The Green Power for Mobile (GPM) programme, through its partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is publishing its second bi-annual report summarising the developments within the programme and the sector…
read moreMobile telecoms technology firm Altobridge is keen on helping Chinese mobile phone operators to hook up small, remote communities which due to the low numbers of subscribers would otherwise not be commercially feasible to connect…
read moreKerry Technology Park, Ireland, 27th May, 2010 – Altobridge, the leading supplier of remote communications solutions, has established a presence in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, to meet the increasing demand for telecommunications in the region…
read moreKerry Technology Park, Ireland, 11th May, 2010 – Altobridge, the leading supplier of remote communications solutions, has signed a frame agreement for wireless network solutions and managed services with Tonga Communications Corporation (TCC), Tonga’s leading provider of complete end-to-end telephony and Internet services…
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Kerry company Altobridge is collaborating with University College Cork in a €250,000 research project which will enable cost-effective mobile internet access in remote communities…
read moreUniversity College Cork (UCC) has teamed up with a hi-tech Irish telecom company to slash the cost of mobile internet access for people living in remote areas…
read moreTRALEE based communications firm Altobridge have joined forces with UCC to conduct a research project aimed at enabling cheap mobile Internet access for remote areas…
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When Altobridge was named Ernst & Young’s Irish Entrepreneur of the year 2009 in the Emerging category last October, the judges singled out Mike Fitzgerald’s vision and leadership for driving the company’s success in the emerging markets of Mongolia, Malaysia and Latin America…
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Monte Egeland (VP Americas, Altobridge) is interviewd by Rich Tehrani (TMCnet) at CTIA 2010, Las Vegas
read moreCompact All-IP GSM Network Solution on display at first US show since recent strategic acquisition.
CTIA Las Vegas, 23 March 2010 – Altobridge, the leading provider of wireless solutions for remote enterprises and communities, is exhibiting at CTIA in Las Vegas, (BOOTH #1727, Hall C3), where it will be highlighting the company’s industry leading core technologies
Maryland, USA, 15-18 March 2010 – Altobridge, the leading provider of wireless / satellite hybrid solutions for remote enterprises and communities, will be playing a key role in the SATELLITE 2010 Conference programme on 17 March as a panel member during the session: Wireless Backhaul and Integration via Satellite: Helping Terrestrial Operators Expand. Altobridge CTO,
read moreKerry Technology Park, Ireland, 12 March 2010 – For the second year in a row, Altobridge has received a Deloitte Best Managed Companies Award for 2010 having again demonstrated superior business performance throughout the year. Altobridge is a leading Irish mobile communications company and one of only 20 enterprises from across Ireland to be given
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Mary Dwyer, HR Director, Altobridge, at the gala awards ceremony in Dublin, celebrating Altobridge being among the ‘Deloitte Best Managed Companies’ for the second year running with (from l-r) Pat Cullen, Managing Partner, Deloitte, the Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Mr. Brian Cowen T.D. and David Latto, Head of Corporate Banking, Bank of Scotland (Ireland).
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Altobridge CEO, Mike Fitzgerald, being interviewed by TeleSemana editor Rafael Junquera at the Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, on the company’s Remote Community solution and the Latin American market.
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Mike Fitzgerald (CEO, Altobridge) is interviewd by the Mobile Innovation Forum at the Mobile World Congress 2010, Barcelona
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Altobridge VP Wireless Solutions, Janne Hazell, CTO Richard Lord, and Aoife Sexton, President of the Remote Community Solutions division, talking with MNOs on the Altobridge stand at the Mobile World Congress, Barcelona.
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The Altobridge Remote Community Solution
Expensive satellite transmission used for backhauling calls, has been the major barrier facing Mobile Network Operators the world over when considering mobile service roll-outs to remote user groups in emerging markets – but not anymore. Solving the challenges of transmission – and many others besides – is the Remote Community Solution from Altobridge, which delivers a more ‘Intelligent’ Base Transceiver Station (BTS) site to the MNO than any other solution…
The Altobridge Remote Community Solution – A viable and cost effective solution for MNOs.
A perfect acquisition that will benefit remote communities in need of cost-effective, intelligent mobile communications, took place on the very last day of 2009, when Altobridge acquired the Mobile Network Solutions division of ADC. There is a natural synergy between the two, with world-leading software solutions from Altobridge and a groundbreaking base station and switching product portfolio from the ADC division. This means a coming together of two pioneering entities resulting in a company of almost unrivalled experience in delivering viable, intelligent mobile communications solutions into emerging market remote regions…
Delivering Intelligent Mobile Connectivity to Remote Communities in Africa
The high capital outlay typically associated with macro base station sites and the exceptionally high operational overhead costs, in particular, transmission and power supply, have all been major barriers facing those Mobile Network Operators considering mobile service roll-outs to remote groups in emerging markets. Several leading Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) in Africa, Asia, and Latin America are overcoming these challenges with the deployment of the Remote Community Solution from Altobridge, which delivers a more ‘intelligent’ base station site to the MNO than any previous solution…
A significant opportunity exists to provide environmentally sustainable energy to people in the developing world who live beyond the electricity grid. And it is the mobile telecoms industry – which has already brought phones beyond the fixed telecoms grid – which holds the key to this next infrastructure innovation. The opportunity exists for mobile network operators to provide electricity beyond the base station and into local communities, a phenomenon which the GSMA Development Fund calls “Community Power”…
read moreAltobridge, the Irish provider of telecoms solutions for remote areas, is on the lookout for strategic investors following its recent acquisition, chief executive Mike Fitzgerald said.
The private company is actively seeking to raise in the region of USD 20m from a new partner in order to meet increasing customer demand. “For us, we need to