Consider a city where a single screen can be used to easily manage trash management, pollution control, housing concerns, transportation congestion, and even crime prevention.
Thanks to Huawei’s innovative “One Screen City 360 Degrees” technology, this vision is now a reality rather than a sci-fi fantasy.
A delegation of Bangladeshi journalists, including a BSS correspondent, recently visited Huawei’s Executive Briefing Center in Beijing to learn about the complexities of this cutting-edge system.
The Chinese tech giant has unified urban management systems by utilizing advanced technology and artificial intelligence.
Huawei’s Smart City solution is a prime example of how technology can transform urban administration as cities become more complex, creating safer, more effective, and sustainable communities in the long run.
This platform transforms the way cities function by evaluating data from residential zones, street-level devices, inhabitants, and stakeholders to give immediate answers.
The platform, which has already been implemented in almost 700 cities throughout the globe, offers digital services, analytics, and intelligent computing to a range of government agencies. Its solutions include intelligent video analysis, real-time mapping, and prompt public grievance resolution.
“In one Chinese city, this system has slashed response times for citizen complaints to just 50 seconds-down from an average of four minutes,” a Huawei spokesperson revealed.
She said that a smart city needed to operate throughout a long time period, so an operation-supporting service system must be set up to manage all the city’s systems and enable the technologies that it uses to be applied in innovative ways.
With the development of technology, software and hardware products are iterated rapidly, bringing about many issues, such as outdated design, system incompatibility, or difficulties with operations and maintenance (O&M) and upgrades, she added.
Zhou Hongquan, COO of Huawei’s Government Public Services Digitalization BU, presented the company’s next-generation smart city solutions in Spain this year. He claimed that these solutions enhance the quality of life for citizens, help city managers maximize the efficiency of city operations, and offer strong support for the sustainable growth of smart cities.
According to him, Huawei collaborates with international partners to develop new digital infrastructures that will speed up city intelligence and enable effective city governance.
Huawei’s origins date back to 1987, when it started out with just 20,000 yuan, or about 340,000 BDT. With 164.7 billion yuan (about BDT 2.8 trillion) invested in research & development in 2023 alone, it is currently a leading global IT company.
With over 200,000 employees-more than half of whom are engaged in R&D-Huawei continues to push boundaries in innovation.
Though best known for its smartphones and telecom technologies, Huawei’s operations span ICT infrastructure, consumer electronics, cloud computing, digital power, and intelligent automotive solutions.
For Bangladesh, Huawei has been a pivotal partner for over 15 years, playing a key role in introducing solar-powered solutions to mitigate energy challenges, and recently partnered with the Bangladesh local brand Walton to produce lithium batteries for telecom base transceiver stations (BTS), according to a Huawei statement provided to the media delegation team.
It said this collaboration includes technical support, design expertise, and material provision to enhance local production capacity.
In the digital realm, Huawei spearheaded Bangladesh’s first e-Government cloud initiative, providing cloud services to over 50 companies.
The company also partnered with the Bangladesh Research and Education Network (BdREN) to bring cutting-edge technologies such as high-performance computing, AI, and cloud services to educational institutions.
Huawei’s contributions extend to the transportation sector. Its “Smart Highway” project on the Dhaka-Chattogram corridor integrates intelligent systems like license plate recognition, automated number plate detection, and rule violation monitoring.
These innovations enhance highway safety, enabling real-time alerts to police control rooms and continuous monitoring via CCTV.
“With initiatives like these, Huawei is committed to building a fully connected, intelligent Bangladesh,” read the statement.
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