Arabsat has teamed up with Cetel Germany, a provider of teleport and satellite services, to launch a satellite broadband initiative in the Middle East and Africa.

The new service, which will be offered from Cetel’s 7.3-meter antenna in Germany via a C-band transponder on Arabsat 2B, will offer one- and two-way service, as well as the possibility for dedicated connections for big communication carriers between the Middle East and Africa into the European fiber network.

“We planned this new service because we firmly believe that Cetel’s operations and services, especially in the provision of various broadband Internet via satellite solutions, are natural complements to Arabsat’s existing satellite business,” Khalid Balkheyour, Arabsat’s CEO, said in a statement.