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SHENZHEN, China, Oct. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

Shenzhen airport, China's fifth largest airport and a world-class international

aviation hub, has chosen Huawei to work together on the key project of its

Future Airport Phase II implementation: the upgrade of its Uninterruptible

Power Supply (UPS) system. Such an upgrade provides a solid energy foundation

to build a smart future airport from, as well as reconstruct the Information

and Communications Technology (ICT) infrastructure platform.

And this momentum is showing no signs of slowing: Indeed, Shenzhen Airport is

the only airport in China participating in the International Air Transport Association's

(IATA) "Future Airport" pilot program. To realize the program, a large number of

future-oriented upgrade and reconstruction projects are being implemented.

The airport's legacy UPS was aging badly, leading to increased fault rates. To

compound the issue, there was a lack of spare parts because the original

equipment had been discontinued. And maintenance work was heavily dependent on

the original manufacturer, representing a serious potential risk. In sum, these

challenges were impairing Shenzhen Airport's efforts to build a smart future airport.

With the goal of becoming the benchmark for future airports, Shenzhen Airport

set high standards for its UPS replacement and it felt that any new equipment

should be leading the industry's future evolution. It also needed a supplier

with extensive experience in cutover assurance, to secure operational processes.

With a modular and multi-redundancy design that eliminates single points of

failure and ensures the smooth running of key services, Huawei's modular UPS

has already been tested in the industry. The Artificial Intelligence (AI)

proactive warning function of components -- such as capacitors and fans --

shifts Operations and Maintenance (O&M) from passive to proactive prevention.

Furthermore, all modules are hot swappable and can be replaced within five

minutes when a fault occurs, further simplifying O&M. Such benefits convinced

Shenzhen Airport that Huawei's UPS solution met their requirements for future

airport assurance and chose Huawei's UPS5000 series for the upgrade.

At 03:00 in the morning on July 18, the Shenzhen Airport and Huawei team

completed the online cutover of the second UPS with zero errors, just 13 days

after the first successful cutover, and five days earlier than the original

plan. This means that there is momentum for the next 24 sets of UPSs to be

cutover and put into use. In total, 30 medium and large-sized UPS systems will

eventually be deployed in ten power distribution rooms located across the

terminal and in the Information Technology Center (ITC).

Huang Biao, General Manager of the Shenzhen Airport Digital Management Center,

said: "The successful cutover of the project means that our success is not

accidental. With the support of Huawei, the maintenance level of the airport

UPS system is raised to a new level. It also proves that if the process of

replacing old UPS hosts is highly operable and the solution is correctly

formulated, UPS online cutover is feasible and controllable. All team members

of the airport are confident about the subsequent cutover and future O&M

assurance. Looking into the future, I hope that Huawei will continue to use its

best products and services to help Shenzhen Airport build an international

aviation hub, continue to move towards the goal of 'Future Airport,' and

realize the strategic vision of leading the airport group with excellent global

management and innovation as soon as possible."

Customer recognition and trust are the driving force behind Huawei's ongoing

innovation and efforts to push forward. Indeed, Huawei UPS is seeking to

develop towards high frequency, modularization, and intelligence.

About Huawei

Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications

technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. With integrated solutions

across four key domains – telecom networks, IT, smart devices, and cloud

services – we are committed to bringing digital to every person, home and

organization for a fully connected, intelligent world.

Huawei's end-to-end portfolio of products, solutions and services are both

competitive and secure. Through open collaboration with ecosystem partners, we

create lasting value for our customers, working to empower people, enrich home

life, and inspire innovation in organizations of all shapes and sizes.

At Huawei, innovation focuses on customer needs. We invest heavily in basic

research, concentrating on technological breakthroughs that drive the world

forward. We have more than 194,000 employees, and we operate in more than

170 countries and regions. Founded in 1987, Huawei is a private company wholly

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Source: Huawei