Huawei and Maxis signed an agreement today on the provisioning of 5G Networks in Malaysia. It was witnessed by Yang Amat Berhormat Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia and was signed by Michael Yuan, Huawei Chief Executive Officer and Gokhan Ogut, Maxis Chief Executive Officer. Through the agreement Maxis hopes to achieve a robust 5G network with potential speeds reaching 10Gbps. 

As Malaysia begins implementation of 5G with their testbed expansion, Huawei recently weighed in with beneficial technologies that Huawei have achieved and what could be possible for Malaysians with Huawei’s 5G tech. With Huawei developing 5G tech since 2009 and employing 180000 global employees, 25000 of which are focusing on mostly research and development in the Huawei Ox Horn Campus, beneficial 5G tech could impact every sector, of course, there’s also faster download speeds, wider coverage areas and lower latency as well.

Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia recently made a visit to Huawei Technologies’ Beijing office where he was warmly welcomed by Ren Zhengfei, founder and CEO of Huawei. Looking much like an endorsement from Malaysia and Huawei on 5G development within Malaysia, the visit comes hot on the heels of various 5G trials within the country along with the 5G Malaysia Showcase.

Maxis and Huawei have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at this year's Mobile World Congress to accelerate 5G in Malaysia. Looking to collaborate and cooperate on full-fledged 5G trials with end-to-end systems and services, the event saw Gokhan Ogut, CEO-designate and Morten Bangsgaard, Chief Technology officer for Maxis signing with  Guo Ping, Huawei Rotating Chairman, Jeffery Liu, Huawei President of the Southern Pacific Region, and Michael Yuan, CEO of Huawei Malaysia.

While we're all still working on the eventual roll-out of 5G networks, current US President Donald J. Trump recently tweeted that he wants “... 5G, and even 6G, technology in the United States as soon as possible.” Considering that the US has just charged Huawei, the biggest provider of networking equipment in the world AND the most likely source of future 5G and 6G networks (which doesn't exist yet), for breaking US sanctions on top of banning their smartphones and other equipment from being sold in the US for years... we can't help but do a facepalm. No US networks have actually rolled out any 5G networks (while Penangites just got a taste of it with the recent YTL and Yes Terragraph trial).

Huawei recently revealed a sneak peek at their upcoming foldable display device, stating that it will use BOE flexible displays and fully support 5G connectivity. The still unnamed device looks to have a 5-inch display when folded (and appears to have an in-display punch speaker vent and fingerprint sensor) but when unfolded, it will have an 8-inch display. We expect it to be powered by a Kirin 980 chipset.

Today, Huawei is proud to announce two new products that will usher in the new age of Internet connectivity. The first one is the 5G multi-mode chipset Balong 5000 and the other, the Huawei 5G CPE Pro as the first commercial 5G device. With this in hand, wireless connections between our smartphones, home appliances, office, vehicles and others at one-go will be made possible in the future.

In the recent Oxford Union interview, Tun Dr Mahathir, Prime Minister of Malaysia (Dr M) revealed that Malaysia has no plans to ban Huawei from rolling out “5G communication towers” here in Malaysia. Referring to the actions of countries like the US, Germany, Japan and Canada banning Huawei from rolling out networks over security concerns, Malaysia has no intentions of following these sentiments without any proof.  

During their recent global analyst summit in Shenzhen, Huawei showed a slide teasing their first Huawei 5G mobile hotspot set for Q2 of 2019. They also revealed what could be their first 5G smartphone, which is presumed to be the Huawei Mate 30 in the second half of 2019 which also indicates when Malaysia and other countries could start seeing the full implementation of 5G networks.