Avanti Communications, Clear Blue Technologies Deploy Rural Connectivity Across Sub-Saharan Africa

<p><em>Avanti Communications partners Clear Blue Technologies<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Avanti Communications&comma; the leading provider of high throughput satellite capacity across EMEA&comma; on Wednesday&comma; announced a partnership with Clear Blue Technologies International&comma; the Smart Off-Grid company&comma; to enable mobile network operators and telco tower companies to deliver rural network coverage in hard-to-reach areas across sub-Saharan Africa&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The partnership is expected to deliver mobile network coverage to more than 200 million people in the next three to five years&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Sub-Saharan Africa with a young population and projected high population growth&comma; is expected to become one of the largest telecom markets in the world&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;This is expected to be achieved at a rate of 2&period;7&percnt; per year&comma; more than double the rate of growth in South Asia and Latin America&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Forecasts show that by 2100&comma; Nigeria&comma; 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&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;As a result&comma; telecom operators are expected to invest &dollar;52 Billion in infrastructure from 2019 – 2025&comma; much of which will be in rural deployment&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are thrilled to partner with Avanti to provide key telecom services to rural regions in sub-Saharan Africa&comma; ultimately connecting the billions worldwide who lack telecom and internet access&comma;” says Miriam Tuerk&comma; CEO and Co-founder of Clear Blue Technologies&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;With only 26&percnt; of Sub-Saharan Africa already connected through mobile internet&comma; we’re looking forward to bringing connectivity to remote areas&comma; where costs and lack of infrastructure make internet services prohibitive&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;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&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Avanti and Clear Blue have already successfully provided these connectivity solutions in significant deployments across Africa’s largest economies&comma; including a project in Nigeria with one of Africa’s premier telecom operating companies&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Avanti’s rural network coverage solution supports 2G&comma; 3G&comma; 4G and Wi-Fi connectivity across Africa&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;As part of this joint rural deployment effort&comma; Avanti will provide critical&comma; high throughput Ka-band satellite connectivity and VSAT equipment&period; At the same time&comma; Clear Blue will deploy its smart off-grid solar-powered solutions with remote management and control&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Libby Barr&comma; Chief Operating Officer at Avanti&comma; commented&colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our core belief is that everyone deserves the socioeconomic benefits of more connected life&comma; and this partnership with Clear Blue will bring life-enhancing coverage to rural communities in remote areas&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;With Clear Blue&comma; we will be able to deploy thousands of sites across <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wsj&period;com&sol;">Sub-Saharan Africa<&sol;a>&comma; connecting a population that is growing at 2&period;7&percnt; per year&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;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&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Source&colon; Boadi Dickson&comma; Ghana<&sol;p>&NewLine;