{"id":209389,"date":"2017-11-07T10:37:55","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T08:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=209389"},"modified":"2017-11-07T10:37:55","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T08:37:55","slug":"intelsat-partners-with-coca-cola-for-satellite-enabled-wifi-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/209389\/intelsat-partners-with-coca-cola-for-satellite-enabled-wifi-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Intelsat partners with Coca-Cola for satellite-enabled WiFi in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Intelsat S.A, a satellite communications provider, and The Coca-Cola Company are working together to bring satellite-enabled WiFi services to remote communities across Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership will support both companies\u2019 future business plans and also their mutual efforts to promote sustainable development, especially in underserved communities.<\/p>\n<p>Internet access is a proven tool for stimulating economic growth in developing countries, with the World Bank reporting that a 10 percent increase in broadband penetration correlates to a 1.38% increase in GDP growth.<\/p>\n<p>Under the new partnership, Intelsat will work with The Coca-Cola Company to establish WiFi access at certain retail facilities in rural areas, enabling personal and commercial connectivity for citizens.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/broadband\/202418\/fnb-connect-exploring-possible-fixed-lte-a-and-fibre-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FNB Connect exploring possible fixed LTE-A and fibre services<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intelsat S.A, a satellite communications provider, and The Coca-Cola Company are working together to bring satellite-enabled WiFi services to remote communities across Africa. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":60823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9882],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209389"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209403,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209389\/revisions\/209403"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}