Clarifying the IoT
The IoT is taking shape as truly commercial solutions emerge from lab and field trials. Why is connectivity driving this shift?
Local content production, generation and distribution is booming
Connectivity drives innovation. Africa is enjoying a surge in content production, delivery and consumption. What’s driving this growth?
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Satellite continues to be important – and will grow much more
Satellite connectivity has always been important but it’s now playing a key role in extending connectivity to commercial and civilian use cases. What’s happening and why?
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Highlights from AfricaCom – rural connectivity goes mainstream! What next?
The growing importance of solving the unconnected challenge was apparent at this year’s AfricaCom, with the issue taking centre stage. What key lessons can we learn?
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WTL Adds Water To Its Award-Winning Vivada Rural Infrastructure Ecosystem
AfricaCom, Cape Town, 14 November 2018 – WTL today announced that it has partnered with eWATERpay to include the provision of water into its multi-award–winning Vivada Rural Infrastructure Ecosystem.
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Optimising infrastructure to reduce costs
Did you know that overlooked issues, such as the amount of concrete needed to stabilise new cell towers, are actually major factors in the economics of rural deployments? Find out how tower size and building costs are part of the coverage puzzle – and how the industry is working to solve them.
Coverage really pays – there’s money in those hills!
The expectation has been that rural subscribers will offer much lower ARPU than their peers in cities. Is this really true?
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Connectivity is a global problem – let’s work together to fix it
Lack of connectivity isn’t restricted to the developing world – it’s a global problem, as the recent TIP summit in London showed. Speakers had interesting thoughts about how changing ideas about performance and QoS could help reduce deployment barriers.
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WTL Launches Annual Survey About Rural Connectivity in Africa
5 November 2018 – Ahead of next week’s AfricaCom conference and exhibition, WTL today launched its annual survey about rural connectivity in Africa.
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Can analytics accelerate the deployment of connectivity?
Understanding user behaviour and correlating this with other statistics can help operators rollout coverage more efficiently, bringing connectivity to those who need it. What’s the role of data in driving network investments?
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