Since 2019, Spacecom has been multiplying its initiatives to establish itself on the market for telecom services via satellite in Africa. In June 2021, the company acquired 9.3% of the capital of Canadian NuRAN Wireless for 3.2 million USD. The Israeli satellite operator Spacecom will rely on the capacities of the Azerspace satellites of the Azerbaijani...
UAE operator Etisalat – now officially Etisalat by e& – is offering 5G coverage by satellite. The company says the coverage, from a Eutelsat satellite, will give business and industry coverage outside the normal terrestrial range. CTO Khalid Murshed (pictured) said: “With the deployment of this satellite solution and technology, our customers will be able...
OneWeb is increasing investments and partnerships to ensure the distribution of its services in Africa in a context marked by strong demand for broadband connectivity. The company has already signed agreements with Airtel Africa, Paratus, and Q-KON, among others. French telecommunications company Orange will leverage satellite operator OneWeb’s growing Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation to...
Angola continues its path towards its ambition of space sovereignty. The country already has a telecom satellite and a satellite control center. Further investments in the sector are planned for the next few years. After the commissioning of its second telecom satellite, Angola wants to strengthen its space fleet with an Earth observation satellite called Angeo-1. The construction...
Internet connectivity via satellite has regained value in Africa over the past seven years. Several companies are currently competing for this market where telecom operators are unable to effectively cover the entire continent. The Emirati provider of telecom satellite services, Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat), presented its financial results. Of the five regions where the company...
Minister of ICT and Innovation, Paula Ingabire, recently revealed that the government will have a Starlink pilot phase in at least 500 schools countrywide. Provided by billionaire Elon Musk’s high-speed satellite internet venture, Starlink is scheduled to be up and running in Rwanda by February 22, according to Ingabire. Though the list of schools that will benefit...
The Tanzanian government is insisting that Elon Musk’s broadband provider Starlink meet all operational requirements before being allowed to operate in the country. The satellite internet constellation, operated by SpaceX, has already been providing internet connectivity in Nigeria and Mozambique thanks to regulatory permits issued by those nations. However, the Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authority (TCRA)...
Experts in the Nigerian telecommunications sector will converge at the Telecom Sector Sustainability Forum (TSSF) to brainstorm on the impact of satellite broadband disruption on Nigerian internet space. The discourse, to be hosted by Business Remarks, is scheduled to hold on the 28th of February, 2023 in Lagos state and will feature Internet Service Providers...
Rwanda Space Agence (RSA) has announced that Starlink has been licensed and approved to provide internet services and high-performance connectivity to Rwanda through its constellations of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. According to Francis Ngabo, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of RSA, “This aligns with our mission to leverage space capabilities for national development by contributing to the...
Angola put its 2nd telecommunications satellite into orbit in October 2022 in partnership with Russia. The infrastructure should contribute to the development of telecoms, agriculture and other sectors of the Angolan economy. Angolan President João Lourenço authorized by presidential decree nº11/23, the commercialization of AngoSat-2, the 2 nd Angolan telecommunications satellite, after the completion of its test phase. The decree stems...
