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Wi-Fi NOW Award winners announced!

November 2, 2017 | BREAKING NEWS | by Margrethe

Above: CEO Grant Marais of Vast Networks accepts the Wi-Fi NOW awards for Best Service Provider and Affordable Connectivity at the Wi-Fi NOW Congress in The Hague.

By STEPHANIE KINCH, Wi-Fi NOW Staff Writer

We are excited to announce the winner of two Wi-Fi NOW Awards. VAST Networks took home the awards for both Best Wi-Fi Service Provider and Affordable Connectivity.

What the judges said

Here are some of the comments from the judges to VAST Networks work as a service provider and a provider of affordable connectivity.

  • “VAST brings accessible and affordable broadband to communities with poor infrastructure, enabling economic empowerment and growth by democratising access”
  • “Innovative use of existing technology”
  • “Taking Wi-Fi to townships is a great thing to do”

/Stephanie

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