Zoom Wireless has begun offering ultra high-speed internet services for businesses and residents in Uganda.
The firm, a commercial wing of SINFA Uganda, was granted its commercial ISP licence in January, allowing it to begin its offering in Gulu with a view to regional expansion. Its internet services offer speeds of 1-9Mbps for corporate customers and 512 kbps, 1 Mbps or 3 Mbps for residential customers.
The services feature no usage caps, and enable features such as cloud-based productivity services and streaming video. Zoom will also offer cloud-based services and custom-managed Wi-Fi networks for hotels, universities and other campus settings.
In August 2014, Gulu-based Zoom Wireless began offering a range of corporate and small business/residential grade fixed wireless services as a trial. Zoom partnered with San Francisco based EveryLayer to design and deploy the network and cloud-based management system. With EveryLayer, Zoom deployed fibre-backed, carrier grade WiFi network and was able to deliver an affordable, high-speed service within 12 weeks with 10 times less capital and operating expense than traditional LTE networks.
Annemaaike Kruisselbrink, Executive Director of Zoom customer Unified for Uganda - an NGO supporting destitute youth - said: “with Zoom’s high-speed service we can now confidently use cloud-based services, making our day-to-day operations more efficient enabling us to better serve local children.”
“Zoom Wireless is delivering the promise of the cloud to Northern Uganda with truly high-speed, affordable Internet,” said Mark Summer, CEO and co-founder of EveryLayer. “As EveryLayer’s first partner, Zoom Wireless proves the demand, profitability and growth potential of broadband services in emerging markets.”
