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Experts for increased rural digital connectivity for poverty reduction in APAC
Cross-sector collaboration is needed to lower the costs of rural area connectivity and improve digital literacy to close the digital divide and drive economic recovery during the pandemic, experts said at a webinar recently.
The Financial Times and Huawei organised the event "Strategies for Addressing the Asia-Pacific Digital Divide – Increasing Connectivity to Drive Economic Recovery."
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The Asia Pacific is speeding up for digital transformation and underpinned by dynamic markets and a young population.
The significant rift of digital access yet hinders wider shares of digital benefits, which in turn leads to slower recovery from the pandemic. ICT leverages fundamental ways to drive economic rebound.
"This starts with fair access to digital services specifically on connecting the unconnected," said Michael Macdonald, the chief digital officer of Huawei Asia Pacific.
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The ICT talent shortage is one of the key fields revealing the digital divide.
Poon King Wang, director of the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, Singapore University of Technology and Design, called for long-term strategies and sustained support to upskill people across generations and ensure the wellbeing of workers in digital transformation.
In 2017, Huawei, the ICT Division of Bangladesh, and Robi Axiata jointly launched the Digital Training Bus project to bring digital skills to women in the heart of rural Bangladesh. More than 60,000 women have received training till now, and 160,000 more will benefit from it by 2023.
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To lessen the imminent labour deficit in APAC, 400,000 more people are expected to be digitally upskilled in the next five years through Huawei educational flagship programs such as Seeds for the Future and ASEAN Academy, according to Michael MacDonald.
Huawei wants to empower ASEAN's green development
Chinese telecom giant Huawei will leverage its digital power innovations to enable the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' (ASEAN) cooperation on climate change and green development.
Jeffery Liu, president of Huawei Asia Pacific, said this at the online ASEAN-China Digital Economy Development and Cooperation Forum 2021 Friday.
Climate change and environmental issues are becoming global challenges. Though carbon emissions declined over the past year due to the economic slowdown and worldwide lockdowns, emissions are rapidly rebounding as economies reopen. Shifting to a circular economy and achieving sustainable development is now a common goal for all countries.
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Potential climate change has a significant regional impact, with six of the 20 most vulnerable countries in the world being ASEAN members.
ASEAN has taken actions to address climate change through various environmental, economic, and social activities over the years. Thailand, for example, has set a target of reaching peak carbon emissions in 2030 and then achieving net-zero emissions in 2065.
ICT technologies are important enablers of energy conservation and emissions reduction in other industries. It is estimated that the reduction in carbon emissions in other industries enabled by ICT technologies will be 10 times the amount of carbon emitted by the ICT industry itself.
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"Huawei has been leveraging its extensive experience in power electronics and energy storage as well as technical expertise in 5G, cloud, and other innovative technologies, to develop its digital power business and provide digital power solutions for different industries," said Jeffery.
To promote renewable energy, Huawei has deployed its digital power solutions in more than 170 countries and regions, serving one-third of the world's population.
"As of December 2020, these solutions have generated 325 billion kWh of electricity from renewable sources and saved 10 billion kWh of electricity. These efforts have resulted in a reduction of 160 million tons in CO2 emissions," the company said.
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Bangladesh has been a member of the ASEAN Regional Forum since 2006. The country's largest solar power plant, situated in Mymensingh, is fully installed with the Huawei Smart photovoltaic (PV) solution with 173K solar panels and 332 inverters through which it has been connected to the national grid.
Mymensingh power plant has chosen Huawei Smart PV string inverters, SUN2000-185KTL with IP66 high-level protection, and anti-PID technologies to safeguard the smooth running of the plant with the highest yields possible.
Huawei to invest $150 million in talent development
Chinese telecom giant Huawei recently announced its Seeds for the Future Program 2.0 at the "Tech & Sustainability: Everyone’s Included" forum.
Through the programme, the company plans to invest $150 million in digital talent development over the next five years, expecting to benefit more than 3 million people.
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The forum, organised in China, was co-hosted by Huawei and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Representatives from Huawei, IUCN, the World Economic Forum, Carbon Disclosure Project, Global Enabling Sustainability Initiative, and Singapore Institute of International Affairs joined the event to discuss the role of technology in driving sustainability and building a more inclusive, eco-friendly world.
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At the forum, Jay Chen, vice-president of Huawei Asia Pacific, announced the company's plan to cultivate more than 40,000 ICT talent in the next five years through multiple programmes including Seeds for the Future in the region.
"In the digital economy, digital talent is playing an increasingly important role in driving digital transformation and economic growth. Access to education is vital for creating opportunities that support sustainable and fair development. Due to the pandemic, we are moving the programme online and opening it up to more outstanding students than ever before," said Jay.
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The Seeds for the Future program, initiated in Bangladesh in 2014, is designed to inspire local talents and encourage them to tackle digital challenges. The programme has so far seen participation from around 6,000 students in the country.
Other talent development programmes of the company in Bangladesh include ICT Competition, ICT Academy, and Digital Training Bus in collaboration with various private and public sector organisations and agencies.
