MTN unveils new fibre-like AirFibre product
Telecommunications group MTN has launched a new product to deliver high-speed, inexpensive and uncapped connectivity solutions to areas without fibre.
The Supersonic AirFibre offering, designed, built and maintained by MTN’s technology team, is built on unlicensed spectrum to deliver fibre-quality connectivity, despite distance and a lack of infrastructure in urban, township and rural communities.
“Our Supersonic AirFibre offering is in line with our track record of optimising frequency bands. Previously, we have undertaken this approach through the allocation of repurposed bands for second-generation mobile services (using GSM technology), as well as a new generation of mobile technologies, including third generation (using UMTS) technology and fourth-generation (using LTE) technology,” says MTN South Africa ISP: Supersonic MD Calvin Collett.
Supersonic AirFibre, which does not need to be trenched, will be made available in areas where customers register their demand for the offering.
“This approach allows us to be flexible to our customers’ needs and gives us the freedom to deploy the solution in the areas that want and need it most,” he explains.
MTN’s launch price for AirFibre is set at R399 for 5 Mb/s uncapped, with multiple users able to connect through a provided WiFi router. There are 10 Mb/s, 20 Mb/s and 50 Mb/s packages also available at R499, R599 and R799 respectively. A 100 Mb/s uncapped package will cost R999.
“By farming spectrum, and now, through Supersonic AirFibre, we are rising to the challenge of providing additional value-added services for our customers. The major differentiator for our customers is that there are no geographical limitations on access through a device,” Collett concludes.
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