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In The News – August

Sep . 22 . 2021 WDDQkon_Admin 5,079 views 0 Comment Newsletters

Smart satellite solutions in action Keeping People Moving Smart Satellite services are increasingly delivering real-world solutions that are saving businesses time, money, and hassle through providing failsafe communications solutions. Q-KON, recently completed a project with Gijima for Shell which was seeking to enhance their business systems and customer experience. In a nutshell, the requirement was for trusted, reliable, always-on communication across a network of some 340 petrol station sites. Click here to read more. Seamless Connectivity to MMC

Standard Bank Eswatini – Mobile ATM Trailer

May . 28 . 2021 WDDQkon_Admin 2,617 views 0 Comment Case Studies

Introduction Standard Bank Eswatini opened its doors in 1988 and is today a leading commercial bank in the country in terms of capital and assets. It is a member of the Standard Bank Group which has a global presence with representation in 19 African countries and 21 countries outside Africa. Q-KON Africa first forged a relationship with Standard Bank in 2017, formerly known as Standard Bank Swaziland, by assisting with ATM connectivity via our Satellite Solution, commissioned in 2018. The Challenge Standard Bank Eswatini had a customized mobile ATM Trailer built to be used at rural events,

In The News – March

Mar . 29 . 2021 WDDQkon_Admin 5,074 views 0 Comment Newsletters

Satellite enables Cloud Services Why do you even want satellite as part of your cloud network? If the default connectivity option is MPLS, and it works, why change? Two very clear reasons: 1) Cost of the MPLS; and 2) Connectivity availability. Satellite access circuits is not a competing technology… it is an alternative solution. Meaning that if you can get fibre of microwave links then rather use it, satellite services are when you need to design beyond the limitations of fixed infrastructure or can’t work with variable GB billing. Cloud services is about connecting the

In The News – November

Nov . 25 . 2020 WDDQkon_Admin 4,091 views 0 Comment Newsletters

Why Uncapped is short-term Why does this happen? Why? It is like UNCAPPED is a sort of broadband drug for Telco’s. It is irresistible, with lots of short-term happiness, with an inevitable end linked to dire consequences. UNCAPPED is also a model where just the Provider wins; even at the early stages where customers are delighted with the service, the end result win is tipped in favour of the Service provider. To balance this model, we need to adjust 2 metrics 1) subscriber package and/ or 2) network capacity. To adjust any of the subscriber package values (data rate, or price or GB bundles

Why UNCAPPED is short-term

Nov . 12 . 2020 WDDQkon_Admin 4,948 views 0 Comment Press Releases

Using maths to dispel myths. It is not new, by now UNCAPPED broadband on RF mediums has a predictable market profile. It starts with great media hype, mostly by a new telco or for a new service, full of promises and user testament of how great the service is. Then it goes quiet with the now-and-then positive publicity often linked to profitable financial result reporting. Then the beginning of the end starts, first with some ad hoc customer complaints, then lots of complaints, market outrage, media criticism and finally collapse of the service. Why does this happen? Why? It is like UNCAPPED i

Why Satellite for SD-WAN?

Nov . 12 . 2020 WDDQkon_Admin 2,776 views 0 Comment Press Releases

Adding the critical layer for network resilience A Software-defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) is a virtual WAN architecture that allows enterprises to leverage any combination of transport services – including MPLS, LTE and broadband internet services – to securely connect users to applications. The responsibility of network architects is always to balance cost, business risks and network performance, yet in recent times the pressure on cost reduction is forcing architects to accept dangerously low network availability risks. Yet this does not need to be – satellite services can ad

Satellite Install at NamibRand Nature Reserve

Nov . 12 . 2020 WDDQkon_Admin 1,910 views 0 Comment Case Studies

Introduction The NamibRand Nature Reserve is a private nature reserve in Southwestern Namibia in the Namib Desert. Founded in 1984 by J.A. Brückner, it has more than 215,000 hectares and shares a 100 km border with Namib-Naukluft National Park to the west and the Nubib mountains to the east. Virtually all facets of the Namib Desert are represented on the Reserve – sand and gravel plains and stretches of savanna alternate with mountain ranges, inselbergs and vegetated dune belts. The Challenge NamibRand Nature Reserve acquired the farm Nubib with almost no communication capability on the

“Lowest Cost” Fibre Back-up Solution

Oct . 15 . 2020 Bianka 2,795 views 0 Comment Press Releases

The lowest cost option to ensure 100% service uptime. In November 2019 MyBroadband reported the following fibre network statistics: - Telkom 164,000km; Vodacom 33,000km; Liquid Telecom 21,000km; MTN 21,000km; DFA 13,000km; Vumatel 8,000km - quite significant fibre networks and growing daily. Why then do you still need satellite? Contrary to popular belief, there are several excellent reasons why the latest high-speed satellite services are seeing an increase in demand. These include offering services at any location, rapid deployment and providing the most cost-effective

Let’s Save The World Together

Oct . 15 . 2020 Bianka 1,862 views 0 Comment Case Studies

Mobile Twoobii Satellite Terminal for Top Solar Provider Magpower is based in Botswana and designs, develops, manufacture, market and install solar technologies and provides high quality, reliable Green Energy Solutions and components to residential, farming, industrial and commercial buildings in both urban and remote rural areas. Their services also include supporting of essential communications infrastructure in Botswana. The Challenge We have installed 14 solar systems for a telecommunication client in the most rural areas of northern Botswana. We required a satellite internet connection

Mighty Men Conference Waterberg 2020

Oct . 01 . 2020 Bianka 1,908 views 0 Comment Case Studies

Twoobii provides seamless connectivity to MMC 2020 The Mighty Men Conference Waterberg 2020, was held for the second year running, at the Farm Witklip just outside of Vaalwater. It is a 3-day conference, where men from all backgrounds get together to bring praise, and worship God Almighty. The Challenge The farm Witklip, on which it is held, is located in a rural area with limited cell phone reception. The organisers were granted permission to host 500 people on the farm two weeks before the event, originally it was limited by the COVID19 regulations. While on-site attendance were limited the

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