Focus: Africa

Two mobile network operators, Aliv and Telecel Centrafrique, have acquired first-to-market rights to implement satellite-to-cell service from Lynk Global. Aliv operates in the Bahamas, and Telecel operates in the Central...

AAC Clyde Space is launching an African subsidiary in South Africa, the company announced Monday. AAC Space Africa will be based in Cape Town, and it will design, build, and...

Gilat Telecom and ST Engineering iDirect have deployed a cellular backhaul network in the Democratic Republic of Congo for Vodacom, the companies announced Tuesday. The companies installed two Newtec Dialog...

Satellogic has signed a deal to provide satellite data to African geospatial solutions company GeoTerraImage. The data will be used for large-scale agriculture management and to develop new food systems...

Avanti Communications continues to make progress in Africa’s connectivity market after signing a partnership agreement that could help connect 400 million people in rural sub-Saharan Africa with mobile broadband services....

SES has signed a three-year capacity deal with iSAT Africa to provide 4G mobile service in East Africa via the O3b mPOWER satellite constellation. Financial terms of the deal were...

Spacecom has bought into Canadian communications company, NuRAN Wireless as it looks to boost its market position in Africa, the company announced June 29. Spacecom has signed a strategic cooperation...

Eutelsat has signed a new capacity deal in South Africa. The company announced June 22 that it had reached a multi-year deal with Vox, an end-to-end integrated infrastructure and telecoms...

African nations and space companies are working to pursue a collaborative continental space agenda, and to encourage the competitiveness of regional space capabilities, African space leaders said Thursday during SATELLITE...

Executive leaders from four regional telco and Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) did not pull any punches when discussing their sometimes frustrating relationship with satellite service providers during SATELLITE 2021’s EMEA...