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 Brazil marketing director Tiago Fontes.
Combining fast broadband communications with real time cloud data processing will give farmers information in one hour 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 project 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.
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.
Telecom companies in Brazil, such as Claro, oppose a ban because they already use Huawei equipment.
Source: (Reuters)
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