10 June 2022

Azerbaijan’s satellite operator Azercosmos OJSC, has signed a cooperation agreement with the Swiss company Signalhorn to provide uninterrupted, secure and high-quality satellite services throughout Africa via the C Band capacity on the Azerspace-1 satellite.

Moreover, Azercosmos and Signalhorn will provide broadband satellite services and a wide range of satellite applications for humanitarian projects in Africa using the iDirect satellite communications platform.

“Our cooperation with Signalhorn will further strengthen our position in the African region, and our advanced, reliable and flexible solutions will lead to new projects,” said Mark Guthrie, chief commercial officer (CCO), Azercosmos.

In turn, Signalhorn’s CCO Nigel Gibson said that the new agreement will ensure continued cooperation between the two companies and increase the number of Azerspace-1 satellite users in Africa.

“We are confident in the reliability of our service with our partner Azercosmos,” Gibson added.

Azercosmos along with Azerspace-1, Azerspace-2, and Azersky satellites, facilitates the reception of signals from satellites of other satellite operators and via a fibre-optic network.

In 2021, Azercosmos exported services worth around $45.3 million to 41 countries. The company’s revenues from the export of services accounted for 89 percent of its total revenues. The top five countries to which Azercosmos exported services last year were France, Malaysia, the UK, the US and the UAE.