless connection between the products of both upstream and downstream partners. Mr. Ma also pointed out that OceanConnect provides a one-stop service for partners, providing technical support, marketing support, and commercial cooperation. In-depth analysis provided by Jiang Tao, Chief Product Management Expert for Huawei’s Core Network Product Line, revealed that:

• Many partners currently focus solely on IoT device production.
• Device communication is hindered by technology bottlenecks.
• Network access cost is high.
• Time to market (TTM) for new services is long.

He and Zhang Xiwei, Vice President of Huawei Cloud Core Network Product Line concluded by answering questions related to partners’ primary concerns, technology access and application integration.

The development of IoT, cloud computing, and Big Data, is attracting more and more enterprises and entrepreneurs into the IoT industry. Despite the rapid development of IoT services, these new entrants are met with various challenges, such as complex network connections, difficult integration caused by too many terminal and sensor vendors, and long time-to-market for new services. OceanConnect is designed to help tackle these challenges.

To date, Huawei OceanConnect has integrated more than 200 terminals and sensors and cooperated with over 80 partners in the fields of Internet of Vehicles (IoV), Smart Home, public utilities, and oil/gas & energy. This has led to notable commercial success. For example, in the field of Smart Home, Huawei partners with AenoLabs to work out a competitive Smart Home solution, helping the world-leading carrier Telefonica expand the Latin American Smart Home market. In IoV, Huawei partners with FAW Qiming Information Technology Co., Ltd. to provide vehicle management and car sharing solutions.

Huawei is looking to work with different enterprises to build a better connected world.

 

Huawei Launches CaaS 2.0 to Drive Network Communications Capability Exposure

Huawei Launches CaaS 2.0 to Drive Network Communications Capability Exposure

         

[Shanghai, China, September 2, 2016] Today marks the launch of Huawei’s Communication as a Service 2.0 (CaaS 2.0) solution. CaaS 2.0 introduces five capabilities (real-time voice, real-time video, network QoS, location information, and third-party application integration) all based on a unified platform. With CaaS 2.0, Huawei strives to build an ecosystem that fosters cooperation between over 1500 industry partners, integrates carrier capabilities into every industry through application program interfaces, and improves people’s livelihoods.

Introduces five capabilities to improve user experience and drive service innovation.

• Real-time voice: Original CaaS 1.0 APIs have now evolved into scenario- and industry-specific APIs based on several years of commercial development. These APIs can be easily integrated into partner applications.
• Real-time video: Communication is rapidly entering the video era as technologies such as VoLTE, SDK, and WebRTC, now conform to the "three screens (mobile/TV/computer) + one camera" format. The video development kit launched by Huawei enables in-depth integration of the carrier's HD low-latency, real-time video into markets such as distant education, telemedicine, and Internet financing. This delivers a better all-round service experience for customers.
• Network QoS: Helps monitor the quality of the network that runs OTT applications to guarantee the required bandwidth and latency, delivering an optimal user experience.
• Location information: Verticals can develop innovative services based on location information, such as indoor precise marketing and secure mobile payment.
• Third-party application integration: Third-party applications can be integrated quickly to achieve hour-level service rollout. Differentiated optimization policies can be customized through smart service chaining. Third-party applications can be managed in a unified manner to achieve automatic management, including capacity expansion/reduction and redundancy.

Provides three powerful supports to aggregate industry partners and boost the industry ecosystem.

• Platform support: Huawei provides comprehensive platform support to developers and partners, including an easy-to-use development tool kit, remote lab for commissioning and verification, and expert support and guidance.
• Business incubation: Huawei collaborates with carriers to help partners promote their businesses and grow their user base through O2O platforms — app stores, media publication, and exhibitions and conferences. The capability exposure platform provided by the carrier helps partners deliver a better user experience, improve user stickiness, and attract more customers.
• Aggregation ecosystem: Huawei collaborates with partners to establish the Family Real-Time Video Industry Alliance and provide service pre-integration with chip and smart hardware vendors. These measures will break down communication barriers, boost more innovative applications, and forge deep partnerships in industry development and innovation. Huawei also collaborates with carriers, device vendors, and vertical industry partners to establish the MBB Open-Interconnect Alliance, facilitating the exchange of ideas, joint development of new technologies, and sharing of success stories. All of these initiatives spur on cross-industry innovation.

Huawei has already reaped the benefits from cooperating with the world's leading tier-1 carriers to innovate services and monetize the pipe through communication capability exposure. In the real-time voice field, Huawei has cooperated with 1500+ partners and helped 500 enterprises in 18 industries achieve a total traffic of more than 100 million minutes on average each month. 

Huawei has similarly ignited the real-time video industry with a market value of 100 billion USD dollars, partnering with 50+ mainstream home TV vendors. Huawei has built an OTT application acceleration platform, providing an application acceleration service for 10+ partners, serving a 13-million user base, and triggering more than 3 million API invocations. With CaaS 2.0, Huawei will continue to collaborate with industry partners and drive cross-industry service improvement and business innovation.

HUAWEI CONNECT 2016 was held from August 31-September 2 in Shanghai at the Shanghai Expo Centre, Mercedes-Benz Arena, and Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center (SWEECC). It was attended by over 15,000 industry leaders who discussed how to build a Better Connected World, and how to promote digital transformation in industries. 

