Qatar’s telecom regulator reached a peak download speed of 12.23 Gbps in its 6G trials, with Huawei as technology partner.
The figure comes from CRA’s own release, which gives the figure and says six-component carrier aggregation combined 600 MHz of bandwidth. Most of it (400 MHz) is temporarily authorised spectrum in the upper 6 GHz band. The rest is commercially deployed 5G spectrum at 3.5 GHz. Neither release says what happens to the 400 MHz band once the trials end.
Huawei’s release says the trials ran with Ooredoo Qatar and Vodafone Qatar, using its 256T256R RetinaMIMO U6GHz VitaAAU system, which it calls “an important step toward the 6G era”. The trials were shown at the State of Qatar Pavilion.
At the event, Huawei also signed two strategic MoUs. One, with Fadaat Media, aims to power Mourakeb with advanced cloud infrastructure. The other, with Qshield, reinforces a 12-year strategic partnership. The company had wrapped up its role as Headline Sponsor of MWC Doha 2026, held from 8 to 10 November at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre.
Liu Kang, Huawei’s president of ICT marketing and solution sales, gave the keynote, “The Infrastructure of Intelligence”. In it, he argued that rapid AI development is reshaping digital infrastructure needs and creating growth for telecom operators. On Qatar, Huawei put it simply:
Qatar has a clear ambition for its digital future, and Huawei is committed to contributing to this journey.
Lin Jincan, President, GCC Region, Huawei
The trials follow the Qatar 6G Testbed Platform that CRA launched at MWC Doha 2025, a national environment for testing emerging technologies. MWC26 Doha drew over 10,000 attendees from 100 countries and territories, according to GSMA, which runs the event.
