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EC/IST FP6 Project No 026920<br />

Work Package: 6<br />

Type of document: Report<br />

Date: 20.12.2007<br />

File name: OP_WP6_D37_V1.0.doc Version: 1.0<br />

Title: Worldwide Market Research Report 214 / 356<br />

D-Link (www.dlink-me.com) is a note firm that produces chiefly modem. It is also interested,<br />

even though in smaller way, to the PLC technology too. In Africa, D-Link sells in Algeria,<br />

Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisie, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia,<br />

Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania<br />

and Uganda.<br />

5.4.4 PLC service providers and cases<br />

5.4.4.1 Overview<br />

[A28] Africa Online is one of the few pioneering service providers providing broadband<br />

Internet access over power lines. Access speeds are available from as low as 32Kbps to as<br />

high as 1Mbps, and more. Tests have been carried out in Ghana and they are exploring<br />

providing this as a commercial service shortly.<br />

Africa Online provides also to their clients, the classical ADSL access, the DVB (Digital Video<br />

Broadcast) downlink-only satellite technology, the VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) 2-<br />

way satellite service, the VPN (Virtual Private Networks) security solution, the MPLS (Multi-<br />

Protocol Label Switching) standards-approved technology, broadband wireless (both mobile<br />

and fixed solutions), VoIP, ISDN and Dial-up connectivity.<br />

[A29] At the end of 2003, Grintek Telecom signed a partnership agreement with Cybercom<br />

International to distribute its latest Power Line Communications (PLC) solution into Africa.<br />

The agreement covered sales, implementation, support and training. The architecture, at this<br />

time, offered a bandwidth of 45 Mbps. The Tshwane Municipality purchased the InovaTech<br />

DS2 solution as a pilot system as part of its ongoing investigation into new technologies.<br />

Allied Technologies Limited (Altech), was a joint winner of their Top ICT Companies in SA<br />

research survey. The other joint winner was Hewlett-Packard. Additionally, the City of Cape<br />

Town implemented Landis+Gyr's latest technology common-base prepayment electricity<br />

meters, the Cashpower Sabre model. The City of Cape Town required a specific range of<br />

serial numbers for the meters that was compatible with its database system.

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