{"id":233415,"date":"2018-03-23T08:12:38","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T06:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=233415"},"modified":"2018-03-23T12:47:58","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T10:47:58","slug":"fibre-in-the-sky-a-carrier-grade-wireless-connectivity-solution-for-sa-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/233415\/fibre-in-the-sky-a-carrier-grade-wireless-connectivity-solution-for-sa-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Fibre in the Sky\u2019: A carrier-grade wireless connectivity solution for SA businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"

As South African businesses shift from Diginet and ADSL to fibre-optic internet connectivity, there\u2019s a lesser-known, more flexible, wireless alternative that rivals fibre toe-to-toe.<\/p>\n

For many organisations where fibre is too costly or not available, this quick-to-install wireless option can deliver up to 1Gbps in uplink and downlink speeds simultaneously \u2013 suitable for the demands of the modern digital economy.<\/p>\n

Known as Comsol Connect<\/strong><\/a>, it\u2019s a carrier-grade Layer 2 network that\u2019s now available in over 200 metros from a variety of Internet Service Providers.<\/p>\n

Best of all, it can be set up in less than two weeks, getting businesses online and connected to the world in rapid time.<\/p>\n

The unbelievable, made real<\/strong><\/h3>\n

So, just how does it work?<\/p>\n

Without getting overly-technical, Comsol harnesses the power of the licensed 28GHz millimetre band of spectrum, with access to over 2,000 high-sites that beam high-strength microwave connections to local businesses in a given area.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a carrier-grade, wholesale network that covers a total of over 13,000 licensed square kilometres, compliant to the international MEF 2.0 standards and promising stringent service level agreements to ensure all your multimedia applications perform optimally.<\/p>\n

No more waiting for fibre to be installed. No more investing in expensive physical infrastructure. Comsol Connect is not only quick to set-up, but also quick to dismantle \u2013 so if your business moves location, you can simply take your network with you.<\/p>\n

Comsol Connect can be utilised either as a primary connection or as a secondary failover connection, to give your business absolute redundancy via two entirely separate mediums.<\/p>\n

For businesses making the shift from slower, previous-generation networks, Comsol Connect unleashes newfound opportunities in emergent areas like cloud computing, distributed blockchain, deep learning, artificial intelligence, big data, smart devices, and more.<\/p>\n

It empowers organisations to truly take advantage of the digital revolution.<\/p>\n

Exciting future<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The network is built and fully-managed by the Comsol team \u2013 a crew with a proud 21-year history in pioneering new forms of wireless connectivity in Southern Africa.<\/p>\n

Backed by the likes of Nedbank Private Equity and Convergence Partners, and being a BBBEE level 3 contributor, Comsol has deep experience in building networks for businesses and government institutions in all sectors. It\u2019s steered by an executive team with a combined 100 years of telecoms experience.<\/p>\n

With the lion\u2019s share of the prized 28GHz spectrum, a frequency which has been earmarked for the provision of next-generation \u20185G\u2019 services in the near future, Comsol plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of South Africa\u2019s telecoms landscape.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a future of super-fast connectivity, of millions of connected sensors and devices, of ultra-high definition immersive experiences, and perhaps even entirely new realities.<\/p>\n

If the network is the key that unlocks these exciting new worlds, with Comsol delivering the underlying technology, the future might just be closer than it seems.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit the Comsol website<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Think that fibre is the only industrial-strength internet option for your firm? Think again\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":233417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[12943,26],"class_list":["post-233415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-comsol-networks","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233415","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\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233415"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":233485,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233415\/revisions\/233485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}