Nokia has announced a strategic partnership with iSAT Africa to enhance rural connectivity in Liberia, aiming to bridge the digital divide and bring reliable, affordable network access to underserved communities. The deployment will span over three years and cover approximately 200 sites across rural areas in Liberia.
The Nokia Rural Connect solution, including Nokia’s industry-leading AirScale radio portfolio including Massive MIMO radios, remote radio heads, and base stations. iSAT Africa will also benefit from Nokia’s MantaRay Network Management solutions which will deliver a unified, automated view of the network, enhancing both monitoring and management capabilities, addressing critical challenges such as limited coverage and the wide digital divide in rural regions. By extending network coverage beyond major cities, this partnership aims to drive socio-economic development in Liberia’s remote areas. The 200-site deployment will expand iSAT Africa’s network reach, offering mobile network operators a cutting-edge solution that is both cost-effective and highly efficient. This expansion will help rural communities access critical services, thus driving social and economic progress in the region.
Osama Said, Customer Team Head, West Africa and Enterprise at Nokia, said: “We are proud to collaborate with iSAT Africa on this important initiative to enhance connectivity in rural Liberia. Our Rural Connect solution ensures robust coverage in remote areas, enabling voice and data services for communities that have been historically underserved. This partnership represents a significant step toward reducing the digital divide and fostering socio-economic development.”
Rakesh Kukreja, the founder and MD at iSAT Africa, commented: “Our partnership with Nokia underscores our commitment to reducing the digital divide and enabling greater connectivity across Liberia. The Nokia Rural Connect solution offers lean, energy-efficient, and easy-to-deploy technologies that allow us to extend coverage into underserved areas. This deployment will strengthen our position as a leader in providing Network as a service and improve lives by enabling reliable voice and data services and connect the unconnected.
The partnership highlights the commitment of both Nokia and iSAT Africa to driving digital inclusion and bringing the benefits of connectivity to all corners of the country.
iSAT Africa is an integrated communications services provider specializing in broadcasting & rural connectivity, fixed & mobile satellite solutions, MPLS in Africa and Middle East. iSAT Africa’s various solutions including Terrestrial and Satellite Solutions, are backed by powerful Satellites, African Teleports and Headend infrastructure.
iSAT Africa has its POP, integrated with fiber and satellite services, in more than 30 countries in Africa connecting to the rest of world. Its innovative solutions and resilient network are used by different verticals including Governments, TELCOS, media, multinationals, network companies and ISPs.
iSAT Africa, through its interoperability, offers solutions that deliver efficient, reliable and affordable data, internet, voice and video connectivity to enterprises, governments, carriers, media and broadcast, whilst providing value to its customers through comprehensive end-to-end solutions, turn-key projects, managed network services and network outsourcing.
Our state-of-the-art Network Operation Centre (NOC) runs high end automated network management and monitoring systems which our support team uses to proactively monitor our customers’ networks across Africa on a 24×7 basis. Through these services iSAT Africa is setting standards for transmission in rural and urban regions of East and Southern Africa, West Africa and Central Africa.
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