華爲致力成爲5G標準制定者

The scale of Huawei’s ambitions as a provider of global telecoms equipment was made apparent by the size of the vast building it occupied in the first hall met by visitors entering Mobile World Congress.

中國華爲(Huawei)在世界移動通信大會(Mobile World Congress)第一展廳佔據的巨大展臺，昭示了它作爲一家全球電信設備提供商的抱負。

Now the group wants to be at the forefront of the next generation of mobile technology — the so-called 5G networks — which is still so early in its development that even the definition of what it might be is still being debated.

華爲希望成爲下一代移動通信技術（所謂5G網絡）的領跑者。5G網絡仍處於早期開發階段，就連其定義還仍在討論中。

Ken Hu, deputy chairman of Huawei, has his own ideas about how 5G will look — connections for more than 100bn devices with speeds of up to 10Gbps — and makes it clear that the Chinese telecoms group will be in a leading position to set standards in future.

華爲副董事長鬍厚昆(Ken Hu)對5G前景的理解是，5G技術會以每秒最高10Gb的速度將超過1000億件設備聯接在一起。他明確表示，在爲5G技術標準制定上，華爲將處於領先地位。

This is important for Huawei as it could end up owning the essential patents that the telecoms industry needs to license in future.

這一點對華爲很重要，因爲該公司最終可能掌握一些關鍵的、可向電信業發放使用許可的專利。

Ownership of patents has been big business for companies such as Nokia and Ericsson, which dominated much of the intellectual property rights from previous generations of network and mobile devices. This time, Huawei is in the race to develop 5G network ideas, working both collaboratively at an industry level but also in its own labs.

對於諾基亞(Nokia)和愛立信(Ericsson)等公司而言，掌握專利所有權一直是一項規模很大的業務。這兩家公司控制了前幾代網絡和移動設備的大部分知識產權。這一次，華爲加入了開發5G網絡的競賽，不僅侷限於自家實驗室內，還在行業層面展開協作。

“Undoubtedly Huawei has become one of the leaders when it comes to 5G,” said Mr Hu. “We started six years ago and made a large number of technological breakthroughs. It can definitely help Huawei take a stronger position in terms of 5G related IPR.”

“華爲無疑已成爲5G技術的領跑者之一，”胡厚昆說。“我們起步於6年前，已取得了大量的技術突破。這肯定能幫助華爲在5G知識產權領域佔據更有優勢的地位。”