Focus: Africa
February 27, 2020
African multi-service telecommunications operator Orange said it will be the first telco to adopt O3b mPOWER, SES’s Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite communications system. The operator, which is present in 18 African countries, plans to use the broadband system to ramp up its consumer and business services, starting in the Central African Republic. Orange has…
February 13, 2020
Channel network and content distributor AfricaXP has signed multi-year agreements with Eutelsat Communications for Ku-band capacity on two Eutelsat satellites, positioned at 16 degrees East and 7 degrees East. AfricaXP said the capacity will enable the distributor to extend the reach of its "Premium.Free" Direct-to-Home (DTH) Free-to-Air (FTA) TV platform. The platform, which is…
January 28, 2020
Eutelsat Communications’ has announced that its EUTELSAT 7C satellite has entered full commercial service and is ready to support broadcast customers across Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Turkey. On Monday night, Eutelsat migrated a number of services from EUTELSAT 7A to EUTELSAT 7C, including Turkish Pay-TV platform Digiturk, Turkish national broadcaster TRT, and Globecast…
January 3, 2020
Mozambique's National Institute of Meteorology (INAM) has begun using a satellite system provided by China, according to Xinhua. INAM announced on Friday that the new system will allow for more accurate predictions on weather, climate change, and potential natural disasters. "We will have a system that allows the country to monitor tropical cyclones, something the…