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....
The satellite connectivity segment is steadily growing in value in Nigeria. The need for broadband, more and more expressed by populations, especially rural ones, who have discovered the advantages of the Internet is at the origin of this. As new telecom companies express the desire to respond, a great battle is brewing. The American communications company Viasat...
Rural areas of Africa are currently the focus of attention of several telecom companies. These long neglected market niches are gaining in economic value. Eutelsat and Facebook believe that providing them with connectivity will also help boost their social development. Connectivity provider Eutelsat Communications and US company Facebook signed a partnership agreement on Friday, May 7 to...
American space company, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is in advanced talks with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to bring its Starlink satellite internet into Nigeria. Starlink’s Market Access Director for Africa, Ryan Goodnight along with SpaceX consultant, Levin paid a visit to the NCC where they discussed the possibility and process of obtaining licenses to operate the...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Nigerian Communications Satellite (NigComSat) to enable the rollout of 5G services in the West African country. The agreement will lead to the freeing up of spectrum in the 3.5GHz-3.9GHz range which is currently used by NigComSat satellites, but will...
SpaceX’s satellite Internet service – Starlink – has recorded more than 500,000 orders and deposits from customers. Starlink uses satellites that are over 60 times closer to Earth than traditional satellites, resulting in lower latency (the time it takes to send data from one point to the next) and the ability to support services typically...
Senator Guy Loando has decided to respond to the concerns of the President of the Republic in terms of digital inclusion. The populations of the province of Equateur will soon have better access to the Internet. The Widal Foundation will bring broadband to Equateur Province, Democratic Republic of Congo. It signed a memorandum of understanding to this...
