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Huawei have showcased a virtual reality (VR) experience based on its Wireless-to-the-x (WTTx) solution, at the ICT for Sporting Events Industry Summit in Indonesia.
Huawei simulated a real home broadband scenario onsite where attendees were given the chance to experience watching a sports match in VR. As a significant part of Indonesia’s national broadband strategy, WTTx provides fiber-class high-speed wireless broadband access services, enabling more families and people to enjoy the experience of being connected to the internet.
At the ICT for Sporting Events Industry Summit in Indonesia, Huawei showcased a virtual reality (VR) experience in a real home broadband scenario based on its Wireless-to-the-x (WTTx) solution
The country of Indonesia is comprised of an island archipelago, with a high population density and densely distributed buildings, which makes fixed broadband (FBB) deployment is difficult and results in home broadband penetration rate of less than 7%. With mobile user traffic requirements growing, meeting the broadband requirements of home users has become an important component to improving the mobile broadband experience in the country.
WTTx is an effective means to quickly enable last mile home broadband access, due to ease of deployment, high bandwidth, and sustainable evolution. WTTx can reduce deployment costs by up to 75% by utilizing the existing network and site resources. Operators do not need to provide on-site installation services and instead, home users can get wireless home gateways (CPEs) by themselves from a business hall, and can enjoy high-speed broadband access services after powering on their CPEs.
Based on LTE technologies, WTTx provides a transmission rate comparable to that provided by optical fiber. This enables home users in Indonesia to experience more diversified broadband services including voice, video, and TV. WTTx can also smoothly evolve to 4.5G and 5G, further improving the network capacity and enabling home users to experience more services, such as 4K TV on demand, VR movies, games, and smart home applications.
According to ITU statistics, 148 countries globally have successfully created national broadband strategies to increase home broadband penetration rates and improve the network connection user experience. More and more operators regard WTTx as an integral part of national broadband projects as it is an effective means of implementing last mile broadband access. WTTx enables broadband services to be made quickly available in densely populated urban areas where FBB is difficult to deploy, and where it can be quickly extended to rural and remote areas.
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