At the 2026 Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Yang Chaobin, CEO of Huawei's ICT Business Group (BG), emphasized that given the meteoric rise of mobile AI applications, the industry must expedite the harnessing of 5G-Advanced (5G-A)'s capabilities. He pointed out that leveraging new spectrum resources, such as U6GHz, is crucial to cater to the soaring network demands of AI services in the coming five years and to pave the way for the evolution towards 6G. Over the past two years, the global average daily Token consumption has skyrocketed nearly 300 times, with over 30 million AI Agents now collaborating across diverse sectors. This trend necessitates communication networks to offer ultra-high uplink and downlink bandwidth, ultra-low latency, and high reliability.

Efforts to standardize 6G have already begun, with the first standard version by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) anticipated to be finalized post-March 2029. Consequently, 5G-A is poised to be the pragmatic option to sustain the AI service surge in the next five years. Notably, 5G-A has already been deployed on a large scale in over 300 cities. The U6GHz band, supported by 5G-A technology, has its relevant terminal chips and industrial chain primed for extensive commercial application.

Furthermore, the global digital infrastructure landscape remains uneven, with over 300 million individuals still without mobile network access. Huawei's RuralStar communication solution has been deployed in more than 80 countries, extending basic mobile network services to roughly 170 million people, thus bridging the digital divide to some extent.