Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam Nartey George has said that he shares the same opinion as the minister of communication Ursula Owusu on the topic of satellite internet options.
Mrs Owusu-Ekuful, announced that government will promptly license satellite firms to serve as a backup for mobile network operators, following the disruption in their services.
However she made it known that the cost for satellites is relatively much higher than the terrestrial solutions.
Today on the AM show with Evans Mensah, Sam George said he perfectly agrees with the communication minister’s assertion
“Well, let me be frank and say that I agree with the minister on satellites not being a reliable back up plan. Because satellites apart from it unreliability due to weather, you cannot even carry the level of bandwidth that you are requiring. To carry for example, the traffic that MTN is carrying. I mean MTN is piping over 170gb per second on ACE per second and 150gb per second on WATTS. So clearly you can’t do that about satellites. So I agree with the minister on that,” the Ningo Prampram MP expressed.
Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, has declared the government’s intention to swiftly license satellite companies to act as a backup for mobile network operators in response to the recent disruptions in their services.
Starting from Thursday, March 14, Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) have encountered disruptions, resulting in numerous Ghanaians being left without internet access.
Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful unveiled this strategy while providing an update to Parliament on the situation in Accra on Monday.
“With regard to the use of satellite as an alternative, it is important to note that the bandwidth of a satellite backup for network operators cannot replace the capacity that has been lost due to the outage. Satellite backup for consumers is more feasible.
“However, the cost is relatively much higher than the terrestrial solutions. Immediate initiatives that the government will undertake is that we will license satellite gateway air stations, London rights, and satellite air station network. One web has already been licensed.
“Starlink is in the process of being licensed, and other operators are being encouraged to land in Ghana. We must also invest in operationalizing RASCOM, the regional African satellite company instead of each company of each country going it alone.”
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