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The
rollout of the agricultural support application for soy farmers
comes at a time when Brazil's government is considering whether
to ban the use of Huawei equipment in next year's auction of 5G
frequencies spectrum to telecom companies.
The 5G communications will allow producers to improve crops
through the collection of information by sensors placed in the
fields, on harvesters and drones, so that it can be readily
crossed with meteorological and humidity data, said Huawei
Brasil marketing director Tiago Fontes.
Combining fast broadband communications with real time cloud
data processing will give farmers in one hour information that
used to take three days so they can rapidly take actions against
diseases and other threats to their crops, he said.
"We launched this application for soy to show how 5G used with
drones can raise productivity and reduce herbicide costs,"
Fontes said by telephone.
The pilot was launched in the soy-farming town of Rio Verde, and
uses a 5G network built by telecom company Claro, a unit of
Mexico's América Móvil.
Huawei representatives declined to comment on a report on
Thursday that the rules drawn up for the auction of spectrum
frequencies in the first half of 2021 do not exclude Huawei.
The Folha de S.Paulo newspaper reported on Thursday, citing
government sources, that telecommunications regulator Anatel has
proposed rules that do not exclude the Chinese Company.
Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro would have to make
any decision on a Huawei ban. His government has been under
pressure from the Trump administration to exclude Huawei due to
security concerns.
Telecom companies in Brazil, such as Claro, oppose a ban because
they already use Huawei equipment.
(Reporting by Anthony Boadle; Editing by Marguerita Choy)
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