Brazilian Telecom Oi Testing Huawei-powered 5G at Rock in Rio Festival

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – (Xinhua) Brazilian telecommunications giant Oi is putting Chinese company Huawei’s fifth-generation wireless telecommunication technology (5G technology) to a test during the ongoing Rock in Rio music festival, says Xinhua News Agency.

It is the largest trial of 5G technology in Brazil. “Huawei gave us 50 handsets with access to the 5G network,” said Oi’s B2B operations manager Leonardo Enrique dos Santos Fernandes, adding that “50 partners, clients or even the press can use these mobiles and benefit from this technology each day” during the event.

Festivalgoers are also “able to play games on the 5G handsets at the gaming center” starting Thursday, he noted.

The company is also using other technologies from Huawei during the festival, such as security cameras equipped with facial recognition and wait-time calculation features, among others.

The advanced wireless technology is not publicly available in Brazil yet and Brazil’s telecom carriers are eager to introduce the technology, said the operations manager.

Rock in Rio is one of the largest music festivals in the world. This year’s edition is divided into two sessions, running on Sept. 27-29 and Oct. 3-6, and is expected to attract 700,000 people.

(Source: Xinhua)

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