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                                             At  COP28, Huawei Executive Says Carbon

                                             Neutrality Will Trigger Revolutionary Change


        A  senior  Huawei  executive  says  the   that  have  emerged  and  opportunities  for   Development  at  Columbia  University,
        integration of the digital and energy worlds   collaboration  that  could  be leveraged.   cooperation  is  key to enable  the  green
        will improve energy efficiency and resource   Yang  cited  several  Huawei  innovations   transition  and sustainable  development.
        allocation worldwide. Addressing a session   that lowered ICT’s carbon footprint. These   “We need cooperative approaches, we need
        of the Global Innovation Hub (UGIH) of the   included  fully  liquid-cooled  supercharging   great companies like Huawei that provide the
        United  Nations  Framework  Convention   terminals  that  are  able  to  charge  EVs  at   technologies, and then we need solutions
        on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at the 28th   the  rate  of one kilometer  per second;  the   to scale  them  up,”  Sachs  said.  Referring
        Conference of the Parties (COP28), hosted   world’s second largest PV plant in Qinghai,   to the UN Sustainable Development Goals
        by  the  UAE, Charles  Yang,  Senior  Vice   China where Huawei helped complete grid   (SDGs),  Mohan Munasinghe,  former  Vice
        President  at  Huawei,  said  opportunities   connection;  and  Huawei’s  contribution   Chair  of the  UN Intergovernmental  Panel
        brought about by carbon  neutrality  will   to  powering  the  world’s  first  100  percent   on  Climate  Change  and  co-recipient  of
        trigger  revolutionary  technological  and   renewables-powered  city  as  part  of  the   the  2007  Nobel  Peace  Prize,  said  digital
        socioeconomic  change.  “We’re  working   Red  Sea Energy Storage project in  Saudi   technology is both part of SDG 9 (Industry,
        to not  just  enhance  the  ICT sector via   Arabia. Mobile operators will also be able   innovation and infrastructure) and the key
        technological  innovations,  but also  build   to  lend  a  hand  in  producing  energy,  he   to SDG 13 (Climate action). “All of the goals
        innovative  systems  to help  achieve  the   said. “If they could leverage the 10 million   have to be dealt with in an integrated way.
        common goal of carbon neutrality,” he said.   mobile base stations globally and become   You cannot deal with carbon neutrality and
        Yang  spoke  at  a  UNFCCC  UGIH  session   energy  producers,  that  will  significantly   climate by itself,” Munasinghe said, adding:
        entitled “Innovative, Digitally Enabled Green   reduce carbon  emissions.” For Jeffrey   “Digital  technology  supports  inclusive
        Transition.” The panel sought to shed light   Sachs,  President  of  the  UN  Sustainable   green  technologies,  promotes industrial
        on new ways of thinking and doing in the   Development  Solutions  Network and   infrastructure  that  increases  economic
        green  transition, as  well  as  new  cases   Director of the  Center  for Sustainable   activity… and will lead us to eco-civilization
                                                                                 in the 21st Century.” Alexandre Reis Siqueira
                                                                                 Freire, a Commissioner of Brazil’s telecoms
                                                                                 regulator Anatel, provided a case in point.
                                                                                 Speaking at the same panel, he introduced
                                                                                 the  sustainable  and  integrated  Amazon
                                                                                 program, or PICE, which consists  of 11
                                                                                 fluvial  optical  fiber  backbone  networks
                                                                                 with  nearly  9,000  km  of  extension.  The
                                                                                 program  has  benefited  more  than  four
                                                                                 million  inhabitants  in  Brazil,  Freire  noted,
                                                                                 adding that “the development of advanced
                                                                                 telecommunication  infrastructure  in
                                                                                 the  Amazon  region  shall  promote  the
                                                                                 integration of the communities and digital
                                                                                 economy.”


        Huawei Moves Ahead with French Factory


        Huawei  detailed  a  move  to  build  its  first   delayed  by  the  Covid-19  (coronavirus)   they  would not  be  able  to renew  licenses
        telecoms equipment plant in Europe, with   pandemic.  The  company declined  to   once  they  expire. The  UK  was  one  of  the
        work on the France-based facility to begin   comment  on  the  news.  Huawei  has  been   first European countries to ban the use of
        in  2024  and  operations  to  commence  by   hit with a number of restrictions on its 5G   the  vendor’s  products  in  next-generation
        end-2025,  China  Daily  reported.  Zhang   telecoms equipment in Europe since 2020.  networks. Huawei unveiled plans to invest
        Minggang,  deputy  GM  of  Huawei  France,   Sweden’s telecoms watchdog barred local   €150 million in a cloud hub in the Republic
        reportedly  told French media the  €200   operators participating in a 5G auction from   of Ireland in 2022.
        million  factory  would create  500  jobs.   using products made by Huawei and ZTE.
        Huawei  announced  plans  for  a  factory  in   The  French government  warned  mobile
        northeast  France in  2020,  but work  was   operators deploying Huawei 5G equipment



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