The Agency for Air Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar, ASECNA , has started to broadcast a SBAS (Satellite-Based Augmentation System) signal over Africa & Indian Ocean (AFI) region, providing the first SBAS open service in this part of the world via NIGCOMSAT-1R Satellite (managed and operated by Nigerian Communications Satellite Ltd.) International public organisation...
Eight satellite operators have shared the 13 new licenses for the provision of telecom services awarded by the NCC. This figure brings to 68 the licenses already issued by the regulator since January 2020. A solution that will respond to the poor telecom coverage in rural areas. The Communications Commission of Nigeria (NCC) has awarded thirteen...
Eutelsat Communications and Paratus, have signed a multi-year distribution agreement to bring high quality network connectivity to South Africa. Paratus will leverage the unprecedented operational flexibility and power of EUTELSAT KONNECT, the new-generation high throughput satellite to bring connectivity to remote and rural locations across South Africa to businesses operating in farming, game farms and...
iSAT Africa has signed with Azercosmos to extend its offer of telecoms and digital satellite services in Africa, mainly in remote areas where demand is increasing. iSAT Africa will use the resources of the Azerspace-2 satellite for this purpose. The provider of digital and telecoms services via satellite, iSAT Africa (also a subsidiary of Wananchi Group...
Eutelsat Communications and Strong Roots Ethiopia Broadcasting Service PLC have concluded a Master Service Agreement for a Ku capacity on a 36 MHz transponder on Eutelsat’s EUTELSAT 8 West B satellite. According to the companies, the capacity will enable Strong Roots to launch a new free to air DTH platform covering Ethiopia as well as...
Spacecom , operator of the AMOS satellites fleet, and Gilat Telecom, a connectivity service provider, have announced a collaboration “to develop a faster, more reliable and more cost-effective satellite service for organisations of all sizes across Africa.” The service uses Spacecom’s AMOS-17 fully digital and advanced High Throughput Satellite (HTS) on both C and Ku...
Telecom Namibia has upgraded its VSAT hub to ensure faster and reliable connectivity for users in remote areas and will soon begin deploying remote terminals to various areas across the country following successful pilot installations. Lukas Shuuya, Acting Chief Technical Information Officer, noted in a press release that the VSAT service, dubbed ‘Satlink’, is an ideal solution for those...
Konnect, a subsidiary of Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) (www.Eutelsat.com), pursues its ambition to connect the entire African continent to very high speed Internet, and more particularly in this context of the current health crisis. Konnect has recently proposed to offer broadband internet connection to isolation centers to fight against Covid-19 in Sokoto, a north-western state...
Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat), the leading UAE-based global satellite operator, announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Andrew Cole as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He will assume the position from 1 July onwards. Andrew joins Yahsat soon after the company boosted its leadership with four Emirati executive appointments to lead its government,...
Intelsat, the satellite telecoms service provider, and Africa Mobile Networks (AMN), a group of companies whose mission is to build mobile network base stations for rural communities in Africa in sub-Saharan Africa, announce, in April, the successful connection to the mobile network of a thousand landlocked localities in sub-Saharan Africa. In terms of people, it is...
