Uganda gets WiMax network

[Peter7]

http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/telecoms/2006/0606011040.asp?A=SME&S=SME&O=FPIN

[Johannesburg, 1 June 2006] - Uganda's largest Internet service provider, Infocom, last week started rolling out a WiMax broadband technology network in the country's capital, Kampala.

The equipment includes an antenna mounted on a client's building, which can serve over 1 000 customers, covering a distance of 3km-30km in an area, says Haerdtle. He explains that a system operating at 10Gbps would help increase business productivity in the country enormously.

 

[rooijan]

How much?

It would be interesting to know how much the Ugandan-in-the-street has to pay for this. According to Telkomonopoly, connectivity from Africa to the rest of the world is a scarce and expensive resource.

 

[Ekhaatvensters]

So now Uganda even had faster broadband than us? great, Im hoping at least their prices are higher than ours, but still 10mb/s!