KERRY TECHNOLOGY PARK, Ireland - Wednesday, September 12th 2012 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Altobridge Limited (www.altobridge.com),
leaders in technology that cuts the cost of delivering mobile
connectivity, has partnered with one of Ghana’s leading network
solutions providers to bring first-time mobile voice and mobile
broadband connectivity to rural communities in Ghana.
The initial rollout phase of the satellite-backhauled, solar powered
solution, on the Tigo Ghana mobile network, has now been completed.
Subscriber uptake and usage levels in these hitherto unconnected, rural
village communities, have surpassed all parties’ expectations.
The project has been funded by the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic
Communications (GIFEC), an implementing agency of the Ministry of
Communications set up by the Government of Ghana to facilitate the
provision of access to ICT, Internet connectivity and communications
infrastructure to under-served and un-served areas of Ghana.
“In a short space of time, we have demonstrated that a local
entrepreneurial entity, with strong support from Government, can focus
on and profitably deliver communications to remote communities and
enterprises. This approach not only accelerates mobile voice and mobile
broadband penetration, but also offers incremental revenue to the mobile
network providers,” said Mike Fitzgerald, Chief Executive, Altobridge.
Commenting on the partnership, Mr. Richard Hlomador, Founder & CEO,
K-NET said, “To make this business model work, K-NET needed an
ultra-low operating cost, reliable solution that can be rapidly deployed
and which is easy to install, maintain and operate. This solution from
K-NET and Altobridge provided precisely that.”
About Altobridge
Altobridge wireless
network solutions reduce network operating costs in the delivery of
mobile voice and mobile broadband services. Central to this lie a series
of patented and patent-pending technologies namely; Altobridge
Data-at-the-Edge™ (broadband data optimization in wireless networks),
Local Connectivity™ (local voice switching) and Split Architecture™
(transmission and power optimization), all of which, individually and
combined, drive down communications delivery costs for mobile network
operators by reducing backhaul and power consumption costs.
Altobridge is headquartered in Ireland and has further bases in USA,
China and Malaysia, covering sales, R&D, customer support and
manufacturing.
Altobridge solutions are deployed and operational in over 30 countries worldwide.
Altobridge is a privately held company. Shareholders include its employees, Intel Capital, IFC and Enterprise Ireland.
About K-NET
KNET is an international telecom provider headquartered in Accra, Ghana. KNET was founded in 1996 and is 100% Ghanaian owned.
KNET operates a large MPLS core backbone network with several regional
POPs throughout Ghana, interconnected using a combination of diverse
fibre and high-capacity SDH microwave links. KNETs main Network
Operation Centre (NOC) and Teleport is located at McCarthy Hill in
Accra, which has diverse connections to multiple international POPs.
KNET provides last-mile connectivity to customer locations based on one
of several access technologies, including fibre, DSL, point-to-point
microwave, WiMAX and VSAT. The state-of-the-art McCarthy Hill Teleport
hosts two VSAT platforms, with capacity on the SES Astra 2B satellite,
providing ubiquitous coverage over all West and Central Africa.
KNET specialises in the provision of high-reliability B2B network
services for government, large corporate and small/medium enterprise
clients.
KNET also provides Ghana’s main TV uplink facility from its McCarthy
Hill teleport, providing services for TV3, MultiTV, GBC-TV, TV Africa
and others.
KNET has also developed a mobile telephony infrastructure for rural
areas, which is currently deployed at 10 sites in Ghana under a contract
with GIFEC.
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Contacts
Altobridge
Peter Tuomey, VP Marketing, Altobridge
Tel: +44 7765 665 045
www.altobridge.com
K-NET
Mike Darcy, CEO, K-NET
+233-302-224715
www.knetgh.com
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