ZTE Corporation premiata come “Best Mobile Innovation for Connected Economy” ai GLOMO Awards 2023

ZTE Corporation is the world’s leading provider of information and communication technology solutions. In collaboration with Guangzhou Metro Group e China Mobile Guangzhou Branchhas been awarded as “Best Mobile Innovation for Connected Economy” for the joint project “5G empowered Smart Metro in Guangzhouat the Global Mobile (GLOMO) Awards during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023 in Barcelona, ​​Spain.

The award is recognition of the extraordinary efforts the winners have dedicated to improving productivity and much more to fueling the transformation of the 5G industry and society.

The GLOMO Awards 2023 for ZTE Corporation

The subway is extremely important to a city’s transportation system, especially for Guangzhou, a city of 20 million inhabitants. Since 2020, with the advent of 5G, Guangzhou Metro Group, China Mobile Guangzhou Branch and ZTE jointly started the project 5G-empowered Smart Metro. They have transformed the traditional metro system into a 5G-enabled smart metro system.

According to the requirements of the current service scenario, the assurance of 5G network slicing resources were used. Not only that, too uplink speed improvement to 750 Mb/sthe 160 km/h high-speed mobile performance guarantee and other new 5G private network performance enhancements.

A multi-layered cloud-edge collaboration system architecture has been implemented to realize in-depth interaction. But also online data sharing between people, vehicles, operating environments, devices and dispatching. They have thus implemented multiple scenario-based applications such as 5G smart stations, 5G train-to-ground communication and 5G digital tunnels.

Thanks to these implementations and innovations, the Guangzhou Metro has seen an improvement in automated operations and maintenance over the past two years. It has also seen more efficient handling and dispatching, and increased passenger satisfaction.

20 million people in Guangzhou have also benefited greatly from this project, enjoying more comfortable, safer and more interesting travel experiences. Including an average transmission speed 600 Mbps data in subway carriages, improved security and faster baggage inspection, reduced average life of turnstiles during peak hours, more detailed guidance, etc.

The word to the deputy director of the Guangzhou Metro Group

“We are honored to have won this award together with our partners. 5G smart metros enhance the intelligence and flexibility of stations. But also the safety of the trains and the efficiency of the operation of the subway“, he declared Mr. Cai Changjun, vice directore generale del Guangzhou Metro Group. “In the future, we will test more 5G+ smart subway services, form the 5G+ smart subway system architecture and industry standards, and promote the rapid growth of 5G+ in the subway industry.”

The word to the general manager of China Mobile Guangzhou Branc

Mr. Luo Weimin, General Manager of China Mobile Guangzhou Branch, he commented on the matter. “We are honored to receive this award and we give it to our partners, who have shown us valuable support. We are committed to building 5G networks that lead the way in terms of quality, technology, service and operations. We will continue our efforts to build a new 5G industrial ecosystem in collaboration with partners, using state-of-the-art 5G networks.”

“This award is a great endorsement of our efforts to keep innovating the digitization of the workplace,” said the Mr. Bai Gang, Vice President of ZTE. “We will work further with partners. The goal is to push 5G even further into the manufacturing sector and bring more value and benefit to more people.”