This week: Ewam de Freitas, chief product officer at Veea, on the company's partnership with PT Bum Desa to deliver a wireless network in the city of Argamukti, Indonesia, and how the project is impacting life in the remote region.
This episode features Ewam de Freitas, chief product officer at Veea: a global edge solutions provider. Last year, Veea embarked on a project in partnership with PT Bum Desa – a business entity established by a government-funded collection of Indonesian villages – to bring wireless connectivity to the region of Argamukti, Indonesia.
We discuss the details of that project – which was named a finalist in the digital divide use case category in Light Reading's 2024 Leading Lights awards – including the deployment timeline, challenges faced, how the network may scale to meet additional needs and more.
Here's a brief outline of what we covered in this episode:
Background on Veea and how the company seeks to tackle the digital divide (01:03)
About Veea's partnership with PT Bum Desa (04:21)
Connectivity challenges facing Argamukti prior to Veea's deployment (06:09)
Timeline of Veea's deployment in Argamukti, technology used and how service delivery is managed (07:50)
Challenges faced and how Veea is responding (10:50)
What Veea's connectivity solution has enabled for the region and how it might further evolve (16:04)
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