Shenzhen OCT InterContinental Hotel, Shenzhen Telecom, and Huawei jointly launched the world's first 5G smart hotel construction

InterContinental Hotel Shenzhen OCT, Shenzhen Telecom, and Huawei signed a 5G smart hotel strategic cooperation agreement and jointly launched the construction of the world's first 5G smart hotel, introducing 5G networks, terminals, and cloud applications into hotel commercial scenarios end-to-end, providing travelers with the most innovative experience and opening the door to 5G technology for the digital transformation of the hotel industry.

This time, Shenzhen Telecom used Huawei's 5G network equipment to achieve 5G indoor and outdoor continuous coverage in the OCT InterContinental Hotel. People can experience 5G hotel innovative applications through 5G mobile phones, CPE and other terminals, including 5G reception robots, 5G cloud computers, 5G cloud games, 5G cloud VR rowing machines, etc., providing business travelers with a convenient business office environment and providing vacation travelers with high-end, immersive entertainment experience.

Cai Yun, Secretary General of the Commercial, Cultural and Tourism Real Estate Committee of the China Real Estate Association, Jin Yang, General Manager of Shenzhen OCT Hotel Development Co., Ltd., Feng Wei, Deputy General Manager of China Telecom Shenzhen Branch, and Zhou Yuefeng, Chief Marketing Officer of Huawei Wireless Network Product Line, delivered keynote speeches and held the launch ceremony.

InterContinental Grand OCT is the first business resort hotel in China with the theme of Spanish charm. It is also a heavyweight partner of major events and competitions in Shenzhen and even around the world. Since its opening, it has won many international and domestic hotel industry awards with its rich creativity, thoughtful and personalized services. At this launch ceremony, Shenzhen Telecom and Huawei deployed 5G indoor digital systems on the first floor of the hotel and in the presidential suite respectively. In the hotel lobby, users can directly use their mobile phones to access the 5G network through CPE and experience the high speed of 5G download and upload. You can also experience the information query, destination guidance, robot delivery and other services provided by 5G smart robots to improve the service efficiency of the hotel. At the same time, the presidential suite covered by 5G network also provides guests with 5G hotel services such as cloud VR rowing machine, cloud games, 4K movies, etc. During the event, the experience area was set up to create the fastest mobile download rate in the world and the richest communication and entertainment business experience for guests.

Jin Yang, general manager of Shenzhen OCT Hotel Development Co., Ltd., said, "Hotels always put the guest experience first. With the further expansion of consumption upgrades, consumers have a higher pursuit of quality and consumption experience, and consumers are looking forward to new things and new experiences. The cooperation with Shenzhen Telecom and Huawei has brought more possibilities to the hotel. Being so close to technology, we can use the wings of technology to imagine the future. We are very happy to see the 5G experience area created by InterContinental Shenzhen OCT. This is the first step taken by the three parties to build a 5G hotel. On the other hand, we also look forward to realizing the comprehensive transformation of smart hotels and digital hotels by injecting 5G technology. We are willing to cooperate in depth with Shenzhen Telecom, Huawei and other units to explore more in-depth applications of 5G in hotel scenarios. We hope that our experience can help the digital construction of the hotel industry and even the tourism industry."

"InterContinental Grand OCT is a well-known hotel that Shenzhen Telecom focuses on protecting. With many VIP customers, extremely high user experience requirements, short delivery cycles, and high construction environment requirements, it poses great challenges to network deployment and operation and maintenance," said Feng Wei, deputy general manager of China Telecom Shenzhen Branch. "This time, with the joint efforts of Huawei, Shenzhen Telecom quickly completed the deployment of 5G network in the first-floor experience area and presidential suite of InterContinental Grand OCT in two days, providing passengers with Gbps-level download experience and hotel applications that require 5G capabilities such as large bandwidth and short latency. In the future, we will provide a deep coverage 5G network in the hotel, and work with InterContinental Grand OCT and Huawei to create a benchmark for global 5G five-star hotels."

Zhou Yuefeng, Chief Marketing Officer of Huawei Wireless Network, said, "5G is here. From the 4K backhaul live broadcast application of the Spring Festival Gala at the beginning of the year to the 5G entertainment/office business in the presidential suite of the hotel today, 5G technology has penetrated into different industries. In this cooperation, we jointly provided 5G indoor digital system and 5G Cloud X application adapted to hotel scenarios with Shenzhen Telecom, which demonstrated the leading end-to-end commercial capabilities of 5G equipment of both parties. Huawei will continue to invest in 5G technology, be transparent and open, build a 5G trusted ICT infrastructure, and jointly build 5G smart hotels with Shenzhen Telecom and OCT InterContinental. We are also very happy to invite industry partners to participate in the 5G industry circle and jointly develop and build a healthy 5G ecosystem."