KUALA LUMPUR: Maxis has partnered Huawei Technologies (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd on a joint innovation centre focused on the development of 5G-advanced technology.

In a joint statement, the companies said the partnership aims to explore and develop innovative solutions to improve customer experience, operating efficiencies, rapid deployment, industry use cases, and develop homegrown talent for industrial and entrepreneurship activities.

Under the terms of the collaboration, Maxis and Huawei Malaysia will explore innovations in gigabit capacity to support mobile network expansions and 5G/5G-Advanced technologies such as mobile edge computing, network slicing, end-to-end network orchestration, RedCap and Passive-IoT.

Additionally, Maxis and Huawei Malaysia will also explore the usage of digitalisation, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to optimise network operating efficiencies.

Maxis CEO Goh Seow Eng said the continued collaboration with Huawei is one of the many ways the company is supporting Malaysia’s digital ambitions.

"With this latest collaboration we want to take full advantage of 5G-Advanced by building up human capital alongside commercialised innovation for enterprises and industries.

"As the country’s leading integrated telco, we look forward to the next evolution of connectivity and the economic benefits it will bring to our country," he said.