The ISP in my home country is providing ridiculous data and call services for its users. The internet service is slow, the calls are not reliable, and the most annoying part of it is that they deduct the data plan and call minutes very quickly that the customers end up not getting any value for it. I'm tired of this each time my sister complains to me that she can't chat for long with me because her internet data plan finishes quickly. It's sad they turn off their data always. I want to disrupt this market by tapping the network directly from any America ISP companies to connect the 5 countries I am targeting in Africa.
It's probably too late to start in Telecom now, days of Telco infra are numbered......with quantum teleportation the devices would talk to each other and the data centers instantaneously without the Telco middle man....start thinking about getting rid of the middleman
Having done a wireless internet start up in the late 90s-00s (dotcom bubble), you need to first find out your POP locations and what agreement/costs you can get. We bypassed the local incumbent, and since we were wireless, we didn't have to rely on a carrier. Ours was in (then) new unlicensed spectrum. But it worked! In Africa, as it is anywhere, you'll have a unique set of issues and opportunities. I started in Florida, where it is very flat, ideal for wireless. Most important, you need a plan where you know what you want and need to do, it is critical to have a plan.
What makes you think you can get better bandwidth than your current ISP?
I don't know a thing about telecom (in different part of Cisco), but it seems like there will be plenty of new opportunities for wireless internet in the near future. With 5G and wifi 6, it seems like it will be easier to deliver decent internet connections to remote areas. The town I grew up in in South America has cell reception now, but data plans are expensive and no other internet is available. I hope someone disrupts that soon.
Lol neither 5G nor wifi6 would solve the rural issues...5G on milimeter wave goes 15-20m...the problem with rural is that the low density doesn't justify building 1000s of towers....5G on low band with limited amount of spectrum is no better than 4G in terms of throughputs...so no benefits there....also it's hard to get fiber to remote locations to feed those towers.... One solution that probably no one is working on for rural would be supplimental satelite uplink..... RF for most part is reverse link limited because you can always add power amplifier on the tower but phone only has a puny battery...use satelite for uplink where signal travels without obstructions and then higher throughputs land based towers...
When T-Mobile puts in 5G in the cities, can I buy your second hand 4g gear for a rural South American network? Fiber is quite hard to get to some of these places—e.g. between Iquitos (pop 500k) and Manaus (pop 2M) there are basically no roads.
4G will live along with 5G for many many years to come....also without fiber how would connect the towers to the network?
Someone would need to solve for mapping two up addresses and reduce latency though....and have Qualcomm build a chip to support that
You know your stuff, OneT! Can I PM you?
I believe viable and practical approach would be to start with MVNO and build up on that
1. Get required permits/licensing if required. 2. Put up required infra like cables throughout the overage region, towers if wireless, connect up customer houses to your network, connect to internet backbone, put in control devices in between like hubs, switches etc 3. Offer and market your services and get enough users to make all the costs above feasible. That's be guess
Thanks!