• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to secondary sidebar
  • NEWS:
  • SatNews
  • SatMagazine
  • MilSatMagazine
  • SmallSat News
  • |     EVENTS:
  • SmallSat Symposium
  • Satellite Innovation
  • MilSat Symposium

SatNews

  • HOME
  • Magazines
  • Events
  • Perspectives
  • Industry Calendar
    • IN PERSON
    • VIRTUAL
  • Subscribe

Free Connectivity Offered by Konnect Africa to South Africa During COVID-19 Crisis

May 19, 2020

Konnect Africa, a subsidiary of Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL), is offering its services to the South African authorities to help them manage the COVID-19 health crisis.

Konnect Africa will provide temporary free broadband connectivity to eight clinics in Mpumalanga province where terrestrial networks are not able to provide appropriate bandwidth.

Each site will benefit from 300 GB of Data monthly during several months, renewable if necessary.The deployment was undertaken by Konnect Africa’s local ECNS-licensed distributor, Logical Wireless, which has been has been authorized to operate during the lockdown as an Essential Services provider.

Konnect Africa has been operating in South Africa since 2016, with the ambition to bring broadband connectivity to all segments of the population, particularly those located in unserved or poorly served areas.

Konnect Africa delivers a solution that is affordable, flexible and available everywhere. Konnect Africa will see its in-orbit resources increase tenfold with the entry into service of the EUTELSAT KONNECT satellite by the end of 2020. With a total capacity of 75 Gbps, EUTELSAT KONNECT will be able to provide speeds of up to 100 Mbps to ensure full coverage of the DRC and of 40 other African countries.

Commenting on the agreement, Jean-Claude Tshipama, CEO of Konnect Africa, said this operation demonstrates the firm’s ability to respond as quickly as possible to the connectivity needs of institutional and business structures, even in complex times such as these. Konnect Africa wants South Africa to benefit from the firm’s expertise and the quality of these broadband services in this country by providing free connectivity to rural health and government based facilities.

 

Filed Under: News

Primary Sidebar

Most Read Stories

  • Miratlas Secures Million$€ In Seed Funding
  • Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace Enlists NanoAvionics For Three Surveillance Satellites
  • Satellite Laser Communication System Projected To Grow To Million$$$$ By 2030
  • A Major NATO Airborne Contract Goes To Horizon Technologies For Their Flying Fish™ Airborne SIGINT System
  • First Structural Metal Cutting In Space Demo By Nanoracks + Maxar Will Be Aboard The SpaceX Transporter 5 Rideshare Mission

About Satnews

  • Contacts
  • History

Archives

  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020

Secondary Sidebar

x
Sign up Now (For Free)
Access daily or weekly satellite news updates covering all aspects of the commercial and military satellite industry.
Invalid email address
Notify Me Regarding ( At least one ):
We value your privacy and will not sell or share your email or other information with any other company. You may also unsubscribe at anytime.

Click Here to see our full privacy policy.
Thanks for subscribing!