Microfinance Focus, August 25, 2011: Private Iraqi telecommunications company Asiacell has today announced rolling out mobile voice, broadband and SMS services across remote communities in Iraq using a satellite-backhauled, solar-powered, 2G/3G Altobridge lite-site solution.

Altobridge lite-site enables mobile network operators to bring mobile connectivity to remote communities. It is a cost-effective, energy-efficient solution that optimizes capital budgets while minimizing backhaul. It is optimized for solar power, thereby removing the high cost barriers of diesel generators.

Currently, the solution is being deployed in previously unconnected communities in Sulaimaniya in Northern Iraq.