Huawei, Siemens Partner on Critical Communications Market
Huawei, a provider for GSM-R technologies and solutions, will bring its expertise on critical communications technologies particularly in mature radio networks, enterprise LTE (eLTE) solutions, broadband data and voice trunking radio networks.
Huawei and Siemens Convergence Creators (CVC) established a strategic cooperation between companies for the development of end-to-end solutions for the critical communications market.
Huawei, a provider for GSM-R technologies and solutions, will bring its expertise on critical communications technologies in the rail, government, aviation and safe city sector to this cooperation, particularly in mature radio networks, enterprise LTE (eLTE) solutions, broadband data and voice trunking radio networks. Siemens CVC will enrich the cooperation with expertise in delivering large-scale transport projects and enhance its existing GSM-R application portfolio to migrate into eLTE command-and-control modules. Both companies are committed to complement each other's strengths to develop a joint solution that leverages eLTE opportunities in the market.
Initial plans include an agreement to jointly operate a GSM-R laboratory in Croatia. The existing laboratory of Siemens CVC in Croatia will be equipped with the latest Huawei technologies and will serve as a test bed for integration testing for GSM-R, IT and railway-specific products, close-circuit television (CCTV) applications, and value-added service end-to-end solutions such as command-and-control modules in typical multivendor scenarios. This would enable customized GSM-R and eLTE solutions to be tested and refined to the highest operational safety and efficiency before deployment.
"We are excited to see that our cooperation with Siemens CVC will help our customers benefit from a direct and easy access to a GSM-R laboratory in Croatia, where customized end-to-end solutions can be integrated seamlessly in a safe and professional operations environment," said David Xu, vice president, wireless products of Huawei Enterprise.
A key joint project of the laboratory in Croatia includes the pre-integration testing of a major GSM-R project, totaling 1,200 kilometers, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The railway network will connect urban and industrial regions in the UAE, opening new links between Saudi Arabia and Oman. Both Siemens and Huawei hope that, with the success of the UAE project, other customers in the critical communications market and future railway projects around the world will achieve successful deployment through leveraging the advanced technologies offered in the GSM-R laboratory in Croatia.
"The GSM-R laboratory in Croatia allows Siemens CVC to dramatically improve delivery time frames for unique, customized solutions,” said Bernard Payer, senior vice president, infrastructure and security of Siemens CVC. “We are looking forward to demonstrate to our customers that with direct access to this laboratory, smart railway projects can be delivered safely and flexibly within a short time frame."
