I-LINX is an international consulting firm specializing in the design of satellite and fixed wireless communication systems for governments, development agencies, multi-national organizations and corporations. Our services include strategic consulting and program implementation through the delivery of appropriate technologies. Our services improve access to information, reduce communication costs, and offer immediate security in the most remote and isolated areas.
Our Unique Understanding of the Market
OUR UNIQUE UNDERSTANDING OF THE MARKET
Unlike other companies, our management team combines first-hand business
experience building telecom sectors in emerging markets with hands-on
expertise managing international development projects in the non-profit
sector, including the design and management of civil society and ICT programs
using proven participatory development approaches.
We are also a supplier of satellite communications equipment as a certified women-owned Small Business Hub-Zone Company with products on the General Services Administration (GSA) schedule.
I-LINX is the Washington, D.C.-based division of the MVS Group. The MVS Group is the owner/operator of the 0-1-5 WORLDWIDE Land Earth Station (LES) network and a FCC-licensed carrier since 1993. Among MVS Group companies, I-LINX is uniquely focused on government, development and multi-national organizations working in the relief and development sector. The MVS Group is an Inmarsat distribution partner and service provider, and an International Accounting Authority. The 0-1-5 LES network for voice, fax, data and a variety of value-added services, is supported by the group's three LES facilities.
Portable
Connectivity
Iridium
Communication
Systems
ICT Program
Design
Research
and Assessment
Business
Case Development
I-LINX has demonstrated global expertise in the development of ICT strategies for its government, development and multi-national clients, including:
Design and
development of complete ICT solutions incorporating software applications
into portable end-user devices, connected to terrestrial and satellite-based
wireless networks.
Creation
and establishment of innovative and sustainable energy supply solutions
to allow ICT centers to be established where electricity supply is unreliable
or absent.
Delivery
of management and technical training-of-trainers and end-user training
programs to build local capacity of ICT Center managers and customers,
incorporating e-learning modules and distance-learning programs.
Development
and adaptation of new and existing content to meet local language and
information needs, delivering this content through a variety of media
and technologies.
Program
management and technical assistance to build and strengthen organizational
capacity to achieve the financial, technical and programmatic sustainability
of initiatives.
I-LINX brings expertise in establishing and managing sustainable public access centers (telecenters) and school-based computer facilities. These telecenters and computer labs include private sector, entrepreneur-owned locations, as well as those operated by teacher training centers, schools, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), local government agencies and private radio stations. With the support of donor agencies and multi-lateral funding institutions, I-LINX has assisted international NGOs with the design of ICT facilities, including computer and Internet access centers in:
Africa:
Ethiopia, Mali, Kenya, South Africa
Central
Asia: Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan
CIS:
Georgia
Middle
East: Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq
