Clear Blue Technologies Partners with Parallel Wireless to Bring Connectivity to Africa
June 23 2021 - 7:00AM
Clear Blue Technologies International Inc. (“Clear Blue”) (TSXV:
CBLU) (FRA:0YA) (OTCQB: CBUTF), the Smart Off-Grid™ Company, today
announced a partnership with Parallel Wireless, Inc. (“Parallel
Wireless”), the leading U.S.-based O-RAN compliant, Open RAN
company, enabling ALL Gs. This partnership will utilize Clear
Blue’s Smart Off-Grid power and Parallel Wireless’ leading OpenRAN
technology to deploy a cost-effective, high-performance
telecommunications solution for a telecom operator in Africa.
Consistent with Clear Blue’s prior Q1 guidance for Large-Scale
Rollouts in the first half of 2021, the partnership will involve a
new Large-Scale Rollout with product shipments scheduled to begin
in the next two quarters.
Clear Blue and Parallel Wireless will be working in partnership
to provide a total all-in-one telecommunications and power solution
with the highest level of uptime availability. With reliability
designed into the system and active power management, solar
off-grid and hybrid solar/grid power alternatives are now hitting
the mainstream market. In doing so, Mobile Network Operators (MNOs)
get the highest performance and uptime at the lowest upfront and
ongoing cost while at the same time using Cleantech to deliver on
global ESG targets, including climate change mitigation.
“Clear Blue’s product architecture which uniquely meets the
‘five 9s’ high availability requirements for this project,
demonstrates Clear Blue’s ability to support the most
mission-critical of applications. With Clear Blue’s Smart Off-Grid
solution, maximum uptime and high availability are integral to the
system,” says Miriam Tuerk, CEO and co-founder of Clear Blue
Technologies. “Combining the Smart Off-Grid power of Clear Blue
with the innovative Open RAN technology from Parallel Wireless, we
can provide a solution that meets the needs of mainstream,
primetime telecom applications in even the harshest of
environments.”
Project Requirements
This partnership supports numerous different site
configurations, including multiple backhaul and cell radio
configurations. The size of the sites varies significantly from the
very smallest of configurations to the most extensive system ever
deployed by Clear Blue. Clear Blue’s modular design that uses
standard components across this highly varied deployment is a key
advantage in the initial deployment and the ongoing operation. As
with all telecom projects, capacity will grow over time, and the
system is specifically designed to support this easily. Clear
Blue’s Smart Off-Grid systems are controlled over the cloud to
manage high usage periods and adverse weather conditions. This
ability is enabled by the system’s advanced energy and weather
forecasting, along with its active power management
capabilities.
Africa is the highest growth market
The potential for this partnership is substantial, and there are
a number of follow-on expansion opportunities. As of 2019, areas
such as Sub-Saharan Africa and the Central African Republic had
58-59% of their population living in rural areas. With the overall
population of Africa expected to double by 2050, this very young
and growing population will be high demand users of cellular,
satellite and internet connectivity. With only 10-60% of Africa's
population connected, there were an estimated 871 million
people across Africa without access to the internet in
2020. And those with connections are severely underserved.
With Clear Blue established and proven as a strong telecom power
provider of mission-critical off-grid power, there is significant
potential for opportunities in this market over the coming
years.
“Parallel Wireless is working with many partners in a broad
telecom ecosystem to deliver rapid innovation across hardware and
software domains for the industry,” stated Yisrael Nov, VP, Sales,
Parallel Wireless. “The main challenges in powering
telecommunications for rural areas have been the availability and
cost. Being able to comply with the industry’s availability
requirement with an off-grid power source that is cost-effective,
is one of those innovations that will change the industry. We are
proud to partner with Clear Blue for their innovative Smart
Off-Grid power solution to help enable greater connectivity.”
Continues Tuerk, “We are thrilled to work with Parallel Wireless
to rise to this challenge and look forward to growing this
partnership.”
About Clear Blue Technologies
InternationalClear Blue Technologies International, the
Smart Off-Grid™ company, was founded on a vision of delivering
clean, managed, “wireless power” to meet the global need for
reliable, low-cost, solar and hybrid power for lighting, telecom,
security, Internet of Things devices, and other mission-critical
systems. Today, Clear Blue has thousands of systems under
management across 37 countries, including the U.S. and Canada.
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Investor Relations:Miriam TuerkCoFounder &
CEOMiriam@clearbluetechnologies.com+1-416-433-3952
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