Mozambique disaster sees PCCW Global and TSF connect
19 July 2019
One VSAT communications system was installed in Matarara, from which relief operations to surrounding communities were conducted
PCCW Global and Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) have received official recognition from the Mozambique National Institute for Disaster Management (INGC) for their combined and ongoing mission to provide critical communications services following the two tropical cyclones which recently hit the country.
One VSAT communications system was installed in the Matarara coordination centre, from which relief operations to five surrounding communities were conducted.
Find out more Avanti brings high-speed satellite broadband to Angola
19 July 2019
Avanti chief executive officer, Kyle Whitehill (inset), said: “HYLAS 4, the latest addition to our satellite fleet, was launched to complete our coverage of Sub-Saharan Africa.”
Avanti Communications, the UK-based operator, has penned a five-year agreement with MGI Global Services which enables the latter to provide high-speed satellite broadband services across Angola, South Sudan and Chad.
The new partnership will improve the penetration of reliable satellite broadband in these three countries, and significantly increase access to the internet.
Find out more Avanti and Vox sign master distributor deal
01 July 2019
Jacques Visser
Avanti Communications has signed a three-year master distributor agreement on its HYLAS 4 and HYLAS 2 satellites with South African end-to-end integrated ICT, infrastructure provider and telecom firm Vox.
Under the terms of the deal, Vox will use Avanti’s satellite fleet - which provides full coverage across sub-Saharan Africa - to deliver a cost-effective and reliable high-speed broadband service to the remotest areas of the continent.
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Avanti gets gets first landing permit in the history of Nigeria
25 June 2019
Sealing the deal
Satellite data specialist Avanti Communications has been awarded the very first landing permit in the history of Nigeria by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
This authorisation enables Avanti to strengthen its business in what is now the largest African economy.
The Permit was granted at the NCC headquarters in Abuja with several dignitaries in attendance. Speaking on behalf of the executive vice chairman, the director for spectrum administration, Dr Austin Nwaulune, emphasised the NCC’s mandate which is to foster the deployment of communications services to grassroots, to create economic growth and development.
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