Over the next few years, more than one billion new users will be added to mobile networks in emerging markets. This will help bridge the digital divide while boosting local economic development. With the help of the right vendor, operators are able to re-invent themselves and their products to meet demands of economically less privileged groups.
In emerging markets, low-income and rural population accounts for the vast majority of the population. There is a sharp contrast between urban and rural areas in terms of communications penetration rates.
Meeting the challenges of user growth, while being profitable and achieving sustainable growth at low ARPU rates will be critical to future success of operators.
As a result of insufficient basic infrastructure, engineering, power supply and transmission account for a large proportion of the construction cost in emerging markets. To address this issue, Huawei has been creating innovative approaches to high-power coverage, solar and wind power supplies, traffic-based power controls, natural heat dissipation and affordable handsets. These innovations expand network coverage, reduce transmission resources, and increase energy efficiency, thus lowering TCO significantly.
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