For more information, please visit HuaweiConnect 2016 website.

OPNFV's Participation in HUAWEI CONNECT 2016

HUAWEI CONNECT 2016 is the largest ICT industry ecosystem conference held by Huawei. The conference has attracted thought leaders and experts from around the world. OPNFV, the most influential Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) open-source organization, also attended the conference and, though their organizations differ, OPNFV found common ground with Huawei.

Common Point1: Same Ambitious Strategic Visions

Huawei is a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solution provider dedicated to establishing an information society and a better connected world.
OPNFV is a carrier-grade, integrated, open source platform dedicated to introducing new NFV products and services and promoting the full cloudification of network functions.

Common Point2: Same Influential Industry Positions

Huawei is the world's largest telecom equipment vendor and leading the way in NFV. Huawei has advanced NFV technologies and has pioneered a number of NFV standards and has also set up many commercial NFV networks around the world.

OPNFV is the world's most influential open-source organization in the NFV field. Its contribution to telecom network transformation is widely recognized by companies in the industry.

Common Point3: Same Numerous Partners

Huawei has built interconnected Cloud Open Labs in different locations to cooperate with hundreds of partners and promote carriers' digital transformation.

OPNFV has 55 member companies, owns 12 pharos community labs, and cooperates with 9 upstream communities.

How did OPNFV interact with Huawei at HUAWEI CONNECT 2016?

 

Forrest Lee, Director of Huawei OPNFV Open Source Development Team

Forrest Lee, director of Huawei OPNFV open source development team, gave a speech called "OPNFV: A Carrier-Class Open-Source Reference Platform". He described how to ensure carrier-class reliability using the OPNFV platform, as well as Huawei's plan and strategy as a member of the OPNFV community. He also revealed that Huawei is ahead in open source communities.

Experts from OPNFV member organizations, such as Intel, Tongji University, Spirent, and Huawei, shared both the progress of OPNFV programs and the latest version of OPNFV. OPNFV booth attracted representatives from many carriers such as China Mobile, China Telecom, Vodafone, France Telecom, Turkcell, Zain and HKT. They all agreed that an open-source, carrier-class OPNFV ecosystem will play a crucial role in the full cloudification of carrier networks and pave the way for more innovations.

 

Dr. Deng Hui, Board Member of OPNFV and Principal Staff at China Mobile Research Institute

Dr. Deng Hui, board member of OPNFV and principal staff at China Mobile Research Institute, said in an interview at the conference that he is glad to see so many companies such as Huawei, China Mobile, Intel, and Spirent sharing in the development of OPNFV. He also believes that OPNFV will further share code resources, improve R&D efficiency, speed up network cloudification, and drive industry development.

 

The third version of OPNFV will release in September 2016 and OPNFV will hold the Second Plugfest Summit in December 2016 at the interoperability laboratory in the University of New Hampshire in the United States. In addition, the Third OPNFV Summit will be held in June 2017 in Beijing. 

Huawei and 20 Global Partners Announce MBB Interconnect Open Industry Alliance

[Shanghai, China, September 1, 2016] MBB Interconnect Open Industry Alliance spearheaded by Huawei was announced at HUAWEI CONNECT 2016 held in Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center. The MBB Interconnect Open Industry Alliance is supported by Huawei and about 20 partners, including China Mobile Jiangsu Branch, Intel, iQIYI.COM, and iSoftStone.

Opening ceremony of MBB Interconnect Open Industry Alliance

As a proactive advocate and organizer of MBB Interconnect Open Industry Alliance, Huawei is committed to join hands with industry partners to boost the MBB industry development, build an open and interconnected ecosystem, and create a new life with mobile interconnections. At the opening ceremony, executive of Huawei Packet Core Network Product Line of CCN, Shi Jilin, said "In a new era of infinite industry development, we jointly face new opportunities and challenges." She shared the best practices of Huawei in MBB interconnect and open in the past year. Through the announcement, she expected to cooperate with mobile operators, OTT service providers, and industry partners to achieve a win-win outcome, ultimately realizing "more delicate life experience, more reliable business environment, and more diversified industry innovation."

Shi Jilin, Executive of Huawei Packet Core Network Product Line, Huawei

Zhou Xun, deputy general manger of Data Service Operation Center in China Mobile Jiangsu Branch, said "In an era of connectivity of everything, "open, cooperation, development" is the main theme for mobile operators. We have to change our minds and embrace cooperation." She continued to share a positive exploration of China Mobile Jiangsu Branch in the field of open and innovation, especially the recognized pilot project for QoS guarantee in mobile game and video in Nanjing city of Jiangsu province in cooperation with Huawei.

Zhou Xun, deputy general manger of Data Service Operation Center in China Mobile Jiangsu Branch

Since the establishment of MBB Interconnect Open Base in February 2015, Huawei has carried out in-depth cooperation in the fields of video, game, finance, security, big data, and Internet of Things (IoT) with more than 300 partners. With the announcement of MBB Interconnect Open Industry Alliance, Huawei continues to walk hand in hand with industry partners to cooperate and jointly boost MBB industry development.

For more information, please visit HuaweiConnect 2016 website.