Mr Li Peng, Huawei's Corporate Senior Vice President and President of ICT Sales & Service, said together they could shape the D.N.A. for an intelligent world.

Mr Li was speaking during the Mobile World Conference (MWC) Barcelona 2025 on how carriers could make the most of Al to fully unleash the value of their networks.

The MWC Barcelona 2025 opened on March 3 and is expected to end on March 6, 2025 on the theme: "Converge. Connect. Create."

Mr Li predicted that symbiosis between 5G-A and Al technologies would stimulate double-digit growth in both DOU (data of usage) and ARPU (average revenue per user) from mobile subscribers.
"We are rapidly entering a fully intelligent world. Intelligent applications are spreading everywhere, placing new demands on networks," he said.
He said by embracing and evolving 5G, they could unlock the infinite potential of mobile networks.

Mr Li said with advancements in AI, HMI (human-machine interaction) was evolving from simple text-based communications to voice, gestures, and more multi-modal interactions.

"As a result, HMI is more real-time and convenient than ever, giving rise to a new wave of innovative applications," he added.

For instance, people can interact more naturally with their devices using Al-powered voice assistants.
On cloud phones, Al-powered avatars can provide visual feedback as well, creating a more personal experience for services like health monitoring, making the mobile experience far more accessible and productive for different groups of users.

Mr Li said to support applications like these, however, networks needed to be able to provide guaranteed latency, which would require ongoing evolution from 5G NSA, to 5G SA, and eventually 5G-A.

He said carriers could also adopt innovative technologies like CUPS (Control and User Plane Separation) and GBR (Guaranteed Bit Rate) to reduce basic latency and ensure differentiated, deterministic latency for specific scenarios.

Mr Li said Al would transform how content was produced and distributed, meanwhile, Al recommendations were more targeted than ever, allowing the distribution of more personalized content to broader audiences across the Internet. He said these trends would cause network traffic to surge over the next five years, placing unprecedented demands on networks.

He said to keep up, carriers would need more spectrum, greater network capacity, and much larger uplink and downlink bandwidth.

Morkporkpor Anku (Courtesy: Huawei Technologies Ghana)