Paratus Zambia announced that it has deployed fixed wireless access (FWA) technology from US-based Tarana Wireless that it said will deliver fiber-class connectivity to homes and businesses across the country.
Paratus said Tarana’s next-generation fixed wireless access (ngFWA) platform promises link capacities of up to 1.6 Gbps and strong performance even in high-interference or congested environments.
According to Tarana’s website, its ngFWA solution aggregates carriers in the 3 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz bands, and leverages distributed massive MIMO, multipath integration and real-time interference cancellation to achieve fibre-level speeds and reliability. Its base nodes and remote nodes are managed via its Tarana Cloud Suite (TCS).
Paratus Zambia said the Tarana tech complements its existing infrastructure, and will ensure a smoother, more consistent experience for users, even during peak hours or in challenging deployment areas.
“With Tarana, we can now offer excellent performance without the cost or time constraints of physical fibre infrastructure,” said Paratus Zambia country manager Marius van Vuuren in a statement. “Whether it’s a small business relying on cloud applications, or a family streaming content at home, people want fast and reliable internet. Tarana enables us to deliver that more consistently.”
The deal also marks Tarana's first customer win in Zambia. In 2021, MTN launched its Unlimited Air Fibre service, which was supplied by Supersonic and uses Tarana's G1 base nodes.
Last year, Tarana signed a partnership deal with Microsoft to help service providers in rural and underserved Africa deploy government-approved telecom equipment at competitive pricing, along with training and technical support.
