Business Chief USA August 2019

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in their own language. “Aboriginal
culture can be maintained and flourish
because of the connectivity that the
internet brings,” he says.
In trying to provide Northern Canada
– where temperatures can plunge to
-40°C – with high speed internet
access, Huawei has a mammoth
challenge on its hands. “The biggest
challenge is the environment,” admits
Pereira. “When you build a network
tower, it can get covered in thick ice
in the winter so the equipment needs
to be very tough and durable. You also
need to power the station; sometimes
these stations are in such remote
places that you don’t have a power
supply nearby so you need to find an
alternative solution, like solar.” To take
on this challenge, Pereira points out
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