When you have a base station network like Safaricom,you do not need to lay cable all over the country,you use your base station!!!All you need is a Safaricom modem or router and there,you have connectivity. Those of you familiar with going ons at Safaricom will understand why they acquired OneCom and also why they are pioneering in Wimax.
With Wimax,you have an integrated voice,data and internet corporate solution with absolutely no cabling!I work in a bank where voice is by Telkom,Internet by a funny ISP and data connectivity by KDN. Now imagine how each of these companies refuse to take responsibility when there is a failure......each blames the other and for sure at times its hard to know who is to blame.
Enter Wimax now,we have decided to go that way. We shall have voice,data connectivity and internet all by Safaricom thro OneCom engineering. Whats better is that all we need is a router in the bank and a GPRS radio receiver......no cables from outside or to our branches!
So those of you thinking Safcom has been shafted.....think again,they have shafted everyone else.All they need is to increase the traffic capacity their base stations can handle,which to me is the challenge.
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