Multinet in Afganistan

Summary
MULTI NET Afghanistan as a company of MULTI NET Holding Group started its professional activity in Afghanistan at the end of 2004. The ISP Project has expanded its coverage to such major Afghani cities as Kabul, Herat, Kandahar, Mazar-i-Sharif, Jalalabad, Kunduz and Pul-e-Khumri in less than one year.
MULTI NET Afghanistan have been managing the full cycle of the Project, construction, maintenance and upgrade of the ISP telecommunication network in Afghanistan, leading the Project team, providing preparation and management of the Project's business plans, ISP sales & marketing strategies, dealing with clients, suppliers, and partners.
MULTI NET Afghanistan attributes the success of the start to a deep knowledge of local national and religious traditions as well as to utilization of administrative resources. To achieve the latter one we have developed good relations with strong men and religious leaders on the ground, governmental institutions, international nongovernmental organizations (UNAMA, UNHCR, UNOPS, UNAMACA and so on), International Security Assistance Forces (NATO), US Military, Diplomatic Corps, Banking and Business communities etc.
In our everyday operations and deciding on further investments we strive for cost effective solutions.
In our human resources policies, we follow the route of hiring talented individuals in former CIS and third world countries as well as organizing rigorous training for locals.

Licenses
In November 2005 we have registered our independent telecommunication company MULTI NET Afghanistan and signed a License Agreement with the Ministry of Communications of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. At the same time we have received Business License from local authorities.
The ISP services are being provided in the following cities of Afghanistan: Kabul, Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif, Kunduz, Maimana, & Kandahar with further plans to roll-out to other major provinces.

Technical solutions
We have our satellite HUB's based upon INTELSAT and YAMAL satellites which give us additional back up possibilities. Then we are providing last mile with pre WI MAX WLL technology (certified INFINET WIRELESS Equipment www.infinetwireless.com, which proved to be very reliable and cost effective). Now we are in negotiating process with potential WI MAX vendors like Motorola (www.motorola.com), Siemens (www.siemens.com), ZTE (www.zte.com) and Cambridge Broadband (www.cambridgebroadband.com).
We are developing our DVB-RCS projects all over Afghanistan as well. Particularly in the nearest future we are going to build Regional Corporate Network based upon 1,8 m DVB-RCS VSAT (satellite Yamal - 200-1). Initially it will include 30 regional satellite interactive terminals (SIT's) but later on it will be extend up to 150 SIT's .

Our projects employ only approved, FCC certified and reliable equipment as well as know-how of well-known suppliers such as Ericsson, Siemens, Alcatel, Cisco, Huawei, ZTE, Motorolla etc.

Sales and Marketing
MULTI NET Afghanistan has more then 300 huge corporate Internet clients like Kabul International Airport, Roshan, ISAF, US military, financial institutions including Kabul Bank, AIB Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and FMFB Bank, Coca Cola, US embassy, French embassy, Canadian embassy, UN organizations NGO's and others.

Human Resources
MULTI NET's employees are highly professional and have great experience in design, construction and operation of telecom networks. Our company is a team of experts with excellent telecommunications background and experience in working with international carriers.