Huawei And Partners Set Roadmap For Next-Gen Mobile Revenue Growth

Two key agreements were made by Huawei and its ecosystem, which included operators, AI partners, and researchers, at the MWC Shanghai 2025 AI Summit, which took place from June 18 to June 20:

1. The future of mobile AI depends on improving the uplink experience, which includes elements like upload speed, latency, and stability.
2. The mobile AI experience cannot be monetized without network–service synergy.

Concurrently, the business announced the “Mobile Network for Thriving AI” project from the GSMA Foundry, indicating that carriers are moving away from conventional traffic-based billing and toward experience-driven network architectures designed for mobile AI.

Accordingly, uplink bandwidth, low latency, and network dependability are heavily demanded by AI services like real-time video calling, AI assistants, and spatial interfaces. According to consensus, these are the fundamental network indicators that operators need to focus on.

Huawei unveiled its GigaBand solution, which supports adaptable, SLA-backed networks by effectively orchestrating uplink resources through the use of air interface resource (AIR) pooling and an optimization engine called “Optsolver.” A multi-band 4G/5G shared deployment in Hong Kong maintained steady 4G performance while achieving up to 2.28× higher 5G throughput.

Revenue Shift: From Experiences to Traffic

Operators are starting to provide experience-centered bundles, such premium uplink tiers for live streaming or AI-enhanced edge interactions, in place of just selling data volume as AI-powered applications get more complex.
A significant change in corporate strategies is represented by the move from traffic monetization to experience monetization.

The Fierce Competition Between Huawei And Apple Starts Now!

Launched alongside partners like as China Telecom, Saudi Zain, Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, Rokid, Unitree, and others, the GSMA Foundry initiative seeks to promote cross-industry cooperation for developing mobile networks to support the AI era—through pilot case studies, scalable innovations, and ecosystem-wide engagement.

At MWC Barcelona in March 2025, Huawei had already been emphasizing that 5G-Advanced (5G-A) would evolve telecoms from traffic-centric to experience-centric, with AI as a key enabler—setting the stage for this June’s summit.

Practical Monetization Strategies:

Huawei’s James Chen (Huawei’s Carrier Business Group) elaborated on how 5G-A allows operators to unlock new consumer and enterprise revenue. For instance, tiered uplink offerings for streamers, network slicing for industrial applications, and AI-powered network optimization helps cut costs.