ISLAMABAD: Ufone 4G and Huawei won the GSMA GLOMO award for the category ‘Best Mobile Innovation for Emerging Markets’ at the Mobile World Congress for groundbreaking solution of Microwave SuperHub.
The international first-ever trial and commercial deployment of the SuperHub feature was done in the Ufone network during Q4 2023 boosting the spectral efficiency of the microwave spectrum.
The microwave spectrum, a critical asset in today’s digital landscape, requires efficient utilization to meet the ever-increasing demands of wireless technologies, as the challenges facing microwave backhaul networks have intensified, especially in emerging markets such as developing nations with lesser optical fiber footprints.
In response to these challenges, Huawei and Ufone 4G joined hands and unveiled the groundbreaking SuperHub solution. Designed to overcome the challenges posed by limited spectrum resources, frequency acquisition difficulty, and spatial constraints, SuperHub has enabled Ufone to maximize microwave spectrum reuse with unprecedented efficiency. This was made possible by the reuse of the same microwave frequency channel across multiple links at aggregation sites with a spatial separation as low as twenty degrees. Ufone recorded a remarkable 50 percent spectrum saving without any compromise on quality.
Ufone, Huawei Joint Contributions Recognized
Group Chief Technology and Information Officer, PTCL & Ufone 4G Jafar Khalid said that we are absolutely delighted that Global Mobile Awards, which are the industry’s most prestigious accolade with over two hundred independent judges and thirty awards across 6 categories, have recognized the joint contributions of Ufone and Huawei in finding an innovative solution to optimizing microwave spectral efficiency, reducing interference, and enhancing capacity.
He said that this advancement in international backhaul connectivity represents a paradigm shift in how terrestrial microwave networks will be built in future, and we are proud to be the front-runner in this journey.
Global President of Huawei Microwave Product Line James Zeng said that with increasing demands on existing network infrastructure, systemic optimizations are crucial to improve performance and experience. Our SuperHub solution innovation uses existing frequencies to boost bandwidth, enhance user experience, and optimize the TCO for operators.
We are confident that this technology breakthrough will help Ufone release more capacity from their existing spectrum resources and also pave the way for future dense network deployments and evolution, he added.
