Huawei releases a custom AI model for the telecom sector

In an effort to keep up with Washington's ongoing crackdown, Huawei has introduced an AI training model designed especially for its flagship telecom company.

Philip Song, the telecom group's chief marketing officer for Huawei, told reporters on Tuesday on the fringes of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that the new artificial intelligence model, known as the Telecom Foundation Model, is intended for telecom carriers to help improve efficiency as well as detect problems in networks.

The main goal of the AI model, according to Song, is to assist telecom operators in making the most use of their network resources and enhancing internal efficiency, especially in operation and maintenance.

In addition, Song stated that Huawei used both internal data amassed over more than 30 years and data from public sources to pre-train the model. To further refine the model for particular uses, its carrier clients can further train the model with their own data.

The third generation of the Chinese tech giant's Pangu AI large training model, a pre-trained model for clients in the mining, finance, and smart manufacturing industries, was unveiled in July of last year. The newest model, called Pangu Model 3.0, is built on Huawei hardware and software, which many Chinese businesses view as a top substitute in the event that their access to Nvidia's platform for AI workloads is restricted.

Built on top of Pangu Model 3.0, the telecom-focused AI model was trained on the Huawei Cloud with a particular emphasis on the telecom business of the corporation.

As 5.5G connectivity technologies offer even faster transmission speeds and reduced latency than existing 5G technologies, Huawei is also placing bets on their introduction this year. According to Song, carrier clients in the Middle East, some regions of Europe, and China are aggressively installing and upgrading to 5.5G networks, which will open the way for innovations like autonomous driving and 3D display technology that can be viewed with the naked eye.