Global telecommunications company GBS is seeing advances in technology that mean internet access in the Congo is now becoming more reliable
In the modern world everyone needs the internet . Increasingly it is no longer the luxury for the few , and African businesses , rural and in the cities , are looking for faster and more reliable connections .
For Zubeir Mohamed , Director of Operations at Global Broadband Solution ( GBS ), this is good news , and has resulted in a steady growth in business over the past four to five years .
Operating out of local bases in Kinshasa , Lubumbashi , Kisangani , Matadi and Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Brazzaville in the Republic of the Congo , the company specializes in the design and delivery of global communication solutions , particularly in IP solutions , allowing companies to connect anywhere in Africa via Satellite , WiMAX and Optical Fiber .
The ability to interconnect a series of sites and create a local intranet means companies can create their own company ’ s private network , allowing different offices to exchange telephone calls , emails and data , as well as performing CCTV monitoring across the sites .
GBS ’ s engineers and technicians are permanently located on site to run the installations and to provide the necessary help and support after installation . Staff in Brussels take care of the management , design , logistics and interaction between the various parts of the company ;’
Zubeir was studying in Canada when , in 2004 , he had the chance of a placement with GBS . Four years later and the opportunity arose for him to work fulltime with the company . He says : “ Bashir Mohamed , is
156 July 2017