Spacecom, (Tel Aviv Stock Exchange: SCC), the satellite services provider and owner-operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, today announced that it and Hungary’s 4iG Plc., the Hungarian information technology and telecommunications company (Budapest Stock Market: 4iG Nyrt.), have signed the agreement in which 4iG is acquiring a majority stake (51%) in Spacecom, through a private...
Eutelsat Communications and Globacom signed a multi-year, multi-Gbps wholesale capacity contract, enabling Globacom to extend its coverage beyond the reach of its terrestrial infrastructure, leveraging the EUTELSAT KONNECT satellite. The service will be used to deliver high-speed broadband via satellite to businesses and communities in unconnected and underserved areas throughout Nigeria. Globacom, trading under the...
Isa Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, on Tuesday unveiled two new companies created from the Nigerian Communications Satellite {NIGCOMSAT). They are: Satellite Infrastructure Company ( SIC) and the Satellite Broadband and Broadcasting Company (SBBC). The new firms were unveiled to stakeholders and channel partners at the just concluded NIGCOMSAT Stakeholders’ Forum, with the...
The Bwerenga village, on the shores of Lake Victoria in central Uganda, is one of the latest villages in the East African country to be connected to the world via digital satellite television. The village, which receives a poor television signal, is part of a project that China promised at the 2015 Forum on China-Africa...
Earth observation satellites are today at the heart of many development issues in Africa, particularly in security and disaster management. South Africa has thus just secured access to several of this equipment. South Africa will soon share resources and spatial data essential for effective disaster management with Brazil, Russia, India and China. To this end, the country...
YahClick, the satellite broadband service from global operator Yahsat and its partner Hughes Network Systems, have signed a strategic partnership with Global Communications Extension Services Limited (GCES) to provide satellite connectivity for 9mobile, one of Nigeria’s leading mobile network operators. YahClick’s partnership with GCES will bring satellite connectivity to hundreds of cellular backhauling sites, delivering...
Communities living across the eastern most peninsula of Africa will be able to enjoy 4G services on their mobile phones following a three-year partnership agreement signed by fixed satellite solution and professional service provider, iSAT Africa and SES, an established operator focused on global content connectivity solutions. According to a joint announcement, the new service...
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) and Vox, a market leading end-to-end integrated ICT and infrastructure provider and telecommunications company, have reached a multi-year distribution agreement to extend high-speed network connectivity to South Africa. As of June, Vox will leverage the unmatched operational flexibility and power of EUTELSAT KONNECT, the new-generation high throughput satellite, and Eutelsat’s...
A scramble to connect more people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to the internet is emerging, with infrastructure and service companies viewing the country as a potentially lucrative market that can also act as a point of connectivity into East and West Africa. Intelsat is the latest internet and communications company to deepen...
EMEA focused satellite technology provider Avanti Communications (Avanti) will deliver and install free solar powered satellite broadband connectivity and laptops to seven UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency) sites in remote and off-grid refugee settlements in Uganda. This forms part of a collaboration was first announced at the UN Global Refugee Forum in Geneva in December 2019....
