Strix’s Acces Network Outdoor Wireless Systems, Indoor Wireless Systems and Edge Wireless System provide KDN with greater performance, reach and mobility, enabling the service provider to deliver cost effective services to KDN successfully deployed Strix’s mesh networking solution in 2006 for the introduction of its “Butterfly” wireless/WiFi service.
According to a report in Business Daily, KDN is expanding its subscriber base which started in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, and Eldoret to provide high-quality broadband services to customers in the cities and rural areas.
The successful deployment of these cities utilising Strix’s Access/One products has made it possible for KDN to move to the next major set of deployments across sub-Sahara Africa.
International bandwidth comes at a high cost, especially in Africa and a strategy reaching beyond a single city service would be critical.
It is also critical that the wireless/WiFi component of the service be a modular multi-radio architecture to optimally integrate with the providers set of technologies, including free space optical, fibre, copper, and microwave.
“Butterfly has made it possible for customers to gain access to our high-quality services which currently include business data, mobile broadband, voice over IP and residential internet,” said Dr Kai U Wulff, Managing Director of KDN.
“Strix Systems products and services have enabled KDN to develop Butterfly as a strong high-value brand, boosting performance and reliability of Strix Systems equipment and services.”
Prior to their first deployment, KDN selected and tested a number of products.
Multiple high-demand real-time applications including business-class internet service, voice over IP (VoIP) and video applications were evaluated.
Only Strix could simultaneously support the applications meeting KDN’s level of service quality.
Strix Systems OWS and IWS proved superior and enabled the service provider to deliver its first major deployment.
The service provider has delivered broad reaching services in multiple countries with seamless connectivity to customers through a wide range of choices for stationary and mobile access.
