Volo has launched its cloud-based automation platform for internet service providers (ISPs) in Gulu, northern Uganda, in order to accelerate high-quality broadband internet access in emerging markets.
Built based on years of field experience and designed in Silicon Valley, Volo offers services designed to reduce the cost of last-mile Wi-Fi networking technologies.
By addressing the challenges and needs of ISPs in emerging economies, Volo said it makes it easy and profitable to deliver and support affordable high-speed internet access to the next billion users.
“Just like any business in North America or Europe, businesses in Africa and other emerging markets want to be profitable, and provide the best products and services to their clients. While much of Africa has some internet access, what’s missing is reliable, fast Internet connections so companies can use the high-bandwidth products that make them more competitive,” Volo investor and telecom entrepreneur Jim Forster said.
“Volo is enabling ISPs to use radically lower cost technologies to deliver high-speed fixed broadband, especially for small and medium enterprises, complementing mobile broadband for consumers. Higher bandwidth equals higher revenue potential.”
Volo’s first customer will launch a new ISP in northern Uganda to provide high-speed broadband service for businesses and organisations in and around Guku.
“As a result, these organisations and their users will have fast (1Mb or more) internet access and the ability to access cloud-based business productivity tools such as Google Apps, Microsoft Office 365, Salesforce, Quickbooks Online and YouTube at prices and speeds that mobile companies simply can’t offer,” Volo said in a statement.
“With Volo, the future of wireless is here. Until recently, building infrastructure was expensive and time-consuming, making it hard for ISPs to scale and leaving businesses in emerging markets stuck with glacially slow connection speeds,” Volo co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) Mark Summer said.
“Now, Volo is delivering the tools and expertise so that ISPs can deploy broadband services in weeks, [and can] maintain lower operational costs and scale more effectively.”
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