Rural & Remote Connectivity

Edge Computing in rural areas aims to provide connectivity and tailored solutions and services by taking advantage of the available backhaul connectivity.

In this way, these services and applications are made available to the community in the far-flung rural locations and isolated areas. One way to do it is by leveraging mobile broadband solutions where fiber roll out is not feasible at household level. Deployment of private 5G is also viable in providing connectivity.

Edge Computing provides solutions to cater different segments in the rural areas such as Agriculture, where farm productivity can be achieved by farmers in terms of harvesting and inventory management among others. It can also be applied to emergency situations such as Firefighting and Police Control where drones can also be utilized to obtain georeferenced footages and images which are sent to the controller and to the security forces allowing better control and decision of the overall situation. Another use case can be offered to schools where content delivery and AR/VR technology for students can be leveraged making learning more fun and interactive.

Rural markets have a clear demand for services running at the Edge. With 5G network, this demand will be surely driven further as more vertical applications can be provided.

Advantages of Rural & Remote Connectivity