#KoikoiUg…. Google project launched last week in Kampala with a promise of improving our internet speed and experience. According to this statement on their site, they have built the first metro fiber network in this, our city Kampala, that was limited to pre-broadband speeds. They continue to say; In Uganda, we also offer wholesale last-mile Wi-Fi access. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) can leverage our network to bring high-quality Wi-Fi to homeowners, small businesses and mobile users on-the-go. We continue to explore opportunities for expanding Project Link Wi-Fi networks to future markets. According to Dignited, the new infrastructure allows local providers to use Project Link’s Wi-Fi hot zone…
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Google Partners With Uganda's Internet Providers To Bring Project Link
Project Link is an initiative to connect more people in Kampala to the Web using a super-fast, high-capacity fiber network to enable any local mobile operator or Internet service provider (ISP) to connect more people in Kampala to a faster, more reliable Internet. This project is part of Google’s larger efforts to help get Africa online. Google has other similar projects in Africa aimed to improve internet access mainly in Sub Saharan Africa. Some of them included the TV White Spaces trial in Cape Town, South Africa which explores how TV White Spaces technology could be put to use elsewhere on the continent. It helps provide Wi-Fi on over 80 university campuses. Google works…
