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Huawei's AI-Centric Network Solution Debuts at MWC Barcelona 2025

During the recent Huawei Product & Solution launch at MWC Barcelona 2025, Yang Chaobin, a member of Huawei's Board and CEO of the ICT Business Group, took center stage to introduce the company's AI-Centric Network solution. According to Yang, the rise of high-quality, affordable, and open-source AI models is set to propel a wide range of innovations across applications, accelerating the arrival of a smarter world.

The transformative potential of AI, as articulated by Yang, is poised to reshape society on three fundamental levels. First, it promises to create highly personalized experiences for consumers. Second, it aims to foster intelligent collaboration within organizations. Finally, it lays the groundwork for inclusive intelligence, making advanced technology accessible to everyone.

In the ICT sector, the continuous evolution of technology alongside a broader array of application scenarios is expected to open up unprecedented growth opportunities, necessitating a significant enhancement in network infrastructure. Yang emphasized the crucial need for operators to achieve breakthroughs in network bandwidth, latency, coverage, and operations and maintenance (OM). Huawei's AI-Centric Network solution is designed to meet these important requirements, revolutionizing network capabilities to enable domain-wide connectivity and triggering a shift towards application-oriented OM. This transition is envisioned to reform service and business models within the telecom industry, maximizing benefits derived from opportunities offered by AI.

Four Layers of AI-Centric Networks

Yang elaborated on the challenges faced by operators and how Huawei's innovative solution helps them prepare for an onslaught of new AI applications. At the core of these AI-Centric Networks is the concept of all-domain connectivity. This deepened collaboration between AI and network systems will enable operators to optimize resources like routing and bandwidth, ensuring that intelligent applications receive universal access and achieve ultra-high uplink and downlink capabilities with service level agreement (SLA) guarantees.

Another aspect of this transformation is application-oriented OM. The advancements in AI applications will naturally lead to increasingly complex service scenarios and diverse user experience requirements. This evolution demands a departure from traditional, resource-oriented network OM toward a more application-driven methodology. The Telecom Foundation Model developed by Huawei supports predictive and proactive OM, fostering optimal experiences at the application level and facilitating tailored, granular operations. Operators will benefit from significantly improved network OM efficiency while elevating user experiences.

The solution also enhances AI-to-X services, interpreting individual needs. AI-centric networks are able to assign the necessary bandwidth, latency, and reliability for various AI scenarios, while also alleviating capacity bottlenecks and response time issues that typically arise from person-to-person interactions. This is achieved through the creation of networks that facilitate interactivity not just between people but also between agents. Societally, AI-centric networks will ensure ubiquitous connectivity, expediting AI's application in essential public services like education and healthcare, thereby providing inclusive value to communities globally.

Finally, Yang pointed out that the varying experience requirements present operators with the opportunity to explore innovative business models, broadening potential avenues for monetization beyond mere traffic. By leveraging AI-centric networks, operators can shift towards generating revenue from experiences themselves, fully unlocking the potential of connectivity and enabling new revenue streams.

"We need to collaborate and unite efforts across the telecom sector," concluded Yang Chaobin. "By exposing network potential, working together across industries, and engaging in scenario-specific innovation, we can optimally seize new growth opportunities in the AI era, bringing the world closer to a brighter, smarter future."

MWC Barcelona 2025 is taking place from March 3rd to 6th in Spain, where Huawei is showcasing its latest products and solutions at booth 1H50 in Fira Gran Via Hall 1. As 2025 progresses, the commercial rollout of 5G-Advanced will accelerate, with AI aiding operators in reshaping their business, infrastructure, and OM strategies. Huawei remains actively engaged with operators and partners worldwide to hasten the transition into an intelligent world. For further insights, visit Huawei's official carrier page.