Creating hope with connectivity Joy Tan President, Global Media and Communications Huawei Technologies
Creating hope with connectivityJoy TanPresident, Global Media and Communications Huawei Technologies
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The world feels super connected…
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3.8 billionpeople remain offline
And yet…
50%
Source: ITU, Connecting the Unconnected
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4 billionsmartphonesin the world
~5 billionpeople don’t
have one
Source: Huawei GIV
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$25+ billionspent online in 24 hours (Single’s Day in China)
1.7 billionadults are
completely unbanked
Sources: The Guardian, “Chinese Shoppers spend a record $25bn in Single’s Day splurge”; World Bank Group, The Global Findex Database 2017
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90% of kids in the US use digital learning materials at home 500+
In Zambia, there are 500+ primary school students per single
computer2/3
start at the age of 5
Sources: Deloitte, 2016 Digital Education Survey; UNESCO, ICT in Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
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1 billionhours of streaming video watched EVERY WEEK by
Netflix users in 2017
10 MBaverage daily mobile data consumption per person in
emerging markets
Sources: Netflix; Huawei GIV
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Nearly 9 out of 10 young people without Internet access live in Africa or Asia Pacific.
Source: ITU, Connecting the Unconnected
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What can we do better?
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Coverage
Digital Skills Applications Local content
Five challenges to getting connected in developing regions
Cost
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CostCoverage
We are solving two with focused innovation
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Ghana: Changing lives with wood and ingenuity
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Ghana: Changing lives with wood and ingenuity
Costs
Rollout time
50%
70%
Break-even point: From 5,000 to 1,500 subscribers
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PowerStar: Cutting costs by cutting power
0H6H 12H 18H 6H 12H
Signal Level PowerStar
Network Demand
Time
Signal Level Normal Saved Energy
Network energy use 10-15%
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15,549,687 trees Equivalent to planting over 15 million new trees, and letting them grow for 10 years
600,000 tonsless CO2 emitted per year
If only 10% of Huawei base stations employ PowerStar…
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Companies
Investment & Innovation
Government
Policy & Planning
Individuals
Adoption & Sharing
By working together, we can overcome remaining challenges in skills, applications, and content
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Bangladesh: Training 166,320 women in rural areas with mobile training buses
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Nelson Mandela
We are human only through the humanity of others.