Beijing Unicom and Huawei jointly launch intelligent accelerated learning broadband to reshape the family online education experience in the F5G era

[Beijing, China, April 23, 2020] Today, China Unicom Beijing Branch (hereinafter referred to as "Beijing Unicom") held a press conference on the "Smart Wojia Learning Broadband", announcing that it will work with Huawei to create intelligent and accelerated learning broadband to provide gigabit high-speed broadband to students and families in Beijing. It will use artificial intelligence technology to reduce the latency of online education services by more than 50%, reshape the family online education experience in the F5G (fifth-generation fixed network) era, and do its utmost to ensure family network security for "suspended classes but not learning".

Online education is becoming more and more popular. Its convenient teaching methods and high-quality teaching resources have won the favor of many parents and users. Basic education has gradually shifted from offline "classrooms" to online "air classrooms". The scale of domestic online education has reached 300 million users. How to ensure a good teaching experience for teachers and students, network security has become a top priority. Data shows that 20%~30% of online education users have experienced freezes or disconnections, which seriously affects students' online education experience. The biggest problem with these poor experiences is the Wi-Fi bandwidth and latency on the home network side, which cannot meet the network requirements of online education with a current resolution of 1K and future 2K and 4K.

As the leading operator in Beijing, Beijing Unicom responded to the call, played its own advantages, and actively communicated with the Municipal Education Commission, District Education Commission, universities, primary and secondary schools, and training institutions to understand customers' communication and network usage scenario needs during the epidemic prevention period. In view of the high demand for upstream and downstream bandwidth in online education, Beijing Unicom chose Huawei's eAI (embedded artificial intelligence) intelligent accelerated learning broadband solution and jointly created the Smart Wojia "Learning Broadband" product, which provides users with dual gigabit learning broadband on the basis of the gigabit convergence package, and can also be superimposed with the rights and interests packages provided by online education institutions to reshape the high-quality online education experience. Huawei's eAI intelligent accelerated learning broadband solution has four core capabilities: "0" online class freezes, 1 more wall is penetrated, "0" waiting for obstacle repair, and 1 more tree is planted:

l No lag in online classes: Huawei's OptiXstar Gigabit Smart Gateway with integrated eAI intelligent recognition can quickly identify online education services and perform targeted acceleration, which can reduce latency by more than 50%, thereby ensuring a smooth online education experience.

l Penetrate one more wall: With the industry-leading high-gain antenna and intelligent anti-interference algorithm, the Wi-Fi signal can penetrate one more wall, ensuring zero lag in online education even in heavy interference scenarios.

l No waiting for troubleshooting: Through the NCE intelligent operation and maintenance platform, home Wi-Fi network can be visualized and optimized remotely, without waiting for on-site visits. Rapid response can reduce the number of home network failures and ensure students' online education experience.

l Plant one more tree: Supports intelligent dormancy energy-saving mechanism, reducing power consumption by 20%. The carbon emissions saved by each user each year is equivalent to planting one more tree.

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Mr. Zhang Yunyong, General Manager of Product Center of China Unicom Group, delivered a speech

Zhang Yunyong, General Manager of Product Center of China Unicom Group, said in his speech: "Today, we launched "Learning Broadband" and officially announced to all sectors of society that China Unicom is further upgrading its products and services, comprehensively improving service quality, and comprehensively innovating business products to better meet the personalized and multi-level communication service needs of the majority of users and jointly promote the prosperity and development of the industry. The "Learning Broadband" product launched by China Unicom this time will bring new changes, new feelings and new experiences to everyone."

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Mr. Qin Yang, Deputy General Manager of Beijing Unicom, made a speech

Qin Yang, deputy general manager of Beijing Unicom, said: "Using innovative high-tech to create an excellent user experience for teachers and students has always been the purpose of Beijing Unicom. This time, Beijing Unicom and Huawei jointly released a gigabit online education package based on artificial intelligence AI and big data technology - learning broadband for teachers and students in primary and secondary schools across the city, and started online pre-sales, which will provide teachers and students with a smooth online education experience like in the classroom."

Zhou Jun, President of Huawei's Access Network Domain, said: "The F5G gigabit era has arrived. In order to provide users with a high-quality online education experience with zero lag and no disconnection, future home broadband services will require larger bandwidth, lower latency, wider coverage, more secure networks, more agile services, and lower power consumption. Huawei's OptiXstar gigabit smart gateway will reshape the high-quality online education experience and change the quality of family life."

It is reported that "Learning Broadband" can be conveniently handled through various channels such as Beijing Unicom business halls, mobile business hall APP, etc.

As the official partner of the Beijing 2020 Winter Olympics, China Unicom has launched another high-quality broadband product. The launch of "Learning Broadband" has set a new benchmark for the industry and is a new breakthrough in the traditional concept of home networks. It may trigger a new round of changes in the online education industry. Focusing on the business needs of the F5G era and user experience, Huawei continues to innovate and invest in key technologies to provide the industry with end-to-end leading solutions. At the same time, through joint innovation with operators, we explore new business scenarios and new business models, and work with upstream and downstream companies to jointly promote the prosperity and development of the industry, enabling the entire industry to move towards the gigabit all-optical era.