Forget your wireless network at home, office or Wi-Fi<\/span> hot spots around the city. Kigali is now itself a wireless hot spot , thanks to the newly-built fibre<\/span> optics infrastructure and base stations installed around the capital supplying the city with the latest wireless broadband technology known as Wibro<\/span>, developed by Korean Telecom, a South Korea firm.<\/strong><\/p>\n In an age where technology is gathering staggering pace, Rwanda has had a head start with an astonishing 4G<\/span> technology that provides high speed connectivity superior to the conventional 3G.<\/p>\n The Wibro<\/span> project, which had taken a whole year to complete, has an approximate coverage of 80 percent of the city making it accessible to almost everyone.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is now awaiting the final processes of commercialisation<\/span> before it can reach the market,\u201d says the Division Manager, Mark Karomba<\/span> at the Wibro<\/span> Centre in Telecom House, a process estimated to be complete before the third quarter of the year.<\/p>\n On inquiry about its advantages says. \u201cThis wireless broadband will provide users with a faster connection enabling them to enjoy the internet experience at a much higher level, be it on smart phones or even on the go with your laptop.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The interesting feature of mobility is a trademark of the Wibro<\/span> technology that makes it even more convenient and flexible in terms of use, compared to other powerful technologies such as WIMAX<\/span>.<\/p>\n The project will operate in the public sector for a while before switching to the private sector. It will be under government control offering the service at an undisclosed tariff that is projected to be even lower than what other internet service providers are presently charging. \u201cThe goal of this is to widen the Rwandan market in terms of access to internet. By offering a cheap and accessible service, the penetration rate of internet within the population, which is approximately 2 percent, is bound to increase,\u201d observes Karomba<\/span>.<\/p>\n Even though Kigali will be the hub of this broadband technology, a nationwide expansion is anticipated with areas such as Rwamagana<\/span>, Huye<\/span> , Rusizi<\/span>, Rubavu<\/span> already covered through the fibre<\/span> optic networks.<\/p>\n In addition to WIBRO<\/span>, other service providers such as MTN<\/span> and TIGO<\/span> would continue to be operational. \u201cImplementation of the project is not aimed at competition, but rather a much bigger and far-reaching goal that is expanding the Rwandan internet market. Few players will always keep the prices high but with the new addition of Wibro<\/span>, prices will be cheaper for the service, making it accessible to more people thus fulfilling our aim of increased penetration,\u201d says Karomba<\/span>.<\/p>\n The Wibro<\/span> technology is a big step technological step that will not only provide the population with a much better internet experience but also allow institutions and businesses to operate efficiently. This would significantly contribute to other areas of the country\u2019s development.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Forget your wireless network at home, office or Wi-Fi hot spots around the city. Kigali is now itself a wireless hot spot , thanks to the newly-built fibre optics infrastructure and base stations installed around the capital supplying the city with the latest wireless broadband technology known as Wibro, developed by Korean Telecom, a South […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[75],"byline":[285],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-technology","tag-homenews","byline-chrisitan-bizimana"],"bylines":[{"id":285,"name":"Chrisitan Bizimana","slug":"chrisitan-bizimana","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"contributors":[{"id":285,"name":"Chrisitan Bizimana","slug":"chrisitan-bizimana","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=107"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}