This solution was presented at the 5th edition of the Angolan Municipalities and Cities Fair, and Ricardo Fernandes, the company's marketing director, pointed out that these satellite radios offer advantages, as they allow users to pinpoint areas where they want to communicate, due to the lack of a mobile phone network.
According to the director, this system was highly sought after at the company's booth because it isn't as restricted as other wave radios.
"As incredible as it may seem, we can choose an area here in the national territory and another can be in the United States of America, and speak with the walkie-talkie radio within that same area," explained the officer, who, as an example, compared the minimum coverage map of this solution to twice the size of the territory of Namibe.
"Imagine that in Namibe we have villages isolated from the rest of the province, in areas where there is no mobile phone network or electricity. If these villages have one of these radios, they can instantly call for help in an emergency," Ricardo Fernandes said in a statement to Angop.
"It's an investment in a solution that works uninterruptedly and allows communities to communicate with each other without being isolated," he said, adding that in addition to the Angolan Municipalities and Cities Fair, the company will also launch this telecommunications system at Expo-Huíla, which begins next week.
In addition to communications solutions, he said that solar energy solutions are also available for some municipalities where the public electricity grid is not accessible, aiming to reduce their isolation.
Sistec, he added, aims to help the most remote communities achieve greater comfort, as these solar solutions can also be connected to a water pump, enabling a small village without access to electricity to obtain water from boreholes for essential needs.
Therefore, he highlighted the interest of some municipal administrations, which have been acquiring these systems as opportunities arise, writes Angop.
"These solutions create facilities such as freezing food or filtering water, which are very difficult to find in settlements that lack access to energy," he said, adding that a minimum one-kilowatt solar energy solution costs around two million kwanzas, which is enough to run household appliances.
Furthermore, he added, solar solutions have a minimum lifespan of 15 years and are easy to maintain, as they only require dust to be cleaned from the panels.
Among other aspects, he also indicated that Sistec also has solutions aimed at managing traffic, such as solar traffic lights: "It's something we've been gradually introducing. We've already started installing traffic lights in Lubango (Huíla) and we're also focusing on other provinces that are already finalizing the acquisition of equipment for later installation," he said, quoted by Angop.
