ABI Research Coverage of Huawei

Huawei was recognized as the Overall Leader in our competitive ranking of 5G End-to-End Core Network Automation and Orchestration vendors. Huawei’s 5GC Autonomous Driving Network (ADN) solution provides carriers with E2E automated delivery capabilities—including automated software delivery, network design, checking, execution, verification, dial testing, and monitoring—thereby serving a wide range of use cases such as new deployment, capacity expansion, upgrading, and service provisioning scenarios of core network NEs and telco clouds.

Huawei is a Top Innovator in the 5G End-to-End Core Network Automation and Orchestration market. Huawei offers a very competitive set of automation solutions that cover centralized orchestration of PNFs, VNFs, and CNFs, a common data layer or inventory, Network Function (NF) LCM, 5G NS, and provisioning and assurance capabilities, as well as multi-generational support for seamless network evolutions. Huawei does also offer additional value-added services such as intelligent O&M capabilities with cross-layer fault identification, and an intelligent Disaster Recovery (DR) solution that uses digital twin technology to help operators restore services quickly in the event of an outage

Huawei is a Top Implementer in the 5G End-to-End Core Network Automation and Orchestration market, largely due to its strong number of real-world implementations of its solution, as well as its solution’s proven ability to support the largest 5G SA networks in the world, in China. Huawei provides CSPs with a strong suite of security solutions, with features such as data protection, multi-tenancy, host intrusion detection, micro-segmentation, and others. Huawei has also established an OSS Interoperability Initiative Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with multiple vendors based on IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and NFV MANO frameworks, thereby proving its commitment to openness.

Huawei was recognized as the Overall Leader in ABI Research's competitive ranking of the Passive Base Station Antenna Market. The company continues to invest in its antenna portfolio; for example, in new antenna design and platforms, to help Communication Service Providers (CSPs) prepare for the future by enabling sustainable and high-performing antenna operations, as well as by supporting seamless upgrades and performance evaluation capabilities.

Huawei continues to innovate its passive base station antennas to cater to current and future requirements by CSPs. The company launched its X2 antenna platform, which supports four lowband arrays by leveraging innovative features such as foldable arrays, sector beam deflection, and Three-Dimensional (3D) adjustable designs. Huawei’s Signal Direct Injection Feed (SDIF) is also an advanced antenna technology unique to the company and helps CSPs derive higher efficiency and gain.

Huawei was named a Top Implementer in ABI Research's Passive Base Station Antenna Market competitive ranking. The company received strong scores for major contract wins, regional geographical penetration, and overall market share.

ABI Research named Huawei a Leader among WLAN for Campus Area Networks providers. Standout strengths in this domain include the iMaster NCE-Campus platform, optimized for managing campus environments, its highly advanced WLAN equipment, which incorporates many proprietary technologies, and the unique campus architecture introduced with CloudCampus 3.0. Huawei’s solutions are also notable for their comprehensive range and high cost-effectiveness.

Huawei was named a Top Innovator in ABI Research's WLAN for Campus Area Networks competitive ranking. There are countless examples of Huawei leading innovation in the field of WLAN, including that it was one of the first to bring Wi-Fi 7 to market, and that it developed Wi-Fi 6-Advanced, which incorporates additional features not found in the official IEEE standard. But what really helped differentiate Huawei from the competition and allowed it to come out on top for innovation in the ranking was the level of campus-targeted innovations and solution optimization that it has undertaken for campus environments.

Huawei is a Top Implementer WLAN for Campus Area Networks. Huawei has developed a highly competitive E2E solution for campus networking. At its core is its range of WLAN solutions for all campus verticals and deployment scenarios, which are cost-effective and compact. Customers can also derive great value in the company’s CloudCampus 3.0 architecture and iMaster NCE-Campus network management platform, as together they offer industry-leading flexibility, scalability, automation, and orchestration.