Huawei products are displayed on the sidelines of the Bangladesh 5G Summit 2018 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 25, 2018. (Xinhua)
Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei has conducted Bangladesh's first trial of fifth generation network (5G).
Huawei conducted the trial teaming up with the Bangladeshi government's Posts & Telecommunications Division, the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology and Robi, a joint venture of Axiata Group Berhad (Malaysia), Bharti Airtel Limited (India) and NTT DoCoMo Inc. (Japan), at a ceremony in the capital Dhaka on Wednesday.
The 5G trial ceremony was inaugurated by Bangladeshi Prime Minister's ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy.
Officials said the purposes of this event are to show how a 5G ecosystem can be cultivated in "Digital Bangladesh" and how to use 5G to respond to the economic transformation of Bangladesh as well as the operators.
This next generation of wireless technology is expected to change the way of everyday life. 5G will play vital role in automatic driving, Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, Big data, Internet of Things, Smart City and network, they said.
