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Social ISPs - the remedy for the 3 billion unconnected
Social ISPs - the remedy for the 3 billion unconnected
Social ISPs - the remedy for the 3 billion unconnected
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The remedy for the three billion unconnected
Heikki Almay
9.11.2022
heikki@karugrid.com
Africa background
E-government, digitalization of education
and healthcare fail.
Investment in retail channel and Start with anchor customers (B2B only)
marketing
BSS needed for prepaid from day one Light BSS later
The Social ISP requires less capital and utilizes assets more efficiently.
Active SIM cards
Boundary conditions for Social Dear Santa,
Internet Service Providers I am a Social ISP, 3 years old. I do not intend to compete
with by elder brothers who are mobile operators. I just want to
offer data services for those who cannot afford them today.
existing mobile operators but offer a complement for Could you give me reasonably priced local frequency licenses.
I do not want to cover a state or a country at once. Some square
kilometers to cover a village is enough. If you are afraid of
the low ARPU market. people reserving spectrum just for fun, I do not mind if you
include a use it or lose it scheme.
If that is too big a change to your plans you could set aside 20
Roaming restrictions. One more wish. Please don’t make me build population
coverage. Instead count points of presents or the number of
people we connect to the Internet.