South Africa’s main cellular community operators are starting to combine white-labelled licensed spectrum into their product portfolios to satisfy rising demand for high-speed, ultra-reliable connectivity for companies and enterprises.
That is in line with Darren Morgan, chief working officer at Comsol, who mentioned MNOs are discovering it more and more difficult to satisfy enterprise demand with the spectrum they’ve accessible.
“MNOs use nearly all their spectrum for his or her GSM networks, for his or her handset prospects, which is the place the majority of their income has been historically. This leaves their enterprise divisions with restricted spectrum to supply enterprise prospects,” Morgan mentioned.
“The MNOs have deep pockets, intelligent groups and glorious tools, however there’s one factor blocking them: not having sufficient spectrum to allocate particularly to their enterprise prospects. Some MNOs have tried to help growth by utilizing unlicensed spectrum. Nevertheless, this strategy raises questions on community efficiency, interference and regulatory challenges. Licensed providers are higher suited to help companies, and that is why MNOs are beginning to change into vital prospects on our community,” Morgan mentioned.
Comsol owns 60MHz of nationwide 3.7GHz (3 740MHz – 3 800MHz) spectrum and the biggest tranche of contiguous 28GHz spectrum in South Africa, he mentioned. “These higher-tier items of spectrum are excellent for enterprise communications as a result of they provide a lot increased capacities.”
Prime actual property
Morgan defined that Comsol acquired this prime communications actual property early: “We acquired our spectrum in 2010. Again then, 26GHz and 28GHz weren’t seen as notably useful. We picked it up very early and since nobody else needed it, we took a variety of it. And now, with the arrival of 5G, that spectrum sits within the 5G bands and it’s change into actually wanted. We’re fortunate that we hit that candy spot, and we’ve got extra to dedicate purely to the enterprise market. This places us in a lucky place the place we even have extra spectrum than the MNOs to supply into the enterprise and enterprise market.”
This licensed spectrum permits Comsol to supply options similar to licensed 5G fixed-wireless entry constructed for enterprise. Not like unlicensed FWA, which is a best-effort service topic to noise, packet loss and jitter, Comsol mentioned licensed FWA constructed for enterprise makes use of devoted spectrum, which suggests the service shouldn’t be contended and may provide extra capability, increased add and obtain speeds, and extra dependable, constant connections.
MNOs are actually partnering with Comsol to supply licensed spectrum options with superior capability, reliability and redundancy.
Morgan mentioned: “To make sure they’re getting the Comsol connection, prospects ought to particularly ask MNOs, VNOs or channel companions for a Comsol service. They should ask what know-how drives the service, and what capacities can be accessible. You’ll typically discover MNOs should say to you, this tops out at 20Mbit/s or 50Mbit/s, it received’t go to 100Mbit/s or 200Mit/s as a result of they only don’t have the spectrum to drive that.
“In distinction, Comsol has the spectrum to supply high-capacity connectivity. With a Comsol service, finish customers have the reassurance that it’s a licensed service, particularly constructed for enterprise. Ought to they should improve from a 50Mbit/s connection to 100Mbp/s, they received’t be throttled, they received’t have to maneuver to a unique vendor or use a unique know-how that prices extra. In the event that they ask for Comsol, they’re assured of SLA-based providers that assure connectivity and efficiency. There is no such thing as a danger of inadequate spectrum or getting an inferior unlicensed service.”
About Comsol
Comsol is South Africa’s main supplier of specialized licensed wi-fi connectivity, with over 27 years of expertise centered solely on enterprise connectivity. Because the proprietor of the biggest contiguous tranche of 28GHz spectrum within the nation, together with 60MHz of three.7GHz spectrum, Comsol delivers dependable, high-performance connectivity backed by unmatched experience. Its options serve a various vary of industries, connecting all the pieces from enterprises and small companies to autonomous mining tools and industrial machines, throughout a nationwide community that spans greater than 200 metros.
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