Johannesburg: AfricUpdate – News Desk
Viper Networks and Apollo INT’L have completed the pilot deployment of the company’s smart city infrastructure in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The implementation highlights the flexibility of Viper’s Community product line, which includes its most advanced smart poles and Apollo smart lighting systems. The poles are equipped with 5G radio access equipment, LED advertising panels and cameras, which represent many of the applications of Community.
The project demonstrates how municipalities, mobile operators, enterprises and social media companies can leverage the Company’s smart city systems to realize efficiencies through cost savings as well as derive new profit centers. Security cameras, advertising, traffic control, parking meters, sensors, radar and public and private WiFi systems are just a few of the myriad of potential revenue generating applications.
Apollo INT’L and their local partner House of Invention (HOI) have begun discussions with the Company to begin manufacturing and assembly of the Community and Apollo product lines within Saudi Arabia to better service the Middle Eastern and North African regions. The pilot project in Saudi Arabia is the second of three pilot projects in progress.
The Company announced the completion of the first pilot project in Colombo Sri Lanka in July, 2024. That project included the deployment of 108 poles and accompanying Apollo smart lights. The complete strategy includes Over-the-Top technology, fixed wireless, mobility, smart cities and renewable energy generation.
