OPPO partners with IEEE to collaborate on 5G, AI standards

Chinese technological company, Oppo, has announced that the company and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has entered into a strategic partnership to enhance academic exchanges and collaborate in standard creation in fields such as 5G, artificial intelligence, and big data.

IEEE is the world’s largest technical professional organization, with more than 400,000 members in over 1 60 countries. It has an authoritative position in the fields of aerospace systems, computers, communications, bioengineering, electrics, consumer electronics with its various highly-cited publications, conferences, technology standards, and professional and educational activities.

Levin Liu, Oppo Vice President and Head of OPPO Research Institute said, “Facing the tremendous opportunities in the 5G era, Oppo has proposed the vision of ‘Intelligent connection.’ We will not only continue to invest in smartphones, but will also delve into scientific research in communication, hardware, and computer science. We are honored to partner with IEEE. We believe that through this partnership we will be able to apply more cutting-edge technologies to our products and services sooner and bring a better technological experience to consumers around the world.”

IEEE Computer Society Executive Director Melissa Russell said, “As the IEEE Computer Society has just recently launched its new Corporate Partnership Program, we are pleased to welcome Oppo as our first corporate partner.”

Oppo will cooperate with IEEE in standard-setting as well as academic exchange. The standards committees under IEEE is the author of many critical technical standards around the world, such as the dominant IEEE 802.11 series standard for wireless networks. As the world’s leading technology company, Oppo has a rich understanding of technologies and user insight. Oppo will participate in the work of several IEEE standards committees to contribute to the formulation of international technical standards.

In terms of academic exchanges, IEEE’s series of academic journals and conferences are the top platforms in their fields. Oppo plans to summarize and present its technical achievements in artificial intelligence, communication technology, hardware technology to IEEE, and the global engineering community.

—My Mobile India