Huawei Balong 5G01 (5G chip)

2018: Announcement of the first of a 5G chip of Huawei

On February 25, 2018 the Huawei company announced the first in the range of a 5G chip for mobile devices. The new solution shown within the MWC 2018 exhibition in Barcelona received the name Huawei Balong 5G01.

It became the first commercial product, to relevant requirements of consortium 3GPP for networks of new generation.  The chipset allows to tell data at a speed up to 2.3 Gbps that much quicker, than in networks of fourth generation.

Presentation of Huawei Balong 5G01

CNBC notes that Qualcomm has a modem which allows gather gadgets data transfer rate on the cellular networks in 4.51 Gbps.

In addition to smartphones and tablets, Huawei Balong 5G01 can find application in portable access points, commercial client terminals and other portable equipment.

According to developers, Huawei Balong 5G01 supports a 5G with all frequency ranges, including range "to 6 GHz" and millimeter waves (mmWave). With respect thereto Huawei will offer two types of the terminal: low-frequency and high-frequency. The first differs in smaller dimensions and weight, we will combine with 4G networks and a 5G and provides downloading speed to 2 Gbps. The high-frequency version is issued in the options expected installation in premises and outside.

During the presentation of the first of a 5G chip of Huawei the CEO of the company Richard Yu (Richard Yu) announced investment of $600 million into network technology which will find application in unmanned vehicles, mobile devices, the systems of the smart home, etc. Besides, Huawei will become the first company which offered "complex a solution 5G, access to which can be got through network, devices and chipsets of the company", the top manager reported.

Huawei is going to release the smartphone equipped with a 5G chip of Balong 5G01 in the second half of 2018. The Chinese company is not going to license technology to the competing producers of electronics, Richard Yu. told^[1]

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