Africa is a Rich Opportunity for WiMAX and Personal Broadband
RICHARDSON, Texas, Jan. 22 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Navini Networks and its customers are addressing the need for connectivity across Africa. Navini’s equipment delivers portable high-speed Internet access with plug-and-play activation and retail friendly distribution that brings personal broadband to consumers and small businesses.
There is strong momentum in Africa. Ongoing deployments include Tanzania, Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia, South Africa and Mauritius.
"There is a very clear need for broadband Internet connectivity (Personal Broadband) that can be delivered quickly and easily via wireless. It’s a natural fit, given the lack of wired infrastructure," said Roger Dorf, Navini’s President and CEO. "We have 11 different operators deploying today and expect to add more African countries to the list in 2007."
Africa has the opportunity to ‘leapfrog’ DSL / Cable / GSM and go straight to mobile WiMAX /4G networks. Navini’s high-speed wireless broadband systems offer easy deployment and activation, allowing Africa to stimulate Internet growth quickly with inexpensive mass-market devices.
Some recent customer quotes...
"With high consumer demand, poor DSL access and long customer
connection times, Ghana is absolutely ready for mass market, rapid
install, broadband wireless services," said Leslie Tamakloe, CEO,
Internet Ghana.
"Our goal is to provide broadband wireless Internet and intranet
services to the principal cities of Nigeria -- Lagos, Abuja and Port
Harcourt," said Munish Sharma, Managing Director of DOPC.
"Nigeria is woefully behind many other countries in terms of broadband
penetration," said Ibrahim-Ali Amin, Chairman of the Board, Horizon
Wireless. "We will change that by ‘unwiring’ and bringing wireless
broadband to the population, with very attractive rates."
"For operators around the world, there are three key advantages to mobile WiMAX systems -- the open model, ease of deployment and pricing," added Dorf.
Navini’s leadership in Africa follows the leadership already established in other countries and continents around the world. Navini already has the largest personal broadband deployments in the world.
About Navini Networks:
Navini Networks is the leader in providing portable, plug-n-play broadband wireless access solutions, with the largest commercial deployments in the world, over 70 commercial networks in 6 continents and strategic partnerships with industry leaders. Navini is the only company that has the patented Smart Beamforming technology, enabling personal broadband for the mass market today, with a seamless upgrade to the Mobile WiMAX standard to deliver Smart WiMAX(TM). (Smart WiMAX(TM) is the combination of mobile WiMAX with Smart Beamforming & MIMO). Navini’s Ripwave(R) MX portable, zero-install(TM), non-line-of-sight (NLOS) solution consists of customer modems, base stations, and element management systems (EMS) that run in the full range of spectrums with software upgrades to the IEEE 802.16e standard.
Navini Networks is a principal member of the WiMAX Forum and the IEEE 802.16e committee. Headquartered in Richardson, Texas.
http://www.navini.com
