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Wireless Broadband is the Answer to Africa's Digital Divide

2006-11-28 13:27 2075

smartBridges' Europe & Africa Director, Adrian Wheeler, will demonstrate the

case for wireless solutions in his showcase presentation at Wireless

Broadband Africa

NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov. 28 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- smartBridges will be

demonstrating the case for wireless technologies in solving Africa's

communications needs at Wireless Broadband Africa, the foremost technology

conference and exhibition in the continent. Adrian Wheeler, smartBridges'

Director for Europe & Africa, will deliver the showcase presentation,

titled "Wireless Internet Solutions for the Growing African Market" during

the exhibition which takes place in Nairobi, Kenya from 29 November to 1

December and in Lagos, Nigeria from 4-6 December.

"Africa, with some of the poorest countries but the most expensive

traditional fixed line bandwidth, needs alternative solutions to supply the

demand for communications," said Wheeler. "Using wireless to deliver

services like VoIP telephony, video conferencing and broadband Internet

access allows telcos, service providers, businesses and industries to get

the connectivity they need to grow without having to wait for fixed line

infrastructure to be built."

Sean Moroney, Group Chairman of AITEC Africa which is organizing the

event, said, "Wireless broadband offers an effective way to overcome the

limitations of copper networks and meet the huge unmet demand from

businesses and individuals in Africa for affordable data and voice

connectivity."

smartBridges is the leading provider of standards-based fixed outdoor

wireless equipment. smartBridges and its channel partners, HasPam and EMCI,

will also be holding concurrent road shows which will present more in-depth

discussions on the issues involved in setting up a high reliability,

enterprise class Wi-Fi network and evolving it to offer triple play

services. The road shows will be an opportunity to speak personally to a

smartBridges representative and receive training on deploying wireless

technologies.

About smartBridges

smartBridges simplifies how people across the globe access information

through carrier-class, easy-to-deploy and easy-to-maintain wireless

connectivity products. smartBridges' intelligent, long-range and reliable

wireless solutions are based on the award winning Nexus Platform. With

offices in North America, Latin America, Europe, Japan, India and Singapore,

this fast-growing company is a leading technology developer and manufacturer

of outdoor wireless networking solutions for broadband Internet access and

mission critical industrial applications.

Media Contact

Ms. Vani Karunanethy

Tel: +65-6253-0100 ext 8129

Email: press@smartbridges.com

Source: smartBridges
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