ZTE launches 5G-A AgentGuard to empower new AI interactions at MWC Shanghai 2025

• ZTE launches 5G-A AgentGuard solution to ensure a deterministic experience for new AI services
• The 5G-A AgentGuard solution enhances intelligent service awareness and guarantee mechanisms to deliver the smooth and accurate execution of digital agents

Shanghai, China, 27 June 2025 – ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a global leading provider of integrated information and communication technology solutions, has unveiled 5G-A AgentGuard solution at MWC Shanghai 2025. Through the deep integration of 5G-A technologies and native-AI based capabilities, ZTE's AgentGuard enhances the 5G-A network's deterministic capability for new AI services.

It transforms traditional rule-based network services into an intelligent, composite service guarantee mechanisms that responds dynamically to the needs of service agents. This synergistic approach enables bidirectional empowerment between the 5G-A network and service agents, accelerating the arrival of the new era of AI interaction.

With the rapid development of large language models and AI agent technologies, AI devices are evolving from simple conversational interfaces to autonomously acting agents, revolutionizing human-machine interaction. Central to this transformation is the AI Agent (or digital agents), which offloads complex reasoning and task planning to the cloud, allowing the device to focus on lightweight, intent-driven execution. This not only dramatically improves efficiency but also unlocks a wide range of applications, including convenient services for the elderly, efficient office automation, intelligent home environment control, real-time travel planning, and personalized entertainment recommendations.

Digital agents require the transmission of multi-modal information— such as voice, images, and video— to the cloud for real-time reasoning and task planning, followed by rapid action execution on the terminal devices. This demands 5G networks that offer both high uplink bandwidth and low latency. To address this, ZTE has developed the innovative 5G-A AgentGuard solution, which leverages intelligent identification and guarantee technologies to build a more deterministic mobile network, empowering the flourishing development of AI services.

Based on mature 5G-A commercial networks and RAN native-AI capabilities, ZTE's AgentGuard utilizes advanced intelligent identification technology. It not only distinguishes whether a task is initiated by a user or a digital agent but also accurately identifies the Agent's objective, such as ordering food or booking tickets, enabling more granular resource allocation. Crucially, to address the dynamic nature of AI Agent-generated tasks, AgentGuard's policy has evolved from traditional coarse-grained business policies to a more refined, step-by-step approach, providing optimal network guarantees for each step of every task. Finally, through a multi-level joint guarantee mechanism encompassing cell, cluster, and network levels, ZTE's AgentGuard establishes a closed-loop deterministic guarantee policy, ensuring the smooth and accurate execution of digital agents.

At MWC Shanghai 2025, ZTE has demonstrated the superior performance of AgentGuard in scenarios like digital assistant-based food ordering. ZTE's AgentGuard significantly enhances connection deterministic performance, boosting uplink data rate by over 20% and reducing task completion latency by more than 20%. This marks a significant innovation in network service models, driving the implementation of richer AI applications and significantly enhancing the user experience.

ZTE remains committed to investing in cutting-edge research in mobile communication and intelligent technologies. The company will continue to collaborate with industry partners to build a thriving AI ecosystem, empowering diverse industries and co-creating a new future of intelligent connectivity.