Globally, 2.1 billion wireless broadband customers will generate US$784 billion in service revenue by 2015. This revenue increase of about 2400% will be underpinned by continued developments in wireless technologies, improvements in devices and more flexible pricing options. While developing regions will account for only 17% of wireless broadband customers at the end of 2008, the lack of fixed-line infrastructure in these regions will bolster the growth of wireless broadband services, and developing regions will account for 57% of wireless broadband customers worldwide by the end of 2015.*
NGT is on the leading edge of this trend. With strategic assistance from some of the broadband industry’s leading providers of products, applications and services, NGT engages in designing, building and operating networks in the cities and towns of developing countries worldwide.
By employing a unique wireless broadband “multi-tier” design and a cost effective migration strategy, coupled with innovative and highly desirable content-based services, NGT is able to provide telecommunications services on a scale never before available in secondary, tertiary market and rural communities of developing countries. As such, NGT has distinguished itself from other companies by utilizing this comprehensive program to bring high-speed wireless broadband to selected communities on two fronts:
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Metropolitan Commercial Deployment: utilizing a unique combination of “multi-tier” wireless technologies, including WiMAX, Mesh, Wi-Fi and satellite, to provide seamless integration of commercial applications and services over a wide area.
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Secondary and Rural Market Development: employing the ETS (Educational Telecommunications Services) initiative based on providing low-cost wireless broadband services to schools, medical clinics and residents in remote and rural areas.**
* Analysys Mason report dated 31 July 2008.
** The ETS program is a cost effective version of the multi-tier wireless concept focused on serving educational and medical needs in remote markets where traditional broadband wireless systems have been too expensive to deploy. A detailed description of the ETS program is available upon request.
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