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GOWEX : GOWEX starts providing services in Africa through Yattoo, a Republic of Congo leading internet provider
GOWEX starts providing services in Africa through Yattoo, a Republic of Congo leading internet provider.
GOWEX initiates its services in Pointe-Noire, the second most populated city in Congo-Brazzaville with over 1 million inhabitants.
In the first phase, the free Wi-Fi service will be available in large touristic areas as hotels, restaurants and bars at the Congolese city.
Madrid, March 5 2014 -. GOWEX (GOW-MAB, ALGOW-NYSE Alternext, LGWXY-OTC Market) , leader company in creating Wireless Smart Cities®, has reached an agreement with OFIS , one of the leading Internet providers in the country under the brand Yattoo.com , that provides IT and telecommunications services to administrations, businesses and individuals in the region of Congo-Brazzaville.
Through this partnership, GOWEX enters into the African continent, providing connection services to Pointe-Noire , the second most populated city of the Republic of Congo, with over 1 million inhabitants, and the principal commercial city in the country. More than 48% of its population is under 20, target public using Wi-Fi connectivity services.
Jenaro García, CEO of GOWEX, stated that "the Central African countries, as Congo, represent an emerging key player in the international expansion of the company as they have a huge growth potential". "In this regard, the partnership with Yattoo.com will progressively contribute to universalize the free Wi-Fi access in the region, encouraging the technological and social development", Mr. García added.
Hotels, restaurants, bars etc.
The network will have more than a hundred free Wi-Fi hotspots located in areas of high touristic affluence of Pointe-Noire in which Yattoo.com is present, like hotels, restaurants and bars in the city, etc., and where free wireless connection is highly demanded and an essential service for clients. Along these areas, residents and visitors can navigate in the Congolese city with no additional costs through the network .FREEYATTOOGOWEX.
In the project development, GOWEX brings its innovative business model based on its Proprietary Technology Platforms and Geo-localized Advertising Services, users' management, roaming and offloading and as well as its know-how in development of Wireless Smarts Cities'. The service' sustainability, the validation and data protection of users are guaranteed.
"Through the agreement with GOWEX, OFIS seeks to become a major player in the development of digital and intelligent cities in Africa, that aim to improve its services' effectiveness for citizens and the Internet access democratization" , declared Luc-Emmanuel Zanghieri, General Manager of OFIS.
Boom of Internet mobile in Africa
Mobile services and Internet access in Africa are more and more demanded day by day. According to a recent study by McKinsey consulting firm, around 50% of the population living in urban areas is now online, due to the proliferation of low-cost smartphones offers in African countries.
In 2025, there will be 600 million smart devices users in the African continent, and there will be 360 million smartphones in the market.
About GOWEX (GOW-MAB, ALGOW-NYSE Alternext, LGWXY-OTC Market)
GOWEX has operated in the telecommunications sector for 15 years. The Company is currently leading the creation of Wireless Smart Cities, offering free and premium WiFi connectivity in streets, public spaces, public transport and stations. GOWEX is now exporting its innovative business models to more than 80 cities in the world, thanks to different agreements with Public Administrations, Franchise, Associations and Transport companies.
The company works to create Wireless Smart Cities ® (WiFi Smart Cities), offering free WiFi access to citizens, improving the services given through wireless connectivity: online meter reading, traffic light control, public transport fleet management, video surveillance and so on.
In 2010, GOWEX became the first and only Spanish SME making a "dual listing," publicly traded in MAB (GOW) and NYSE-Alternext (ALGOW). The company's total revenue amounted to EUR114, 1 million in 2012, a 71% more compared to 2011. In December 2012, GOWEX subscribed a EUR18 million capital, adding 1,528,404 new common shares to the market. In February 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the emission of the ADR's program (American Depositary Receipt) allowing the Group to be quoted in the USA's market OTCQX.
Having offices in Madrid, Paris, Dubai, London, Buenos Aires, Shanghai and Costa Rica, GOWEX develops a sustainable business model in its WiFi networks, based on the efficient and technical quality of their patented platforms: the Roaming Platform, which allows users to connect freely in GOWEX's cities, and the Geolocation Content and Advertisement Platform, which provide financing system through marketing and advertisement agreements.
In 2011, GOWEX joined the Wireless Broadband Alliance and received a prize for being the "Best Company" on the Internet Day. In 2013, the company was rewarded as "Best New listed Company" in the first edition of the " European Small *Mid-Cap Awards".
About OFIS
In 2000, OFIS, a Congolese company founded in New Technologies of Computer Science and Communications field, count with more than 250 collaborations which are presents in Pointe-Noire and Brazzaville.
OFIS provides Internet access to Congo's Administrations, Companies and individuals, through its commercial brand Yattoo.com ( www.yattoo.com ).
Thanks to its wide products and services catalogue, OFIS answers to the customer's needs. The proposed solutions are based on proved, recognized and developmental technical regulations.
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