Huawei and ZTE are cranking up and rolling out 5G-Advanced network services, expanding the Chinese telecom giants’ global lead in mobile communications. The new technologies were on display at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) exhibition staged in Shanghai from June 26-28.
Compared with conventional 5G telecommunications, 5G-Advanced (abbreviated as 5G-A and also known as 5.5G), “represents a 10-fold improvement in performance across the board… as well as significant reductions in overall network power consumption,” according to Counterpoint, a technology market research organization.
In addition to much faster uplink and downlink speeds, 5G-A offers superior positioning and timing, industry analysts say.
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