Talia and Newtec Power GSM and Mobile
Payments Network for Somalia
12 March
2013.
Talia and Newtec are pleased to announce
the provision of a new satellite
communications backbone infrastructure
for AGSM.MOBI, a Mobile operator in
Somalia. Based on Newtec’s FlexACM®
technology, the network will enable
reliable mobile voice, data, and payment
services throughout Somalia.
Somalia is a country in the midst of
rapid economic and social change. With a
population of more than 10 million,
mobile connections have risen
dramatically in the past two years to
exceed 3 million connections and are
expected to reach more than 5 million by
2015.
“The communications infrastructure for
mobile calling, payments, and data
services have to be rock-solid,” said
Abdullahi Abdi Hussein, President and
CEO, ASGSM.MOBI. “Talia have extensive
experience in providing such services,
and with Newtec technology, we are
getting a reliable, cost-effective
service based on industry-leading
technology.”
The AGSM.MOBI network will be hosted at
the Talia Teleport and other places, and
Talia will provide connectivity as a
managed service, interconnecting with
co-located ASGSM.MOBI equipment. The
satellite network will run over a
fully-redundant Newtec hub.
“The current absence of a national
telecommunications infrastructure in
Somalia, along with the ever-growing
need for voice and mobile data, make
satellite communications a natural fit,”
said Alan Afrasiab, President and CEO of
Talia. “And Newtec FlexACM technology
was the natural fit for the technology –
fast, efficient and offering the best
mix of reliability and cost possible.”
FlexACM is an end-to-end solution
combining a range of technologies to
optimize IP trunking and IP backbone
satellite links in the most efficient
way. FlexACM can double data rates in
the same bandwidth without the need to
acquire extra satellite capacity.
Serge Van Herck, CEO of Newtec, said:
“We are very excited to be working with
Talia and integrating FlexACM to
optimize the satellite link and ensure
that it is robust even in conditions of
dust and rain fade – which can be a
challenge in the sub-Saharan and
tropical regions in Somalia. The
auto-adaptive technology incorporated
inside Newtec’s FlexACM takes care of
any fading condition, interference
(noise and distortion) or variation in
the satellite link. This avoids link and
data losses to provide optimal service
availability.
