The introduction of Subah’s World GSM technology has become necessary because of the heavy capital outlay that Mobile Telcos need to pour out in other to make their services available to the rural dweller.
A mast, genset maintenance and other equipment will have to be provided before telephone services reach many remote parts of a country. As a result many rural areas not only only in Ghana but many parts of African Countries lack these essential services.
The Parliamentary Select Committee on Communication and the media heard this progress when the Company took its turn to educate them on the progress it has achieved in this direction. The forum also gave the media an opportunity to clarify issues pertaining to Sabah’s operations.
Traditional GSM Telephony deployment is an expensive investment. With these high capital expenditure and considerable operating costs per tower, it has been one of the reasons there is a gap in telephony provision services in the rural areas and even in the some urban areas.To assist bridge these imbalance of rural /urban telephony gap, another first has been achieved with the introduction of this technology by Subah Info-solutions into the country.
“These headaches have now been sorted out by SubahInfo-solutions” said Emmanuel Hudson-Odoi, Manager Business Development and Marketing.
SubahInfo solutions is an ICT company that provides IT services and has the expertise to customized Telecom software’s solutions not only in Ghana but also across the West African Countries. Its strategy seeks to explore combination of world-class collaboration with leading technology companies for joint execution of projects and knowledge transfer through direct recruitment of expertise engaged in training local staff. Subah say due to the continuous demands of society,rapid progress in methodology, design, and manufacturing of the technology for clients to derive the best from their services.
Advantages
Solar-powered, Sabah’s World GSM solution deployed is a cost optimized rural network infrastructure solution that offers GSM service companies along with Broadband connectivity.
It is designed to have low power consumption at the cell sites and low cost of operating that makes business sense that for Telecom companies to want to invest unlike before when many companies sheer away from providing these essential services to the rural or remote areas. Another advantage is the ability of the technology to ride or synchronize with five of the existing Telecomsin Ghana and other countries in the sub-region.
Beneficial
To proof workability of the technology, its simplicity and versatile nature, Subah,
with its competitive advantage has invested in rolling out the systems at Zinindo and Dakpiemyelli in remote areas in the Northern Region to demonstrate how the technology plays out.
Developed in India and customized in Ghana,Subah is working closely with the Ghana Investment fund for Electronic Communication (GIEFC) to see how this solar-powered technology can help reach the rural folks.
Source: Seibik Bugri
