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PARATUS TELECOM BRINGS RADWIN JET WIRELESS BROADBAND TO ZAMBIA

March 07, 2017

By Wallace Mawire Paratus Telecom, the largest privately owned Pan-African telecoms operator and a leading service provider in Zambia, has installed cutting-edge wireless broadband technology that reduces signal interference and enables greater coverage with less infrastructure. According to Tammy Levy RADWIN spokesperson, the JET Bi-Directional Beamforming PtMP base station system supplied by global wireless broadband provider Radwin provides high-capacity last-mile connectivity to residential and enterprise users in Lusaka as well as in various other provinces. Paratus Telecom has also installed RADWIN 2000 point-to-point for high-capacity backhaul while Beacon Telecom, Radwin’s partner in Zambia, was responsible for project design and implementation. Marius van Vuuren, country manager for Paratus Telecom in Zambia said the company selected JET after a thorough competitive evaluation. Vuuren said that JET is a quick-to-market solution at a fraction of the cost of fibre. He said that one of the biggest network challenges is interference, mainly in densely populated areas. This is largely due to many of points-of-presence and high sites being shared sites with other operators. JET’s unique Bi-Directional Beamforming technology fights interference and allows Paratus Telecom to provide greater coverage with less infrastructure. With JET PtMP, it can deliver up to 50 Mbps at ranges of up to 15 Km, even in challenging non-line-of-sight (NLOS) conditions where direct line-of-sight is obstructed by buildings or trees. Radwin’s ruggedised units operate in harsh weather, providing the high-speed connection customers require. It is also added that the combination of Radwin’s advanced technology and the presence of a partner like Beacon Telecom led to the successful fruition of the project. It is also reported that as the network continues to grow, JET will easily scale to accommodate more subscribers and deliver greater capacity. Beacon Telecom Technical Director, Helit Bauberg said that telecom service providers that they work with truly value Radwin’s carrier-grade solutions. Features such as JET’s multi-band support, NLOS and long-distance provisioning are reorted to be very appealing. He said that more importantly, the fact that JET is extremely simple to install and maintain, thanks to its intuitive planning tools and simple operation position, makes it the perfect solution. Jet sales director Southern African region Nicholas Ehrke says JET carrier-grade systems are adopted by leading service providers in the world, based on their commercial and technical merit. He said that their equipment is built to last and allows operators to roll out high-speed broadband fast and reach areas where fibre cannot reach or is not financially viable. He added that JET dramatically reduces interference and gives service providers the optimal solution for provParatus Telecom in Zambia, is part of the Paratus Telecom Group, one of the largest 100% privately owned Telecommunications Operators in Africa with its head office in Windhoek, Namibia. Paratus Telecom in Zambia was founded as Internet Technologies Zambia in 2010. Since inception, Paratus Telecom has established a network extending to major industrial and commercial centres throughout Zambia, with additional international points-of-presence located in Johannesburg and Cape Town (South Africa), Gaborone (Botswana), Windhoek (Namibia), Luanda (Angola), Kinshasa and Lubumbashi (DRC), Lisbon (Portugal) as well as London (UK). Paratus Zambia was issued with a Service Provider Licence by the Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) in 2011. Paratus provides exceptional communication service to the corporate sector of the Zambian market.iding high speed broadband to their residential and business customers

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