Huawei has signed a global commitment to join the International Telecommunication Union's Partner2Connect digital alliance, which will bring connectivity to about 120 million people in remote areas in more than 80 countries by 2025.

Liang Hua, Chairman of Huawei, announced the decision at the company's 2022 Sustainability Forum, Connectivity+: Innovate for Impact. The forum explored how ICT innovation could unleash the business and social value of connectivity and drive sustainability in the digital economy era.

The construction of optical broadband networks offers another important route to realising a universal service. Huawei has proposed an innovative AirPON solution for areas with low population density, including remote areas. This solution continuously reduces the footprint of equipment rooms, optical fibre installation costs, and network power consumption, while ensuring the rapid deployment of local communication networks.

As ICT infrastructure continues to evolve, innovative technologies like cloud and AI are allowing those in rural and remote areas to enjoy the convenience of a digital world. Huawei Cloud has proposed the "Everything as a Service" strategy and made Huawei's more than 30 years of technical expertise and digital transformation experience available through cloud services. This means that access to Huawei's digital infrastructure capabilities on the cloud is now just as easy, affordable, and sustainable as water and electricity.

Huawei is committed to inclusive development. Through its ongoing technological innovation, Huawei is contributing to a higher level of digitalisation in remote regions, enabling everyone to enjoy the convenience of a digital life, and promoting the balanced development of the global digital economy. — VNS