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Huawei Sustainability Report 2020 highlights 4 strategies for sustainability
Huawei has released its "2020 Sustainability Report," highlighting the significant progress that it has made in its four strategies for sustainability – digital inclusion, security and trustworthiness, environmental protection, and a healthy and harmonious ecosystem.
Huawei has been using its innovative ICT solutions to provide people across different regions with equal access to quality education and healthcare resources.
In 2020, Huawei rolled out its "Skills on Wheels" and "Connecting Schools" programmes in over 200 schools around the world, benefiting more than 60,000 people.
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The company also used ICT solutions to provide technical assistance to nearly 90 countries. It launched the RuralStar Pro solution, providing voice and mobile broadband services to more than 50 million people in sparsely populated remote villages.
Treating cybersecurity and privacy protection as another top priority, Huawei released the Software Process Trustworthiness Capability Framework and Assessment Criteria in 2020 to establish a complete set of trustworthy coding production mechanisms.
As of the end of 2020, Huawei had been granted 2,963 patents relating to cybersecurity and privacy protection around the world.
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To promote renewable energy, Huawei has deployed its digital power solutions in more than 170 countries and regions, serving one-third of the world's population. To date, these solutions have generated 325 billion kWh of electricity from renewable sources and saved 10 billion kWh of electricity.
"An intelligent world should be a green world. Advances in technology can help us better understand and protect nature, mitigating the impact of human activity on the planet," said Liang Hua, chairman of Huawei, in the report.
Mobile World Congress 2021: Huawei wins 5 awards
Chinese telecom giant Huawei won five awards for its cutting-edge technology and inventions in the Mobile World Congress 2021 held in Barcelona from June 28-July 1.
This year, the Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA) announced the winners of the Global Mobile (GLOMO) awards.
Huawei bagged awards in five categories – best innovation for Covid-19 pandemic response and recovery, outstanding mobile contribution to the UN SDGs, best mobile innovation in emerging markets, best mobile innovation for the connected economy, and best mobile infrastructure.
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Introduced in 1996 by the GSMA and judged by a panel of more than 250 global experts, the GLOMO Award is widely regarded as the highest honour within the mobile industry.
In this year's edition, the telemedicine solution for Covid-19 developed by the China-Japan Friendship Hospital based on Huawei's 5G network solutions won GSMA GLOMO Best Innovation or Covid-19 Pandemic Response and Recovery award.
This high-end technology provided by Huawei has helped the hospital to scale up patient services and assist more than 5,000 hospitals across China.
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Marvin Chen, president of Huawei DIS Product Line, said: "5G is seeing large-scale application in healthcare. Huawei will continue to innovate 5G solutions together with the healthcare industry to develop 5G applications that can help fight the pandemic and get more value out of 5G."
Also, Rainforest Connection and Huawei's "Nature Guardian" project has contributed positively to protect nature, prevent deforestation, and safeguard against biodiversity loss. As a recognition, this project has been honoured with the GSMA 2021 GLOMO for its outstanding mobile contribution to the UN SDGs.
Huawei also bagged the best mobile innovation in emerging markets award of GSMA GLOMO for its industry-first integrated access and backhaul solution (RuralStar Pro), which has superseded traditional costly transmission modes of optical fibre, microwave, and satellite.
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Huawei launches new 5G products
Huawei launched new 5G products at Mobile World Congress (MWC 2021)this week to expand multi antenna technology worldwide.
These product solutions are designed to support and enforce “1+N” 5G networks.
The New launched products are 400 MHz Ultra-Wideband 64T64R Massive MIMO, light weight (19KG) 64T64R Massive MIMO, BladeAAU Pro: 64T A+P Solution, Ultra-Wideband Blade RRU Pro, Commercial FDD Massive MIMO.
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Among these, there are industry’s only solutions at this moment.
These five products will promote multi antenna technology to all bands and all scenarios for building a strong 5G network.
These products will also enhance the 5G experience for users and help carriers to distribute their network in a better way.
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Huawei's new products can be transported and installed with minimum effort while also delivering on performance, significantly improving construction efficiency and cost.
Yang Chaobin, President of Huawei Wireless Product Line, said, "By launching this series, we aim to bring multi-antenna technology to all scenarios and bands. Several products within the solutions are one-of-a-kind and will help operators efficiently deploy 5G networks and provide first-rate experience. Huawei will work with global partners to innovate and share 5G benefits with all."
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Bangladesh ICT Competition enters second round with 127 contestants
Bangladesh ICT competition, powered by Huawei and the Bangladesh Computer Council, will move to the second round this week.
The top 127 students from the country will take part in this round for the next 15 days.
Around 1,000 4th year students from around 30 universities of Bangladesh took part in the competition's first round, which started in January this year.
After that, the participants went through training on a designated web portal of Chinese telecom giant Huawei and sat for a test to qualify for the second round.
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Now, 127 students, selected based on their consistency during training and exam results of the first round, will join the second round.
