Finally Introducing Broadband Internet to Rural Africa

Finally Introducing Broadband Internet to Rural Africa

BONN and ESCHBORN, Germany, October 11, 2011/PRNewswire/ --

    - Profitable deployment of wireless networks in sparsely populated areas

    Detecon provides comprehensive market entry solutions for providers of
Internet services designed for rural areas in Africa. In a number of
recently started projects in several Sub-Saharan countries the ICT
(Information & Communication Technology) consulting company develops
workable business concepts that take into account the mistakes of rural
Internet pioneers who have constantly failed to address relevant success
factors in an integrative manner. In contrast, Detecon integrates all
economic, social, ethical, financial, technological and regulatory
dimensions of rural Internet projects. Clients receive a business model as
well as a technological concept accompanied by an appropriate vendor
management plan. Supervising the implementation of a business concept
Detecon pools all relevant partners, especially investors, sponsors,
regulatory authorities and ICT suppliers. On account of its innovative mesh
technology "WiBack" Detecon chooses Fraunhofer FOKUS (Fraunhofer Institute
for Open Communication Systems) as preferred ICT partner to close the
so-called digital divide in rural Africa.

    Mesh networks boost profitability

    Compared to traditional operator approaches, Fraunhofer's solution
provides substantially lower capital and operational expenditure. This
enables rural broadband providers to bridge the prevailing gap between costs
and attainable revenues.

    Compared to low-cost wireless mesh technology, WiBack offers
carrier-grade services including network management capabilities and
interfaces to higher-ranking networks. With the integration prerequisites at
hand the Detecon consultants align rural networks to respective national
broadband strategies.

    Fraunhofer's Wireless Backhaul Technology WiBack targets carrier grade
service provisioning in medium and large wireless networks. Key features
include quality-of-service (QoS)-provisioning, auto-configuration,
self-management and self-healing. Customers like ISPs, standard fixed
network providers or mobile network providers receive a robust wireless
network for voice and data applications that is entirely based on open
source technologies and powered by solar energy.

    Evolutionary access options
On the local level end users can access the Internet in three different
ways. Basically, providers might roll out stand-alone eKiosks with net-top
PC's offering basic services like email, chatting, browsing or telephony.
Depending on local use cases potential clients may also offer applications
for eHealth, eLearning or eGovernment purposes. On top of the eKiosk concept
service providers will be able to extend their business by offering Wifi
hotspot services next to the kiosk building for paid public access with
personal computing devices. In addition there is a so-called private hotspot
mesh option where different houses get connected by a meshed network giving
inhabitants and neighbors Internet access. An evolution from simple to
complex scenarios will be possible over time without changing the underlying
backhaul network.

    eKiosk use case shown in video clip: http://www.detecon.com/wiback

    For additional information, go to:

    http://www.detecon.com

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Source: Detecon International GmbH

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