KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 13 – Maxis and Huawei Technologies (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (Huawei Malaysia) have announced a strategic collaboration on a Joint Innovation Centre focused on the development of 5G-Advanced technology.
In a statement, Maxis said the development of this 5G-Advanced technology aims to explore and develop innovative solutions to improve customer experience, operating efficiencies, rapid deployment, industry use cases, and develop homegrown talent for industrial and entrepreneurship activities.
“Overall, the partnership aims to drive technological advancements and strengthen Malaysia’s position in the global telecommunications landscape,” it said.
The partnership was formalised through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) exchange at the opening ceremony of the Malaysia Commercialisation Year (MCY) Summit 2024.
Under the terms of the collaboration, Maxis and Huawei Malaysia will explore innovations in gigabit capacity to support mobile network expansions and 5G/5G-Advanced technologies such as mobile edge computing, network slicing, end-to-end network orchestration, RedCap and Passive-IoT.
Additionally, Maxis and Huawei Malaysia will also explore the usage of digitalisation, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to optimise network operating efficiencies.
