Remote and rural coverage

  • It’s a big market: 17 percent of the world’s rural population has no mobile coverage at all, and 19 percent of the rural population is only covered by a 2G network
  • New approaches, business models, regulations and technologies are evolving that are making it more viable for service providers to deliver rural voice and data coverage – including mobile broadband
  • People in rural or remote areas will benefit, but so will industries in those areas – like mining and agriculture

What we do

  • Lead strategic initiatives and research projects examining the cost-effective extension of rural networks
  • Governments and industry consult our experts on the opportunities and issues associated with rural and remote voice, data and broadband provision
  • We understand all aspects of rural and remote coverage, from the technology options to the groups that need it – from private citizens to rural businesses and major industries in remote areas

Why we are different

  • We have hands-on experience, most recently as Independent Assessor for the UK's Shared Rural Network Initiative, a programme to improve 4G-based services
  • We understand which frequencies and technologies are better suited to delivering mobile services across the widest possible area at the lowest cost
  • We believe that opportunities exist to deliver services to rural and remote areas, where traditional network services and operator models would fail any normal business case for investment

It’s happening now

More efficient technologies, better regulation and business models are being developed to enable rural coverage – and we are helping to develop them. For example, we believe that spectrum sharing and private network provision can offer opportunities to deliver services to rural and remote areas, where traditional network services and operator models would fail any normal business case for investment.

If you want to find out more about our work in advising the UK’s Shared Rural Network Initiative, or want to talk about your own ‘local’ challenges in getting coverage where it’s needed, then get in touch.

What we offer

  • Experience: Our consultants have decades of experience specifying, designing, installing, configuring and troubleshooting networks across numerous countries in both urban and rural contexts.
  • A wide frame of reference: We take a global perspective – our experts have a deep understanding of coverage for rural areas and best practise in other parts of the world.
  • Support and expertise: Networks are getting coverage to disenfranchised rural communities, supporting the needs of public infrastructure in isolated places and increasingly connecting businesses or venues in the hardest-to-reach areas. We are helping to make this happen

John Okas, BSc ACGI DMS

Chief Commercial Officer

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Mark Keenan, CEng MIStructE MIET

Director

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Dr. Abhaya Sumanasena, PhD CEng SMIEEE MIET

Head of Policy and Regulation

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Dr. Anastasios Karousos, MSc PhD MIET

Head of Network Modelling and Simulation

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Dr. Hassan Osman, MSc PhD

Wireless Technology Consultant

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Costa Tsourkas, BEng MSc MIET

Managing Consultant

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Awnit Kumar, BEng

Managing Consultant

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Oliver Bosshard, MSc MBA MIET

Wireless Networks Expert

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Gary Stuart, CEng FIET

Mobile Network Deployment Expert

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Ian Miller, MEng CEng FIET

Wireless Networks and Technologies Advisor

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Julius Robson, BEng MSc

Wireless Technology Expert

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Mathieu Boué-Lahorgue, MSc

Wireless Technology Expert

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Mike Walsh, BSc CEng MIET

Satellite Expert

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Naveendra Thiyagarajah, BSc MEng PhD

Wireless Technology and Standards Expert

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Phil Sheppard, MSc

Technology Expert

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Simon Jones,

RF Systems Expert

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Stuart Mitchell, BEng PhD MBA MIET

Techno-Economic & Business Strategy Expert

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