Beijing time on July 28 noon message, some earlier this year moment, Microsoftbrass faucetThrough " 4Afrika " the activity started project of blank spectrum broadband in Kenya. Current, microsoft will expand this one project to south Africa, offer in place cheap the broadband serves.
"Blank spectrum " basically point to the broadcasting television spectrum that has not make full use of, these spectrum can be used at providing wireless Internet service. Microsoft expresses, will use these blank spectrum the best selling memory laptop toshiba and solar energy base station, the the most popular memory card digital cameras wireless broadband that offers low cost to 5 schools that south Africa Limpopo visits serves. travel mugs stainless
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South Africa is the 3rd nation that Microsoft develops this one project in Africa, before this two countries are Kenya and Tanzania respectively. The plum asks general manager of Microsoft south Africa · accept is carried (Mteto Nyati) expresses, it is very important to offer Internet to the new user of remote region.
He expresses: "The many fields that science and technology develops to socioeconomy have main effect, it is important to wait for domain blame to be to education and medical treatment. Reduce a broadband to receive cost to mean, the millions user of south Africa will be OK receive a network. The education that this will be south Africa, medical treatment, commerce and governmental service create new opportunity. The education that t the most popular memory laptop toshiba his will be south Africa, medical treatment, commerce and governmental service create new oppor free memory card digital cameras tunity..
He expresses at the same time, th most popular selling memory card digital cameras e price that broadband of Microsoft blank spectrum serves is 4Mbps broadband every months to be used without set limit to 2 to 5 dollars. The 1Mbps ADSL of every months of 35 dollars that offer to serving a provider at current Internet serves, this one p free t mobile prepaid cards rice is very low. This will drive greater society to change, bring better prospect to the youth.
watch casesMicrosoft is not exclusive a company that tries to use blank spectrum in Africa. Gu GeAlso started pilot project in south Africa this year in March. In addition, technology of blank spectrum broadband also is not the market in applying to development only, inside global limits this one technology is having wide applied perspective. Go up month, database of TV blank spectrum obtained American operation to permit. And Gu Ge and Microsoft already expressed last year, what develop this one technology in England of purpose is pilot. (Qiu Yue)
