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…

Mobile 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…

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…

University 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…

TRALEE based communications firm Altobridge have joined forces with UCC to conduct a research project aimed at enabling cheap mobile Internet access for remote areas…

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…

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”…

Altobridge, 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

Minister for Science, Technology & Innovation Conor Lenihan T.D., today (Tuesday 10th November 2009) congratulated Irish mobile communications companies, Altobridge and Sentry Wireless, on being selected as finalists in the prestigious GSM Association’s Mobile Innovation Grand Prix, Asia Pacific Tournament…

Altobridge, based in Ireland, is testing its remote communications solutions, Remote Community Communications, in Brazil, Peru and Chile. In these markets, as well as in the rest of the region; it seeks to ally with local satellite operators to provide lower access cost to remote areas through V-Sat. Altobridge´s “Split” architecture allows the satellite link

Mobile penetration in two-thirds of Africa remains below 40 percent, leaving remote regions with small enterprises and villages without effective means of communicating with the outside world.
AS OF MARCH 2008, the total wireless user figure of the African Continent stood at 280 million, although it was widely predicted that the 300mn subscriber mark would be

Friday, July 24, 2009 – Ireland is offering Japanese companies cheap access to its radio spectrum in the hope of generating investment and jobs, writes KARLIN LILLINGTON
In the mobile and wireless technology stakes, few countries are as cutting edge as Japan. But Ireland has one wireless resource that is scarce in the east Asian country:

By Ian Kehoe, 19 July 2009, Sunday Business Post
Mobile phones on aircraft? Check. Broadband for ocean liners? Check. Blackberries on oil rigs? Check. Now Mike Fitzgerald, the Kerry entrepreneur whose company first enabled in-flight mobile phone usage on commercial planes, is turning his attention to some of the most remote villages in the world.
His company,

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(By John C. Tanner – June 12, 2009) For some time, the mobile industry has known that the next wave of growth was going to come not just from emerging markets, but the rural areas beyond the reach of any telecom infrastructure or even the electrical grid. It’s not just a huge untapped market, it’s

CommsMEA takes a look at some of the latest developments in base station technology that can save operators money; an essential factor when expanding networks in today’s challenging economic climate.
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Squeezing more value from existing technology is what one of Altobridge’s products is chiefly concerned with. The Ireland-based firm provides telecommunication solutions that cut the cost

With backhaul still one of the most formidable barriers faced by cellcos in emerging markets wanting to extend coverage to rural villages, satellite has been touted for some time as the most efficient way to connect remote base stations to the PSTN. One problem: space segment links are costly, and even with costs coming