In an announcement at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAS) in Beijing , StarTimes, a Chinese digital television operator said it is providing satellite TV access to 10,000 African villages under a joint national connectivity project with African governments. The “Access to Satellite TV for 10,000 African Villages” project was initially announced by Chinese President…

Arabsat and Newtec have partnered to roll out a package of High Throughput Satellite (HTS) services, including Enterprise broadband, IP Trunking, VNO and mobile 3G/4G backhaul for the Middle East and Africa. The two companies signed a multimillion-dollar partnership contract which will see Arabsat deploy a Newtec Dialog VSAT platform equipped with Newtec DVB-S2X Wideband…

MDA, a Maxar Technologies company, signed a multi-million dollar contract with the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) for a one-year maritime surveillance program that includes the delivery of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data products from the Rardarsat-2 satellite, using MDA's global network of ground receiving stations. The contract includes two additional option years. As…

VT iDirect has revealed that Internet Solutions, a Pan-African telecommunications services provider, has launched the first iDirect DVB-S2X network in Africa  — which is currently live across more than 300 sites in Nigeria. The network will allow Internet Solutions to expand into new markets, such as finance and energy, delivering greater satellite throughput efficiencies to its customers. Companies will…