{"id":39560,"date":"2023-04-12T16:36:03","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T16:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?p=39560"},"modified":"2023-04-12T16:14:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T16:14:17","slug":"vodafone-ghana-partners-with-lynk-global-to-provide-satellite-direct-to-standard-phone-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/vodafone-ghana-partners-with-lynk-global-to-provide-satellite-direct-to-standard-phone-technology","title":{"rendered":"Vodafone Ghana Partners With Lynk Global to Provide Satellite-Direct-to-Standard-Phone Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. <\/strong><\/span><b>Lynk Global, Inc. (Lynk), the world\u2019s leading satellite-direct-to-standard-phone telecoms company, yesterday announced that it has signed its second commercial contract with Telecel Group in Africa to provide services to Vodafone Ghana\u2019s subscribers.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This new contract will provide mobile coverage to 100% of Ghana\u2019s population of 31 million inhabitants using Lynk\u2019s \u201ccell-towers-in-space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Why This Matters<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Lynk\u2019s \u201ccell towers in space\u201d will enable Telecel Group to offer ubiquitous geographic coverage to over <b>6 million Vodafone Ghana<\/b> subscribers and will be utilized for extending rural coverage, including Maritime Economic Zone, as a backup to ensure service resilience, continuity of IoT devices, and as a terrestrial tower replacement for underperforming (economical or technical) towers.<\/p>\n<p><b>What They\u2019re Saying<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Charles Miller<\/b>, CEO of Lynk, said, \u201cThis agreement extends Lynk\u2019s leadership in the satellite-direct-to-standard-phone category in Africa and is an important milestone as interest in the category continues to heat up. Lynk remains the only patented, proven and commercially-licensed company for satellite-direct-to-standard-phone technology anywhere in the world,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited at the possibilities this partnership brings to the country. It provides the unique opportunity to connect everyone everywhere and accelerates the benefits that connectivity offers in health, education, and job creation, especially for our women and youth,\u2019\u2019 stated <b>Patricia Obo-Nai<\/b>, CEO of Vodafone Ghana.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\">Ghana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. Lynk Global, Inc. (Lynk), the world\u2019s leading satellite-direct-to-standard-phone telecoms company, yesterday announced that it has signed its second commercial contract with Telecel Group in Africa to provide services to Vodafone Ghana\u2019s subscribers. This new contract will provide mobile coverage to 100% of Ghana\u2019s population of 31 million inhabitants using Lynk\u2019s \u201ccell-towers-in-space.\u201d Why [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":39559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,9,5099],"tags":[5092,5096,429],"class_list":["post-39560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-miscellaneous","category-to-homepage","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-ghana","tag-ghana"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Vodafone Ghana Partners With Lynk Global to Provide Satellite-Direct-to-Standard-Phone Technology - Ghana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lynk Global, Inc. 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