Tian Suning: The "Great Data Discovery" Ushers Humanity into the AGI Era

2025-04-11 Asiainfo

At the recently concluded 2025 Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, AI as well as AI-driven connectivity and innovations became centre of attention with all the participants. On April 10, Tian Suning, Co-founder of Asiainfo and Chairman of Asiainfo Technologies was invited to attend the 2025 GSMA Post-MWC Sharing initiated by GSMA (MWC organizer), gathering together with global communication industry leaders, GSMA and communication operator executives, leading enterprise representatives and industry experts to discuss topics such as industrial innovation, operator transformation and international collaboration in the AI era.


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Figure: Tian Suning (second from right) attends the event

 

At the event, Tian Suning engaged in a dynamic dialogue with Li Zhengmao (Chairman of the WBBA Board), Gao Tongqing (Chairman of GTI), Xu Ziyang (President of ZTE) and Li Jian (CEO of Honor) on topics including the convergence between mobile technologies and AI, the latest AI breakthroughs, and the mobile AI innovations. Their discussion delivered an insightful high-level dialogue on ecological industry for participants.

 


The "Great Data Discovery" enables "Communication Networks" to evolve into "Sensing Networks", thus realizing the true AGI era

 

Tian Suning stated that since the 3G era, communication operators have increasingly become "infrastructure-oriented". However, AI now presents a new transformation opportunity for us.

 

He believes that humanity is currently in the "Great Data Discovery" era, where the vast data generated by the functioning of all things – whether human data, life data or industrial production data – serves as the nutrient promoting technological innovation, economic prosperity and societal progress. "Data" is one of the core elements of AI. Over the past 200 years, the communication industry has primarily focused on the data transmission. If communication networks evolve from mere information transmission channels into human nervous system-like sensing networks that absorb, process and apply various data from humans, events and objects, humanity will usher in the true AGI era! Relying on such networks, the communication operators will evolve from infrastructure providers into data producers and operators. By synergizing the entire industry chain and integrating technological innovation, to B, and to C application services, we will undoubtedly achieve refreshing technological breakthroughs and sustained growth in the AI era.


We are currently in the critical phase of industrial digital and intelligent transformation, witnessing a historic inflection point in the AI revolution. The 19th-century electric revolution laid the foundation for chemical synthesis technologies, and the resulting synthetic products gave rise to many entirely new industries. Driven by the AI revolution, the synthesis of data and knowledge will also give rise to entirely new industries, while AI will reshape the existing industries and restructure the social framework.



The convergence between "Intelligence", "Data" and "Network" will empower industries across all sectors to thrive in the "AI+" era

 

AI serves as an important pillar of the digital economy, and a crucial support for traditional industry transformation and high-quality growth. AsiaInfo Technologies has been making continuous exploration and intensifying R&D investments in data, AI, 5G/6G, IoT and other fields, crystallizing its three "Product+Service" systems including "Digital Intelligence", "Cloud Network" and "IT".

 

In terms of data, AsiaInfo Technologies has established a product and service system covering data mining, governance, storage, application, and value-added operation.

 

In terms of network, AsiaInfo Technologies is forging a differentiated competitive edge by delivering customized private 5G network products and industry-specific solutions, with the aim to become the industry leader. As of the end of 2024, AsiaInfo Technologies has delivered a total of 50 core networks and over 21,000 base stations for its private 5G network services across key sectors including energy, transportation and government affairs. The private 5G network has become an important infrastructure for helping various industries perceive production & operation data and optimize system processes.

 

In terms of AI, AsiaInfo Technologies has demonstrated an early-mover advantage and rapid implementation capabilities in large model delivery services. In the first half of 2024, AsiaInfo Technologies launched the AISWare Insights · LLMs for Verticals and established long-term strategic partnerships with China's leading cloud service providers and large model developers. Through the accumulation of over 50 scenarios and more than 200 projects, the Company has developed a set of delivery tools with core competitiveness and cultivated a professional team with rich experience, forming an AsiaInfo Technologies-featured large model delivery system as "a methodology + a tool set + a professional team" and striving to become a top-level enterprise in domestic large model delivery.

 

In the future, AsiaInfo Technologies will collaborate with domestic and foreign partners to help various industries achieve sustained growth in the "AI+" era through continuous technological innovation, international exchanges and resource sharing, and jointly create a better digital and intelligent future.