Tech Tuesday: Altobridge cuts costs and brings mobile services to remote areas and disaster situations
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Altobridge’s innovative technology makes mobile phone networks affordable in remote areas
Altobridge’s Data at the Edge™ and Local Connectivity™ solutions optimize network operations and substantially reduce the power requirements for mobile phone systems in developing countries.
Altobridge’s technology helps cut the “backhaul” connection between a mobile phone carrier’s local base station and its core network by up to 50%, dramatically reducing costly satellite time. It does this by substantially increasing the functionality of local networks, particularly when it comes to calls within the network. An additional advantage of Altobridge’s approach is that it significantly reduces data congestion on the network and speeds service delivery.
Altobridge’s lite-site install, solar-powered, mobile base station can be trucked into remote areas and will support a network of anywhere from 100 to 1,500 mobile phones. The company’s man-portable communications solution, the Remote Contiguous Communications Unit (RCC), designed for government use and especially for emergency personnel, can provide local mobile phone services within five minutes of being deployed in areas that no other mobile phone can reach. The RCC is light enough to be hand carried over difficult terrain. Altobridge’s pioneering work in pushing mobile phone networking technology has enabled it to develop cutting edge solutions that major mobile phone network competitors have licensed their own operations.
AltobridgeLimited
Mike Fitzgerald, chief Executive and Co-Founder
Location: Tralee, Ireland
Number of Employees: 132
Year Founded: 2002
Kerry Technology Park
Tralee, Co. Kerry
Ireland
Telephone: +353 66 719 0212
info@altobridge.com
www.altobridge.com
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