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Remote and rural coverage
Weigh up the economic, business and technology arguments and options to bring voice and data affordably to rural and remote areas
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
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Rural broadband UK: opportunities lie in more openness in shared and local access spectrum licencing
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Rural or remote networks – global challenges and needs may be similar, but regional approaches can be significantly different
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Real Wireless upgrades its COvET coverage platform to support mobile network deployment strategies
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Real Wireless appointed as Independent Assessor for UK’s Shared Rural Network Initiative
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