SoloM-Huawei reduces retail TCO by up to 55% with integrated ESL platform

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Solum, a global electronic price display (ESL) company, announced on the 10th that it has conducted an all-in-one technology cooperation with Huawei, a telecommunications infrastructure company.

The two companies have co-developed a solution to prevent redundant investments in retail stores and significantly lower total cost of ownership (TCO) by integrating telecom gateways and ESL systems into one platform. The core of this cooperation is the technology to update ESL in real time without dedicated access points (APs) through an all-in-one gateway that supports both LTE/Wi-Fi/ESL protocols.

In particular, this integrated solution is optimized for the next-generation retail environment by supporting the latest Wi-Fi 7 and BLE 5.0/5.4 standards. With BLE 5.4 support, old and new ESLs can be accommodated at the same time, enabling step-by-step upgrades to existing infrastructure, and operating without interference with existing IT infrastructure in stores as an independent network configuration. It also increased operational stability by establishing an open ecosystem that complies with global standard security standards.

In terms of cost savings, it has also achieved remarkable results. Access Router (AR) based solutions for small stores reduce overall deployment costs by up to 55%, while "ESL Solution 2.0" for large supermarkets has built-in ESL capabilities in Wi-Fi APs to reduce TCO by about 35%. The two companies maximized maintenance efficiency by providing a ready-to-use environment without complicated settings through a pre-integrated method.

The achievements of technical cooperation between the two companies were successfully revealed to the global market through Germany's 'Euroshop 2026' in February and Spain's 'MWC 2026' in March.

"The integration of communication infrastructure and ESL is a key factor in accelerating the digital transformation of retail stores beyond simple cost savings," a Solum official said. "It will have a great effect, especially in small stores with limited technical capabilities or in new retail forms that require rapid deployment."

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