NAIROBI, KENYA - Media OutReach - 11 September 2020 - TECNO, a global premier smartphone andsmart device brand, today debuted its strategiclaunch of TECNO Smart AIoT ecosystem strategy, marking TECNO's strategicexpansion of its business portfolio to AIoT area. Riding on its uniquestrengths and resources, as well as its accumulated market insights in emergingmarkets, TECNO is committed to bringing customers the most desirable AIoTproducts and smart connection solutions with best quality at competitive price.

Looking at the quick evolutioninto 3G/4G and even 5G era in emerging markets, TECNO unveils a forward-looking"1+N" AIoT strategy with a customer-oriented obsession, wherein "1" means thatcustomers shall be taken as the core; "N" means N types of livingscenarios the customers will experience which includes home interconnection,commerce, education, travel, sport, leisure, entertainment and more in theircurrent and future life. Along with the strategy launch, TECNO also brings a rangesof new products including smart audio, smart wearables and first smart routingsolution of 5G CPE withultra high speed.

"We have constant investment and dedicationto our long-term commitment to global emerging markets, with AIoT being one ofTECNO's strategic priorities in next few years. Standing atthe revolutionarypoint into a new smart living era, we understand consumers' real needs to high-qualitysmart products at competitive price, and we have great confidence and uniqueadvantages to provide consumers there with more visionary and desirable mobile solutions." Stephen HA,General Manager of TECNO Mobile commented. 

AIoT is increasingly becoming moremainstream globally including emerging markets, leading human into a moreconnected future and lifestyle. According to IDC, by 2025, there's projected tobe 41.6 billion connected IoT devices. While, in emerging markets like LatinAmerica, Middle East and Africa, performance to price ratio is an importantfactor that cannot be ignored, according to GFK research.

TECNO's First 5G CPE: Ultra high speed, compatible of 3G/4G/5G and highly cost-effective

The launch of TECNO 5G CPE will be a game changer to innovate thebroadband connections in global emerging markets, especially in Africancounties.

With the introduction of 5G, the ecosystem will continue to grow at amuch faster rate as 5G will enable the connection of every object, person andmachine. It benefits multiple areas includes smart home, intelligent medical,agriculture, transportation, finance and industrial networking of things. Withthese scenarios being part of TECNO's "1+N" strategy, the release of 5G CPE playsthe prominent role.

In addition, being aware of the low popularity of optical network andincomplete infrastructure versus high network connection cost in emergingmarkets especially in African markets, TECNO 5G CPE brings an innovativenetwork connection solution which enables ultra-high speed and compatibility,efficient data exchange while extremely low connecting cost to end users. Thiswill put TECNO at very advantageous position to become one driving force behindconstruction of the end-user network connectivity infrastructure with localcarriers. Right now, TECNO has just announced its 5G CPE available and targetto work with main carriers to gradually cover several emerging markets- thepilot markets will be South Africa, Thailand and Russia, the future marketswill cover Sri Lanka, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Morocco, Myanmar,etc.

Competitive Strength of 5G CPE

• Ultra-high Speed & Compatibility-- With the super speed of 5G, TECNO 5G CPEcan truly realize the 'Triple-Gigabit' network speed. For example, users candownload a movie within only 4 seconds with the 5G network. In terms ofcompatibility, the SA&NSA dual networking makes 5G/4G/3G all compatible.The high-performance dual-core processor of TECNO 5C CPE can also realize superstrong WIFI coverage.
• High Cost-effectiveness- With market price more than half of otherbrand's 5G CPE under similar excellent product performance, TECNO 5G CPE shows aremarkable price advantage compared with other industry players. With TECNO 5GCPE, more enterprises and households can get access to truly wirelessultra-fibre broadband experience in the near future, making informationtransmission much easier, super cost-effective and more efficient.

TECNO Introduced A Range of Smart Audio and Smart Wearables toAccelerate AIoT Ecosystem's Development

Bearing the real marketreality and consumer demand in mind, TECNO aims to build the foundation of theAIoT ecosystem by providing comprehensive product categories and acceleratesmart devices and smart connection developments with focus on the mostlyexpected top two categories of 'personal + home' in the near term.

Most Recently, TECNO announced new devices of TWS HiPodsH2, Smart Watch and Smart Band under the product development philosophy of'simply extraordinary', bring refreshing, smart connecting and convenientexperience to their everyday life. 

TECNO Audio Products -- TECNO has launched HiPods H2 True Wireless Stereo (TWS) BluetoothEarbuds in July in global emerging market. It boasts with the latest TWStechnology, providing smart connectivity, strong durability, pure stereo soundeffect and sleek designs, bringing extraordinary 'WIRELESS' audio experience to all ears.

TECNO Smart Wearables -- TECNO smart watch (TECNO Watch 1) and smart band (TECNO Band 1) willalso be unveiled soon in global emerging markets, aiming to be the idealportable mate of consumers for sports, leisure and daily life. Both the smartwatch and smart band features the ultra-long battery life, health managementfunctions including heart rate variation detection, sleep quality monitoring,the special function of 24-hour smart temperature monitoring and abnormaltemperature alarm which aims to provide necessary alert to users' daily healthmonitoring under the current situation of Covid-19.

In the near future, TECNO will be introducing more cool and stylishsmart devices, ranging from Bluetooth- related products (TWS, headphones,speakers), MBB products (MIFI, CPE) , to smart home gadgets, empoweringconsumers with excellent smart devices using experience under the era of smartconnection.