Focus: Africa
August 4, 2020
Israeli satellite companies Spacecom and Gilat Telecom have joined forces to roll out a high-speed, low-cost satellite service for home and office connectivity, video conferences, e-health applications, e-learning, and e-education across Africa. The service utilizes Spacecom’s AMOS-17 digital High Throughput Satellite (HTS), on both C- and Ku-band. Gilat Telecom is contributing its SD-WAN MAX technology…
July 22, 2020
Connectivity on a global and unprecedented scale has never been as important as it is today amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and deals between telcos and satellite companies carry extra resonance. Liquid Telecom recently expanded its partnership with Intelsat to connect more than 2,000 additional Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) terminals across the continent. The two…
June 26, 2020
Intelsat has extended its partnership with African telecom group Liquid Telecom to connect more than 2,000 additional Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) terminals across the continent. The two companies have worked together since 2016 to deliver Liquid Telecom’s VSAT service over Intelsat’s high-throughput satellite fleet to provide a communications network to communities, schools, and businesses…
May 22, 2020
Eutelsat has inked a multi-year contract with Travel Africa Network to broadcast its first African travel channel in HD from the HOTBIRD video hotspot, the operator announced May 22. Operating at the 13 degrees East orbital slot, Eutelsat's HOTBIRD satellites will broadcast the content to "more than 135 million TV homes" throughout Europe and the…