Press release: Jangala deploys Wi-Fi solution to vulnerable during Covid-19
17/06/20
Jangala, has deployed a new product ‘Get Box’ to bring Wi-Fi access to vulnerable individuals in the UK during the Covid-19 lockdown.
Collaborating with frontline social inclusion charities, Citizens Online, Justlife and Diverse and Ability, the initial pilot expects to see nearly 30 vulnerable people in emergency accommodation in Brighton, with no internet access, provided with Wi-Fi through the specially developed connectivity device.
With 17% of UK households lacking fixed broadband* and with lockdown measures meaning that many social service providers are using online platforms to share information, provide education materials and support the vulnerable, access to the internet has never been more vital.
Get Box is a paperback-sized, internet connectivity device that provides low-cost, secure and rapidly deployable Wi-Fi for tens of people in a single household. The box can be mailed to a user who simply plugs it into mains electricity and within one minute has access to a highly secure Wi-Fi network running over a 3G/4G SIM card.
The device is a smaller and lower cost version of the charity's inaugural product, Big Box, which brings high performance Wi-Fi for hundreds to thousands of people in disaster zones, refugee camps and isolated communities worldwide.
Jangala will commence pilots for refugees in isolation in Greece in the coming weeks and are looking for further partners to deploy to.