“ WE ARE NOW MOVING INTO THE NEXT GENERATION WHICH IS LITECELL XG , WHICH WILL SUPPORT 2G , 3G AND 4G ... IT CAN ALSO SUPPORT 5G AND , ALTHOUGH THE RURAL MARKET IS NOT READY FOR THIS YET , WE WANT TO BE READY FOR WHEN IT IS AVAILABLE ”
“ WE ARE NOW MOVING INTO THE NEXT GENERATION WHICH IS LITECELL XG , WHICH WILL SUPPORT 2G , 3G AND 4G ... IT CAN ALSO SUPPORT 5G AND , ALTHOUGH THE RURAL MARKET IS NOT READY FOR THIS YET , WE WANT TO BE READY FOR WHEN IT IS AVAILABLE ”
FRANCIS LÉTOURNEAU PRESIDENT AND CEO , NURAN WIRELESS
Sustainability focus NuRAN is working to reduce their carbon footprint by adopting a carbon neutral approach by using solar and batteries . “ Solar is about 20 times lower per kilo , per hour , compared to coal . Our sites are consuming on average 100 watts . You can drive those with two and four solar panels and up to three lithium-ion batteries . So
the carbon footprint is extremely low . Our goal is , of course , to reduce the carbon footprint , but also reduce the total cost of ownership to keep viable for the operator .” NuRAN Wireless currently has a revenue of CAD $ 4mn and Létourneau is confident the acceleration of projects in African will leverage profits in the near future . “ We aim to do the same this year . The initial shift from being an equipment company to a NAAS company , we have seen a brief slowing down on the revenue side , but that revenue will come back and we will start seeing this revenue popping into our bank account in the coming weeks when we see the first site go live in Africa .” technologymagazine . com 411