AfriConnect

This is potentially good news from AfriConnect – but I do wish their ISpot tickets did not have to be accessed through the useless Kazang/Spargris (As a matter of interest the Spargris Facebook page has no likes and access to the Kazang site is very difficult). It would be nice too if AfricConnect provided better value for money. ISpot is very expensive to use and their one month ticket, whilst only lasting less than a week with normal use, is much faster than their cheaper tickets and that’s not fair. I’m not too sure about the comment lower down about slow speed internet ‘changing rapidly’ in Zambia – anyway it’s not happening in Livingstone that’s for sure.

This piece is from MarketWatch

“Airspan Networks Inc., a leading provider of broadband wireless access networks, announced today that AfriConnect Zambia, an Internet Solutions Provider in the Vodacom Group of companies, has selected Airspan 4G equipment to deliver broadband services to the capital of Lusaka and several other major cities in Zambia.

AfriConnect offers wireless-based Internet solutions throughout Zambia that are resilient to the environments in which they are deployed and quick and easy to install. Their solutions provide quality, high-speed communication for all key markets including residential, the rapidly expanding business community, and key sectors such as Healthcare, Government, Agriculture, and NGOs. The Company will now be able to better serve these markets with advanced 4G connectivity powered by Airspan infrastructure.

The deployment, operating in the 2.5 GHz band, employs Airspan’s flagship Air4G compact, macro base station, suiting the AfriConnect deployment with technology that enables wide area coverage and extremely high capacity. The first phase of the project includes several thousand subscriber terminals to be deployed in the capital, Lusaka, and is expected to expand coverage into additional towns and cities.

“AfriConnect focuses on delivering high quality products and service to our customers,” commented Mark Bennett, Managing Director of AfriConnect. “There is a lot of new international fibre optic capacity coming into Zambia at present, and we knew we needed a means to get this additional bandwidth out to our clients. We conducted extensive testing with several vendors and subsequently selected Airspan, whose products demonstrated superior technology and the best results in our environment. Airspan’s leadership in 4G technology will give us a competitive advantage in the field and will enable us to deploy the first 4G network in Zambia.”

Zambia had gained a reputation for having slow connectivity, but that is changing rapidly. AfriConnect is driven to bringing affordable and dependable broadband connectivity to the Zambian community. “Innovative service providers like AfriConnect are rapidly growing their businesses to expand connectivity throughout the typically underserved regions of Zambia,” commented Amit Ancikovsky, President of Products and Sales at Airspan. “AfriConnect uniquely leverages its local presence and the Airspan powered 4G network will help take its customer offering to the next level.”

 This is potentially good news from AfriConnect – but I do wish their ISpot tickets did not have to be accessed through the useless Kazang/Spargris (As a matter of interest the Spargris Facebook page has no likes and access to the Kazang site is very difficult). It would be nice too if AfricConnect provided better value for money. ISpot is very expensive to use and their one month ticket, whilst only lasting less than a week with normal use, is much faster than their cheaper tickets and that’s not fair. I’m not too sure about the comment lower down about slow speed internet ‘changing rapidly’ in Zambia – anyway it’s not happening in Livingstone that’s for sure.

This piece is from MarketWatch

“Airspan Networks Inc., a leading provider of broadband wireless access networks, announced today that AfriConnect Zambia, an Internet Solutions Provider in the Vodacom Group of companies, has selected Airspan 4G equipment to deliver broadband services to the capital of Lusaka and several other major cities in Zambia.

AfriConnect offers wireless-based Internet solutions throughout Zambia that are resilient to the environments in which they are deployed and quick and easy to install. Their solutions provide quality, high-speed communication for all key markets including residential, the rapidly expanding business community, and key sectors such as Healthcare, Government, Agriculture, and NGOs. The Company will now be able to better serve these markets with advanced 4G connectivity powered by Airspan infrastructure.

The deployment, operating in the 2.5 GHz band, employs Airspan’s flagship Air4G compact, macro base station, suiting the AfriConnect deployment with technology that enables wide area coverage and extremely high capacity. The first phase of the project includes several thousand subscriber terminals to be deployed in the capital, Lusaka, and is expected to expand coverage into additional towns and cities.

“AfriConnect focuses on delivering high quality products and service to our customers,” commented Mark Bennett, Managing Director of AfriConnect. “There is a lot of new international fibre optic capacity coming into Zambia at present, and we knew we needed a means to get this additional bandwidth out to our clients. We conducted extensive testing with several vendors and subsequently selected Airspan, whose products demonstrated superior technology and the best results in our environment. Airspan’s leadership in 4G technology will give us a competitive advantage in the field and will enable us to deploy the first 4G network in Zambia.”

Zambia had gained a reputation for having slow connectivity, but that is changing rapidly. AfriConnect is driven to bringing affordable and dependable broadband connectivity to the Zambian community. “Innovative service providers like AfriConnect are rapidly growing their businesses to expand connectivity throughout the typically underserved regions of Zambia,” commented Amit Ancikovsky, President of Products and Sales at Airspan. “AfriConnect uniquely leverages its local presence and the Airspan powered 4G network will help take its customer offering to the next level.”

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