The Newtec and Liquid Telecom Signing Session Reception at IBC 2013
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[Via Satellite 09-17-13] Newtec signed an agreement at IBC 2013 to provide a VSAT Broadband Hub and thousands of VSAT terminals to Liquid Telecom, an independent data, voice and IP provider in Africa. Newtec’s VSAT hub for Liquid Telecom will be installed in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Liquid Telecom’s single fiber network runs from the north of Uganda to Cape Town on a single thread. In total, its Pan-African fiber network spans over 15,000 km crossing country borders covering Africa’s fastest-growing economies. Its customers include Africa’s largest mobile network operators, ISPs, financial institutions and businesses of all sizes in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa.

The Newtec VSAT terminals are based on the MDM2200 IP Satellite Modems, which have been designed to deliver services toward consumers, SMEs and enterprises. They are two-way, high throughput terminals supporting a wide range of IP-based services such as Internet access, VoIP and multicast based services as well as private networking for enterprises and banks.