FNB Connect, Q-KON SA and Wavion today announced the successful deployment of their Wavion WBS-2400 Base Station in and around Bank City, Johannesburg Central.
FNB Connect commissioned Q-KON SA to design and implement WiFi networks for rural communities providing affordable telecommunications services to FNB's existing range of innovative banking products.
Now city commuters can enjoy high-speed Internet access of up to 22Mbps (WiFi) and VOIP services by making use of Wavion's self-backhaul capability from FNB's POP situated at FNB Towers and the community kiosk at Bank City, 200m away with no line of sight. Wireless Internet access is also available to coffee shop occupants in and around the community kiosk at up to 10Mbps.
Future deployments will see community kiosks deployed in remote rural areas providing affordable wireless internet access, telephone and fax facilities using VOIP and making use of international VSAT platforms and services managed by Q-KON where third generation services are not available.
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FNB Connect
FNB Connect is a division of the FirstRand Group and adds simple, affordable telecommunications services to FNB's existing range of innovative banking products. Connect from FNB forms part of a larger organisation and makes use of several reputable service providers.
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Q-KON SA
Q-KON SA was established in 2005, as a subsidiary of Q-KON, to provide the South African telecommunication market with satellite, microwave, wireless and VOIP solutions. Q-KON has been providing these solutions to the mining, banking, government sectors and telco's in the African market for more than 20 years.
Visit www.fnbconnect.co.za for more information
Wavion Wireless Newtorks
Transforming the metro and rural WiFi market with a new category of WiFi base station.
The company's digital beam forming and SDMA technologies are the first and only to resolve the significant performance, penetration and profitability challenges facing large scale metro and rural deployments.
The Wavion WBS-2400 is an advanced WiFi base station that provides superior connectivity and greater range, enabling service providers, communities and enterprises to deliver high quality service with fewer base stations at a lower cost.
Key features:
Self-backhaul with extended coverage
Enhanced interference resilience
Higher quality coverage in urban areas
Improved indoor penetration
Key benefits:
Cost-effective metro and rural WiFi infrastructures with fewer base stations are facilitated by the extended range and uniform coverage
High quality service level with fewer dead spots provided by the uniform coverage and enhanced non-line-of-sight operation
Enhanced operation in urban settings enabled by the high resilience to interference
Support for weaker clients such as PDAs and smartphones supported by the unique, spatially adaptive, beam forming technology