In this round, students will enrol in online courses from HCIA (Huawei Certified ICT Associate), and later, they will have to take part in an exam to qualify for the third round.
The third and final round of the competition will be the national final. Selected participants from the second round will form teams of three students and one faculty from every participating university.
Instructors from Huawei headquarters will train the contestants, who will have to pass a simulation test. The top three teams will be announced as winners.
In addition to the laptops or Huawei mobiles, Huawei smartwatches, or smart bands as prizes, the champion team will take part in the Huawei ICT Competition regional final and global final competition.
If the Covid-19 situation improves, they will also visit Huawei headquarters in Shenzhen. They can also get a chance to work with Huawei Technologies Bangladesh in the future.
The competition is considered in two parts – "Practical Competition" and "Theory Competition."
This year's contest will cover network switching, routing technical areas; new technology such as big data, AI, and cloud (artificial intelligence) will be introduced.
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ICT state minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak said, “Bangladesh ICT Skills Competition is specially designed for 4th-year students who are studying engineering, and it is good to see a big bunch of those optimum students going through this program, arranged by Huawei and BCC. I believe, at the end of the competition, the students will gain a comprehensive understanding of the ICT field and acquire more practical and advanced knowledge about global ICT.”
He also appreciated Huawei Bangladesh, BCC & involved universities to make this competition meaningful and open up the ICT knowledge door for students.
Zhang Zhengjun, CEO of Huawei Technologies Bangladesh said, "The sole focus of the Bangladesh ICT Competition is to fortify the digital backbone of Bangladesh by helping cultivate the local ICT talents."
$300 billion market by 2025 for Augmented Reality: Huawei
Huawei and third-party data predict that the Augmented Reality (AR) market will be $300 billion by 2025.
At the Huawei's Better World Summit 2021 Thursday, Bob Cai, chief marketing officer of Huawei Carrier Business Group, said: "5G will switch on AR, and AR will light up 5G."
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"AR will first see massive adoption in five prioritised industries – education, social networking, shopping, travelling and navigation, and gaming by converging the physical and digital worlds, making dreams a reality, " he added.
Cai also called on the entire industry to work together for a prosperous 5G + AR ecosystem.
"If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together. AR development requires the entire industry to work together and create a prosperous 5G + AR value chain," he said.
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Huawei organizes Asia-Pacific Higher Education Innovation Forum on smart education tools
Huawei organized recently the Asia-Pacific Higher Education Innovation Forum through live streaming with the theme Embracing the New Era of Intelligent Education.
The forum invited industry experts from UNESCO ICHEI, NUS, Open University, Thammasat University, National University of Malaysia, and PwC, including 450 informatization directors, partners, and business luminaries.
The forum focused on topics such as smart campus, online education, and smart classroom and discussed the development trend of education ICT and the challenges and opportunities for education informatization in the post-pandemic era.
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At the opening ceremony, Nicholas Ma, President of Huawei Asia Pacific Enterprise Business Group, shared Huawei’s understanding of ICT development in higher education in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as its vision of smart higher education in the future.
Professor Zhao Jianhua, Senior Specialist of UNESCO ICHEI, shared his insights on the exciting new trends in education. According to Prof. Zhao, today’s education industry is being shaped by five major digital technologies: AR, personalized hybrid learning, gamification, AI, and IoT. What’s more, there will be five new applications in the education industry: a more efficient learning system, mental health monitoring, personalized distant education, automated data processing, and personalized collaborative education.
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The recent disruptions to the world in the last 18 months have severely affected university education around the world. Many teachers and students can no longer go to school like they used to. During the panel session of this forum, the panellists explored how universities in the Asia-Pacific region use ICT to offset this impact, what plans and visions they have for future teaching and management models, and how to accelerate the digital transformation of universities.
Assoc. Professor Dr. Nurhizam Safie (Deputy Dean (Networking & Alumni), IST Faculty Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia) stressed that the critical success factor for digital transformation in higher education is to embrace the new online pedagogy and it’s really about effective change management and managing the transition to online learning.
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Many universities are facing similar problems, such as a lack of teacher-student-classroom interaction, the insufficient sharing of education resources, difficult management due to scattered school services, high energy consumption, and low decision-making efficiency. It has become a priority for education administrators and teachers to tackle such challenges.
At this forum, Shi Ri, Huawei APAC, introduced the Huawei Smart Campus Solution and Smart Classroom Solution designed for higher education.
Huawei has been working in collaboration with industry-leading partners and is leveraging its cloud platform to provide E2E smart education solutions that cover smart devices, converged networks, and teaching and management applications for university customers in multiple countries, including South Africa, Italy, and UAE.
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Huawei joins Responsible Business 2021
Chinese telecom giant Huawei has recently joined Responsible Business 2021, which serves as a platform for providing business-critical and actionable insights.
Speakers from governments, international organisations and businesses shared their views about the international agreements, commitments and measures towards the global sustainability transition at the virtual event organised by Reuters Events.
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They acknowledged that industries like ICT have been at the forefront, providing enabling technology for a greener world.