Huawei launches full U6GHz portfolio at MWC Barcelona
BARCELONA: Huawei on Sunday unveiled a comprehensive suite of U6GHz products and solutions at Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona 2026. The company said the lineup is designed to unlock the potential of 5G‑Advanced (5G‑A) and smooth the path towards 6G by delivering the capacity, low latency and user experience demanded by the emerging mobile AI era.
The launch was framed against rapid growth in AI applications and devices, with Huawei citing industry data that show surging adoption of AI‑enabled smartphones, wearables and token‑based services. The company said those trends are driving new network requirements, including three to five times higher uplink traffic for multimodal AI interactions, stricter latency and determinism for real‑time decision‑making, and broader needs for secure, reliable wide‑area connectivity.
Huawei said the U6GHz band is a key enabler for 5G‑A because of its combination of wide bandwidth and strong coverage. The vendor noted that, following WRC‑23, U6GHz has been designated as an important mobile communications band and that several countries are moving forward with spectrum identification, allocation and testing. Huawei said mainstream customer‑premises equipment and smartphones supporting U6GHz are expected to become commercially available in 2026, paving the way for larger‑scale deployments.
The new product family spans macro‑sites, micro‑sites and microwave transmission equipment. For outdoor coverage and capacity, Huawei introduced a series of active antenna units (AAUs), including a U6GHz 256‑TRX AAU that uses an extremely large antenna array (ELAA) design and a digital‑analogue hybrid intelligent beamforming algorithm. Huawei said the AAU, combined with a hyper‑resolution MU‑MIMO algorithm and 400 MHz of bandwidth, can deliver downlink capacity of up to 100 Gbps and uplink capacity above 10 Gbps, with typical optimal experiences of 10 Gbps downlink and 1 Gbps uplink.
To address indoor AI use cases, Huawei rolled out U6GHz small‑cell products that support 400 MHz bandwidth and coordinate U6GHz with other sub‑6 GHz bands. The company said the small cells are designed for simplified deployment and to ensure consistent multi‑dimensional AI application performance across indoor and outdoor environments.
On the transport side, Huawei announced new microwave products that incorporate full‑duplex technology to boost bandwidth and capacity in transport networks, which the company said is necessary to meet peak traffic demands of 5G‑A and to lay the groundwork for 6G.
Huawei said the full U6GHz portfolio is now commercially available and is positioned to help operators tackle capacity challenges posed by mobile AI while enabling a “seamless evolution” to next‑generation networks. The vendor argued the offering will create new commercial opportunities for operators and provide a connectivity foundation for an increasingly intelligent ecosystem.
