INTERNET ACCESS: VIPNET INVESTS MORE THAN FCFA 2 BILLION IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE
The operator VIPNET, an internet service provider, has invested more than two billion CFA francs in rolling out a mixed network designed to guarantee quality and to bring down the cost of internet access in Côte d’Ivoire. Cauris Croissance II Fund had invested in VIPNET.
« The network will be operational in March 2015. It is a fully self-contained solution », said the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of VIPNET, Ahmed Chérif, during a workshop on « Fixed wireless networks and quality of service for multimedia solutions », held at the Africa Telecom People trade show.
According to Ahmed Chérif, this network makes it possible to provide a fibre-grade service without using fibre optic cable, and guarantees quality of service around the clock. « We want the internet to be not a luxury for subscribers, but a matter of course », he added.
For the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of VIPNET, given the cost of rolling out fibre optic, the answer lies in wireless. He noted that ADSL, which had 150,000 subscribers at the outset, now has 32,000, while subscriptions to wireless solutions are rising. « The future of wireless is far more relevant than cable », he commented, pointing out that all large companies are turning more and more to wireless.
VIPNET is an internet service provider using Wimax wireless technology. It supplies several companies in the banking sector and companies based abroad.
Source: VIPNET
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