Building upon their previous collaboration on the IoT AP convergence solution, SOLUM and Huawei have now deepened their partnership to offer the SiS Smart Converged Network Solution for shop-in-shop retailers within high-traffic environments like large shopping malls, airports, train stations, and exhibition centers. This innovative solution ensures seamless integration between SOLUM's Newton ESLs and digital signage. Specifically crafted for enterprises seeking standalone, infrastructure-free solutions, such as pop-up shops, dining establishments, and branded specialty stores, the solution enables real-time content updates, efficient management, and effortless system scalability through a singular device setup.

This solution employs a unified gateway that works with LTE, Wi-Fi, and ESLs, eliminating the need for ESL-dedicated APs. It supports pre-integration and plug-and-play deployments, alongside an independent, secure network architecture. This enables retail stores to cut their total cost of ownership (TCO) by 55%, with savings reaching up to 33% for larger outlets. With this solution, retail stores can deploy digital touchpoints effortlessly without any infrastructure dependency, enabling headquarters to manage everything remotely. Adaptable as and when needed, the solution shows its strength with responsiveness within milliseconds, allowing retailers to synchronize promotional updates across global stores in real time, wherever they may be.

Hoy-Jin Lee, Senior Vice President of SOLUM Europe, a leading global retail solutions provider, said, "We have jointly developed an All-in-One Retail Infrastructure Platform, unifying digital infrastructure and ESLs into one scalable, cost-efficient architecture. This solution can help retail stores significantly reduce operational costs."

This newly launched solution is a crucial component of Huawei's smart retail offerings. Moving forward, Huawei will continue to collaborate with SOLUM on innovation, jointly exploring AI applications within stores, delving deeper into retail, and accelerating the industry's digital and intelligent transformation.

"We started working with Huawei back in 2020," said Wei Zhenhua, Bittel's Marketing Director for Europe, Africa, and CIS Regions. "This newly launched solution combines Huawei's cutting-edge Wi-Fi 7 technology with our expertise in system integration. It removes the necessity for extra equipment like infrared sensors and mmWave radars. By harnessing Huawei's advanced AP features, we deliver smooth, intelligent solutions that redefine hotel competitiveness through spatial intelligence. Together, we're creating secure, AI-driven hotels, driving faster digital transformation across the industry."

Wei Zhenhua, Bittel's Marketing Director for Europe, Africa, and CIS Regions, attended the joint solution launch together with other guests from Huawei, including: Xu Jianfeng, Vice President of Huawei's Manufacturing and Large Enterprises BU; Xu Qiang, Director of Huawei's Commercial Scenario Dept; Chen Zhiwei, Vice President of the Campus Network Domain of Huawei's Data Communication Product Line; and Li Aiping, Director of the Partner Development & Sales Dept of Huawei's Manufacturing and Large Enterprises BU.

Looking ahead, Huawei will continue to innovate, and will collaborate with more outstanding partners worldwide to assist hotels in meeting consumers' personalized demands, offering more appealing experiences, reducing operational costs, and enhancing market competitiveness.

During the event, Liu Chao, Vice President of Huawei and CEO of Huawei's Manufacturing and Large Enterprises BU, alongside other guests, released the Fully Connected Industrial Networks report. Developed based on Huawei's own practices and industry benchmark cases, the report provides a forward-looking prediction of four major trends in industrial networks: ubiquitous access, converged connectivity, autonomous networks, and integrated network security. These trends indicate essential

In his speech, Liu Chao, Vice President of Huawei and CEO of Huawei's Manufacturing and Large Enterprises BU, said that over the past three years, Huawei has served more than 27,000 manufacturing and large enterprise customers worldwide, with a customer base growing by more than 50%. This success is attributed to Huawei's independent innovation in ICTs, extensive practices in manufacturing, and a continuously growing industry ecosystem. Additionally, Huawei has collaborated with more than 1,500 partners to develop solutions, representing a 20% increase year-on-year. In the intelligent world, enterprises have shifted their focus from discussing "why" they should employ AI, to exploring "how" and "what" to do with it. Through its involvement in hundreds of AI projects, Huawei has found that the effective implementation of AI requires a combination of powerful foundation models and high-quality industry-specific data to enhance usability. At the same time, the IT architecture must support future business development and organizational transformation. Therefore, AI applications are rapidly spreading from IT departments to business departments. The key elements for AI implementation in production and manufacturing are closely related to the new capabilities advocated in the Fully Connected Industrial Networks report.

In response to the trends outlined in the report, Huawei has showcased a series of smart factory solutions including a converged production network at this event, aiming to empower the intelligent transformation of manufacturing enterprises. These solutions are built on three core capabilities: IT/OT convergence, wireless deployment, and integrated security and O&M. They include highly reliable and adaptable products and a comprehensive ecosystem, and have been successfully deployed in thousands of manufacturing factories, showing a strong performance.

The IT/OT converged, high-reliability production network uses technologies like Multichassis Link Aggregation Group (M-LAG) hitless upgrade as well as core products like industrial switches to ensure 99.999% network reliability, 10 Gbps bandwidth, and low latency. These meet the requirements of continuous production and high-precision quality inspection. The wireless factory solution, centered on Wi-Fi 7 wireless products for industrial scenarios, reduces the number of network elements (NEs). This guarantees supreme flexibility, speeding up production line adjustments. The integrated solution for factory network security hardening and intelligent O&M integrates advanced technologies and mechanisms to defend against attacks while doubling O&M efficiency. This performance meets data compliance requirements and achieves "autonomous-driving" networks.

Huawei's smart factory solutions align with the forward-looking insights of the Fully Connected Industrial Networks report, while delivering a robust network foundation for advanced AI integration in manufacturing. These innovations empower enterprises to cut costs, elevate quality, and boost efficiency, fast-tracking their intelligent transformation.

Looking ahead, Huawei will continue to work with industry partners to fuel the digital and intelligent transformation of manufacturing, supporting global manufacturers achieving high-quality development.

For more information about Huawei's intelligent manufacturing solutions, visit: https://e.huawei.com/en/industries/manufacturing.