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Reliable content delivery solution targets rural Africa

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Content delivery in remote regions of Africa will be facilitated by a new agreement...

Content delivery in remote regions of Africa will be facilitated by a new agreement. Data replication solutions specialist iOra has partnered with Inmarsat on the BGAN Geo-Replicator offering, which enables organisations to more efficiently deliver content such as email or more bandwidth-hungry files to branch offices, project sites and other remote users.

With the BGAN Geo-Replicator, remote users benefit by having access to new applications and web portals that would otherwise only be available at the central or hub office. The solution is targeted at organisations around the world operating in the construction, oil, gas, offshore, mining, NGO, maritime and defence sectors that require resilient and reliable real-time broadband connectivity allied to a cost effective means to deliver content across online platforms and web portals.

"Our clients can now benefit from Inmarsat's BGAN platform by combining it with the capabilities of iOra’s Geo-Replicator,” commented Alastair Bovim, Managing Director,  Inmarsat Africa, “Its patented replication and compression technology greatly reduces the volume of content organisations have to send over a given connection and with its unique virtualisation technology, organisations can replicate websites, portals and SharePoint to users in places where communications are disconnected, unreliable and slow.”

Nick Bradshaw, Director at Complexus, iOra’s reseller in Africa, said: “The combined solution is ideal for existing or new BGAN clients who have been grappling with the complexity of delivering content from HQ to their remote branch and project offices. The return on investment of this combined solution is compelling, and with the ease of use of both technologies, companies can quickly deploy it with minimal training and set-up overhead.”

BGAN is delivered over Inmarsat's proven L-band network, guaranteeing that a connection can be maintained even during extreme weather conditions, making it ideally suited for typical office applications.

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