Avanti Communications continues to make progress in Africa's connectivity market after signing a partnership agreement that could help connect 400 million people in rural sub-Saharan Africa with mobile broadband services. The U.K. operator announced Thursday that it signed a deal with Clear Blue Technologies International (Clear Blue), a smart off-grid company, to deliver satellite service…

SES has signed a three-year capacity deal with iSAT Africa to provide 4G mobile service in East Africa via the O3b mPOWER satellite constellation. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed in the July 15 announcement.  iSAT Africa is among the first companies in Africa to sign up for O3b mPOWER. This new service…

Spacecom has bought into Canadian communications company, NuRAN Wireless as it looks to boost its market position in Africa, the company announced June 29. Spacecom has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with NuRAN Wireless including a $3.2 million investment, acquiring 9.3% of NuRAN’s equity. The partnership agreement grants Spacecom exclusive rights to provide managed services…

Eutelsat has signed a new capacity deal in South Africa. The company announced June 22 that it had reached a multi-year deal with Vox, an end-to-end integrated infrastructure and telecoms company to enable high-speed connectivity throughout South Africa. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Vox will use Eutelsat KONNECT, Eutelsat’s new-generation High Throughput Satellite…