IS28’s Ku-Band footprint map
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[Via Satellite 10-01-13] Q-KON Africa now offers service providers across the continent the opportunity to acquire and rollout a StarLight connectivity solution – complete with a new billing system.

StarLight offers affordable and reliable satellite broadband IP access services throughout Sub-Sahara Africa. The StarLight service is built on the SkyeVine satellite platform that operates on IS28 and uses the Newtec Sat3Play satellite technology with the now added flexibility to structure services and billing options to service the needs of specific service providers.

The solution is offered to the market through licensed and registered ISPs in each country. The registered StarLight service provider in each country also offers users other value added services such as voice, email, Wi-Fi hotspots among others.

The solution adds value to various markets, responding to communication needs to a broad range of customers such as government, education and industrial monitoring projects etc. StarLight can also be extended to service Wi-Fi hotspots perfect for hospitality owners.