The
launch of the 3.75G platform promises profound changes to how users in
the country experience the web on Internet-enabled devices. The improved
technology will enhance multimedia functionality, high speed mobile
broadband and internet access; allowing users to make video calls,
watch live TV, send and receive emails and download music from the
devices.
This is the latest global HSPA+ technology with up to 21 Mbps
speed, also being rolled out in Europe and the USA. It is the fastest
and latest 3G available and will be enormously beneficial for a variety
of users, which include large Corporates, Small or Medium Businesses and
the Youth.
“The
technology on our 3.75G network will give our customers the opportunity
to interact with data in a different way,” explained Mr. Marcellin
Paluku, Country Manager, Airtel Rwanda. “This is why Airtel doesn’t see
3G as a product but a platform that enables the community to expand its
social and commercial horizons, alongside the rest of the world.”
He
added: “Our 3.75G platform will allow customers to combine the enormous
potential of the internet with the convenience of cellular phones and
other devices. It will enable fast access to the Internet for social
networking, creating, accessing and sharing learning content like
e-books and music. For the small and medium business, it will enable the
entrepreneur to embrace a highly mobile way of working with high speed
access to email and Internet and it will allow large companies to
increase productivity through vastly enhanced mobile Internet speeds.”
Airtel
has teamed up with world-class service provider, Ericsson, to ensure
seamless upgrade of the existing network to the 3.75G network.
"We
are pleased to have been selected by Airtel for the upgrade of their
network in Rwanda, and see mobile broadband as key to realizing our
vision of the Networked Society," said Lars Linden, Head of Ericsson sub
Saharan Africa. “The new technology will enable Airtel to meet its
desire to provide its customers with the most advanced solutions and
quality browsing experience to its customers in Rwanda and Africa.”
The
new 3.75G network will initially be available to Airtel customers in
Kigali, but will become available to other parts of the country over the
course of the month.
Airtel
will offer all its customers introductory free internet access to
experience the service for the first two weeks. Every customer will
receive 1 GB free every day upto the 17th of July. When the offer period
expires, customers will get a great rate of 20 rfw per MB from 6:00 hrs
to 00:00 hrs and 10 rfw from 00:00 hrs to 5:59 hrs. For additional
information customers can contact the customer service team on 456.
Distributed by the African Press Organization on behalf of Bharti Airtel Limited.
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