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PCCW Global Enables IoT Drones to Deliver Life-saving

Medicine in Remote Communities

PCCW Global, the leading telecommunications service provider,
has optimised its international IoT infrastructure and network
solutions to enable fully-connected unmanned aerial vehicles
or “drones” to rapidly and safely deliver medical and emergency
supplies to remote communities that are usually difficult, expensive
and time-consuming to reach by traditional road or air supply.

Internet of Things (IoT) technology company, Hangjian Unmanned
Aerial Vehicle (HJUAV) has already developed a range of fully-
connected IoT Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) drones that are
compatible with PCCW Global’s IoT network solutions. Making use
of PCCW Global’s extensive network and partner infrastructure,
HJUAV’s drones are available for service almost anywhere in the
world, including African countries where a lack of infrastructure
plagues the provision of effective healthcare services.

PCCW Global’s teams on the ground
have extensive experience in providing
sophisticated hybrid solutions that include
fibre, satellite, microwave, DIA, SD-WAN,
MPLS and wireless connectivity services...

For many people living and working in isolated areas, getting
access to medicine and other essential supplies is difficult. Often
these locations do not have their own resident doctor or pharmacist Craig Price
and it may take many hours to reach such a town or village by road, Senior Vice President, Mobility Products and
preventing residents from receiving the medical care they need.
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HJUAV solves these challenges with a new range of fully connected PCCW Global
commercial UAV drones that are able to automatically fly directly
to remote locations, potentially reducing delivery times from many
hours by road, to a matter of minutes.

This results in the rapid delivery of medicine and essential supplies
while PCCW Global’s connectivity enables IoT automation that
frees up human resources, enabling additional aid and community
projects that improve both the quality of medical care and the

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