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Ericsson, Zain build green-powered site in Kenya

By Team Diginews4u ⋅ February 13, 2009 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅ Post a comment

Ericsson and pan-African operator Zain have built a green-powered site in a remote village in northeastern Kenya,  as part of the Millennium Villages project.

With the affordable mobile communication the site provides, the villagers of Dertu can make calls, access health services and education, Ericsson informed.

Using a combination of wind and solar power addresses the two key deterrents to building telecommunication infrastructure in remote areas: operating costs and power supply reliability, the company noted.

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