The Mobile World Congress is known as the "wind vane" of the industry. The 2022 Mobile World Congress opened on February 28 at the Barcelona Convention and Exhibition Center, Spain. The theme of the four-day conference is "connection unleashes infinite possibilities". Industry professionals from 1,500 companies in nearly 150 countries and regions around the world discussed new trends, new products and new technologies in the mobile communication industry. Chinese companies such as Huawei, ZTE, Xiaomi, and OPPO also appeared at the conference.
"The global digital economy is developing rapidly. It is predicted that the digital economy will account for more than 50% of GDP this year, and the demand for digitalization will exceed expectations. On the supply side, Shannon's theorem and the von Neumann architecture have encountered a big bottleneck. Therefore, we It is necessary to explore new theories and new architectures to support the sustainable development of digitalization." Guo Ping, the rotating chairman of Huawei, pointed out in his keynote speech at the 2022 Mobile World Congress.
As the basic theory of information and communication technology (ICT), Shannon's theorem and von Neumann architecture have established the traditional communication and computing paradigm. In fact, the rapid development of the ICT industry is built on the theoretical basis of Shannon's theorem and von Neumann architecture. However, with the explosive emergence of new technologies, the current coding algorithm is constantly approaching the "Shannon limit", and the von Neumann architecture has also experienced performance bottlenecks, and the ICT industry has touched the ceiling. For example, in the field of wireless communication, the "Shannon limit" of a channel refers to the maximum transmission rate for error-free transmission on a channel with random bit errors, and 5G technology has approached the Shannon limit, and new intergenerational communication technology must achieve a fundamental breakthrough.
From "Carbon footprint" to "Carbon fingerprint"
Facing the increasingly severe carbon emission problem, carbon neutrality has become a global consensus, and carbon neutrality has also brought challenges to the ICT industry.
According to Song Xiaodi, Chief Marketing Officer of Huawei's Carrier BG, there are currently five misunderstandings about green development, one of which is that the development of the ICT industry will generate a lot of carbon emissions. In fact, according to the Global Electronic Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) report, by 2030, the carbon emissions of the ICT industry will only account for 1.97% of the world's total, and through the application of ICT technology, thousands of industries can reduce carbon emissions by 20%,10 twice as much as the ICT industry's own carbon emissions. Corresponding to the concept of "carbon footprint", this kind of human efforts to improve the environment is called "carbon fingerprint".
Reshaping the future digital economy
The global digital economy is developing rapidly, and many countries or regions such as the European Union, China and South Korea have announced huge digital economy investment plans. As ICT infrastructure providers, operators will play an increasingly important role in leading the future development of the digital economy.
"The density of connections multiplied by the accuracy of calculation is the strength of the digital economy. But now we not only need strength, but also long-term vitality. Therefore, we need to consider another dimension, that is, the strength of carbon emission reduction." Guo Ping said.
Ding Yun, executive director of Huawei and president of the operator BG, believes that operators can find new opportunities to reshape the future development of the digital economy in these three dimensions. In the field of connectivity, operators can achieve business success along the path of increasing the scale of 5G users to expanding their business scope; in the field of computing, operators can help digital transformation of enterprises and achieve new growth through the deep integration of connectivity and IT; In the field of emission reduction, Huawei's ICT green solutions will help operators continue to increase network capacity and reduce energy consumption per bit to achieve green development.
