[Satellite TODAY 07-23-13] C-COM Satellite Systems, a global provider of mobile auto-deploying satellite antenna systems, announced today that it has started supplying South Africa’s largest independent telecommunications firm Vox Telecom with iNetVu Mobile antennas.

 

      The C-COM manufactured antennas will be used by Vox Telecom on the YahClick Go broadband satellite service. YahClick offers Ka-band satellite connection across Africa.

 

      "With Yahclick, South Africa’s first Ka-band broadband service, we’ve been able to slash the price of satellite broadband costs," said Jacques Visser, project manager for Vox Telecom. "For the end user, it’s literally a matter of pressing one button," he said. "The antenna’s software controller and robotic movement systems will automatically find the satellite signal and connect within less than five minutes. If there’s no electricity, it can run off a car battery."

 

      The products have already been deployed at several high-profile events in South Africa, such as the ANC Mangaung conference in Bloemfontein, the opening game of the AFCON in Soweto, the annual Dusi Canoe Marathon in Kwazulu-Natal and the Charity Balloon Run event recently held in Cape Town.