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The BeepTool’s Oyi-1 $1 Smartphone is a sustainably funded  Smartphone that integrates the unconnected to the digital economy by providing them affordable and accessible digital services such as e-health, e-education, e-commerce, fintech, etc that generates advertising, survey and data revenue for investors and stakeholders. These fees are used to cover the true cost of the smartphone. It’s a tool for a sustainable and profitable poverty alleviation by connecting underprivileged Africans to the digital economy.  We provide affordable communications via innovative nano-satellite technology with a goal  to connect the unconnected.

• Android™ 7.0 Nougat Operating system
• Reinforced Frame & Screen, Unbeatable Value,
• Screen: 5inch FWVGA 854*480
• 4G LTE Dual SIM (Dual-SIM): Micro SIM + Nano SIM
• Memory/Storage: 1GB RAM /Built-in: 8GB, Micro-SD (Support up to 32GB)
• Processor: MT6580 1.3GHz Quad-Core
• Frequency Band: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 |WCDMA 900/2100 |FDD-LTE B1//3/7/20
• Connectivity: WiFi 802.11 b/g/n Dual-SIM Bluetooth 4.1 3.5mm Headset Jack
• Dimensions: 144.1 x 71.9 x 9.8 (mm)
• Camera: Rear: 5MPx ; Front: 2MPx
• A long battery life: (2000mAh plus one extra) USB
• GPS: Support and Durable 4G Smartphone

1. BeepTool $1 smartphone for Africans living below $2 a day.

• The first set of beneficiaries will be inner city dwellers where internet facilities currently exist
• The second set of beneficiaries will be rural dwellers and occupation groups living where connectivity facilities are poor at the moment integrated into our nanosatellite micro-cell solution for rural connectivity.

What beneficiaries need to know

• The true cost of the phone is about $65
• The smartphone is an advertisement platform
• The true cost of the phone will be recouped from advertisement
• Up to 20% of read, viewed and seen advert revenue on the platform will be credited to the users. This can be transferred to mobile money or bank account
• The smartphone can only be repaired by BeepTool service centers
• Users will be required to pay $2 per month to maintain connectivity of the device

Advantages of this offer

• Owning a smartphone at lowest possible cost
• Integration to the digital economy
• Access to digital services such as e-health, e-education, e-commerce, fintech, etc.
• Income generation through ads revenue sharing
• Escape from poverty

2. BeepTool $65 Smartphone for Africans living above $2 a day

People living on more than $2 a day are considered to be generally above the poverty line. BeepTool offers, to people in this category, Oyi-1 smartphones at the manufacturing cost of $65.

What Users need to know

• The smartphone will be registered on our advertisement platform at the user’s request
• The cost of the phone will be recouped through ads revenue from our platform, projected to be 6-12months
• Additional 20% of read, viewed and seen advert revenue on the platform will be credited to the users. This can be transferred to mobile money or bank account
• The smartphone can only be repaired by BeepTool service centers
• Users will be required to pay $2 per month to maintain connectivity of the device

Advantages of this offer

• Integration to the digital economy
• Access to digital services such as e-health, e-education, e-commerce, fintech, etc.
• Phone is almost free of charge after 1 year
• Income generation through ads revenue sharing

Today, with all the connectivity solution available why there are still people who are not connected to the World Wide Web?

It is common practice throughout the world that anyone that has income and access to electricity would have acquired a cellphone and connect to the world.

The reason that people with income and electricity are not connected is the lack of sufficient telecom infrastructure and poverty

Small and cost-effective plug and play satellite terminal which creates a WiFi cell.
Anyone with Oyi-1 or any smartphone can send and receive messages, send money etc and calls within the cell
Connectivity is seamless at local, national and international networks

How does it works

Small satellite terminal with integrated WIFI creates local cell anywhere under  coverage

Smartphone users use the BeepTool application or any other applications with our Micro-cell network plug-in to generate messages, mobile money services and calls from their smartphones.

Local operators host our satellite terminal at their HQ to route the calls and messages  or app services to their network

The calls and messages can be routed either to local or international networks

The calls and messages can be also routed over the internet for any application users (similar to WhatsApp)

solution advantages

Small and cost effective terminal

Create immediate WIFI cell ready to use

Minimal integration

Easy to ship, deploy and operate

No special infrastructures needed

No maintenance needed

Available anywhere under our coverage

Easy integration with local networks

Ground Terminals Specifications

Power

12V Dc / AC PS

Optional power scheme available.

Interface

HotSpot Device – Wifi, Ethernet (RJ45).

Antenna

Gain: >8 dbi at boresight

Beam width (3 db): 60 degrees’

External Antenna kit – optional

WIFI Access point

802.11 n,a,b

2.400 to 2.4835 GHz; 11 channels

20 concurrent users.

10 meter radius service (full Wi-Fi BW).

Optional 30 meter radius.

Optional increase of WIFI cell

Remark – all TCP/IP stack , DHCP is being implemented in the user App / network.

Electrical

Frequency Range

• RX -2160-2200 Mhz And 2483.5-2520 Mhz
• TX- 1980- 2025Mhz And 2670-2690 Mhz

RF Output power  up to 2W adjustable.  –

Modulation scheme – BPSK/ QPSK/QPSK (root raised Cosine)

Varies BW allocation from 2.5K bit/Sec – 3M bit/Sec.

Correction method – Turbo code /Convolution + RS

Continuous Doppler correction

BER smaller than 10^-6

Network access protocol–SAS. Proprietary

Channel allocation protocol – SAS. Proprietary

Environmental

Operating Temperature -10° C to +55° C

Extended temperature range available

Storage Temperature -40° C to +85° C

Humidity 95% RH at +40° C

Air transport – in a package.

Salt Fog – As an Option

Do you need this solution in your village or community? contact us at sales@beeptool.com