Avanti Communications partners Clear Blue Technologies
OpenLife Nigeria reports that Avanti Communications, the leading provider of high throughput satellite capacity across EMEA, on Wednesday, announced a partnership with Clear Blue Technologies International, the Smart Off-Grid company, to enable mobile network operators and telco tower companies to deliver rural network coverage in hard-to-reach areas across sub-Saharan Africa.
The partnership is expected to deliver mobile network coverage to more than 200 million people in the next three to five years.
Sub-Saharan Africa with a young population and projected high population growth, is expected to become one of the largest telecom markets in the world.
This is expected to be achieved at a rate of 2.7% per year, more than double the rate of growth in South Asia and Latin America.
Forecasts show that by 2100, Nigeria, DRC and Tanzania will be three of the top ten most populous countries and three of the top ten highest population density countries in the world.
As a result, telecom operators are expected to invest $52 Billion in infrastructure from 2019 – 2025, much of which will be in rural deployment.
“We are thrilled to partner with Avanti to provide key telecom services to rural regions in sub-Saharan Africa, ultimately connecting the billions worldwide who lack telecom and internet access,” says Miriam Tuerk, CEO and Co-founder of Clear Blue Technologies.
“With only 26% of Sub-Saharan Africa already connected through mobile internet, we’re looking forward to bringing connectivity to remote areas, where costs and lack of infrastructure make internet services prohibitive.”
This partnership will accelerate the rural rollout of low-cost connectivity solutions in areas where network coverage and broadband services have been limited or non-existent.
Avanti and Clear Blue have already successfully provided these connectivity solutions in significant deployments across Africa’s largest economies, including a project in Nigeria with one of Africa’s premier telecom operating companies.
Avanti’s rural network coverage solution supports 2G, 3G, 4G and Wi-Fi connectivity across Africa.
As part of this joint rural deployment effort, Avanti will provide critical, high throughput Ka-band satellite connectivity and VSAT equipment. At the same time, Clear Blue will deploy its smart off-grid solar-powered solutions with remote management and control.
Libby Barr, Chief Operating Officer at Avanti, commented:
“Our core belief is that everyone deserves the socioeconomic benefits of more connected life, and this partnership with Clear Blue will bring life-enhancing coverage to rural communities in remote areas.
“With Clear Blue, we will be able to deploy thousands of sites across Sub-Saharan Africa, connecting a population that is growing at 2.7% per year.
“We expect the remote telecom market to continue to take off and we are looking forward to being at the forefront of the rural network coverage expansion.”
Source: Boadi Dickson, Ghana
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