New Skies Satellites [NYSE: NSK], the Netherlands-based satellite communications company, has established an additional IP transmission platform dedicated to Internet services providers, telecommunications carriers, government agencies and businesses throughout West Africa.

The expansion is in response to demand in the region for the company’s IPsys

• branded Internet backbone connectivity services and Ku-band capacity on the NSS-7 satellite. IPsys connects customers’ remote points of presence to the global Internet backbone via a single satellite link.