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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.