Mobile applications and infrastructure company Advanced Telecom, in conjunction with GSM operator MTC Namibia, is advancing its $17 million VSAT backhaul roll-out project in the southern African country.
Advanced Telecom has so far installed 14 of the 50 assigned base station sites in Namibia, according to Ron Lewington, the company's director of engineering.
Lewington says some of the more remote rural areas are still to be covered. "We expect the roll-out to be finished within the next few weeks."
The project is intended to meet the fast-growing pace of subscriber growth in Namibia. It will also accommodate telecommunication facilities in the most remote regions of Namibia, says Albertus Aochamub, head of corporate communications at MTC Namibia.
MTC assigned Advanced Telecom to install the VSAT backhaul late last year, he says.
The contract has seen the implementation of GSM backhaul, using an iDirect DAMA hub, with NMS Communications' AccessGate A-bis optimisation equipment.
Lewington explains the system will use demand assigned technology to optimise MTC Namibia's A-bis backhaul links over VSAT, allowing MTC to accommodate more users on less spectrum.
"Instead of assigning large chunks of spectrum to users, MTC subscribers will access bandwidth on demand, saving time and money for MTC and its subscribers."
Aochamub says the VSAT installation will enable MTC to quickly expand the network, especially into remote rural settings. "It gives us the flexibility we require to be able to keep pace with changing demand conditions."
The hub, a 9m dish, will be situated in Windhoek and the terminals deployed countrywide, including in rural areas, according to a company press release.
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