CONNECTING THE UNCONNECTED

Huawei RuralStar Connect LATAM Rural

 Communication Sector Contribution to GDP in LATAM
 Faster Internet access can lead to better job opportunities, improved business efficiency and reduced transactional

friction within the economy.

 For emerging economies, the effects are even more striking: broadband has the transformational power to boost local

economies and providing a better outlook for growth.

 Several studies show the direct relationship between broadband adoption and GDP growth.

The
communications
sector represents
Impact of a 10 % Results in an increase in
increase in broadband per-capita GDP of up to 2.6% of Latin
penetration 1.38 % America GDP
Source: ITU Source: Huawei Global Connectivity Index Source: Ovum .
 Connectivity Touch all Aspect of Human Life
Rural Education

Government Goals
Goal

Target
Rural Health
 Negative ROI is Main Obstacle
No Business -> No Investment -> No Fiscal Income

Investment
Equipment

Infrastructure

Transmission

RoI Gap
Tax

Power System

Civil engineering
Revenue
Commissioning
2C Revenue
OPEX (site, energy)
 ROI Breakdown: 4 Factors Cause Negative Business
Case in Rural
3 Non-Innovative Solution

Equipment

Infrastructure

Transmission

1 High Tax RoI Gap

Tax

Power System

Civil engineering

Commissioning
2C Revenue
OPEX

2 High OPEX 4 Low ARPU & Less Affordability

 Measures to Improve RoI and Stimulate Rural
Coverage
4 Innovative solution

1 Public Financing 6 New IoT Agriculture Business

investment Even
Equipment

RoI
Infrastructure
2B Revenue
Transmission
2 Tax
Tax

Power System
reduction
Civil engineering

Commissioning 2C Revenue

OPEX

3 OPEX subsidies 5 Affordable Entry-level Phone

 Entry-level Phone Supports Affordability of Rural User
Entry-Level Phone Eco-system Alliance Affordable Entry-Level Phone Price

Terminal Terminal Type 2G 3G 4G

Smart Phone / ~25$ ~40$

Smart Feature Phone* / ~17$ ~26$

Feature Phone ~10$ ~13$

More…
*: Smart Feature Phone (SFP) is a phone with feature phone appearance but
preload with some Apps, such as Facebook and WhatsApp.

Mocor OS
OS
Chipset
~30$ 100K shipments
 IoT Agriculture Creates High ARPU Revenue
Potential in Rural
Smart Greenhouse Connected Cow

Carbon dioxide Illumination Air temp Soil temp Soil humidity Alert Mgnt Estrus Status Data Inquiry Breeding Status Live Tracking
 Rural Star Enables Cost-Effective Innovative Solution
Rural coverage
3 Transformation RuralStar Solution Wins GSMA 2018
with LTE relay transmission
‘Best Mobile Innovation for Emerging
Relay BTS Markets’ Award
VSAT Relay

Donor eNodeB
(Macro Base with LTE) Tower
Pole

12/18m pole
D.G. Solar
Solar

70% site TCO saving

The judges said, “Low power with a choice of
70%
sources, Low TCO, easy to install with minimal site
preparation, new battery technology and security
Tower site RuralStar features, this ticks all the emerging markets benefits
boxes.”
Connecting the Unconnected
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