The Vernon Valley Teleport (VVT) is now operating 25 antennas supporting GEO satellites as part of USEI-operated 200 antennas worldwide, including a network of tri-band capable full-motion antennas in Germany, […]
South Africa
South Africa’s installed base of fleet management systems to reach 3.8 million units by 2028
According to a new research report from the leading IoT analyst firm Berg Insight, the number of active fleet management systems deployed in commercial vehicle fleets in South Africa reached […]
Forrester’s Digest: Telesat struggles, but Lightspeed is coming + Avanti in S. Africa
Telesat reported an underwhelming set of Q1 numbers. Every key metric showed a decline in revenues. Overall revenue was down a worrying 17 percent year-on-year to C$152 million (€103.1 million) […]
AAC Space Africa wins 1st satellite order
AAC Clyde Space‘s subsidiary AAC Space Africa has won its first satellite order. AAC Space Africa will assemble, integrate and test two satellites. The order, valued at 4.1 million South […]
Eutelsat OneWeb supports Paratus South Africa with launch of South Africa Connectivity Services
Eutelsat Group (Euronext Paris, London Stock Exchange: ETL), has announced that Paratus South Africa and Eutelsat OneWeb have partnered to enhance Paratus’ connectivity offering in South Africa. Paratus South Africa […]
Astrocast and Digitanimal ‘count cattle’ with enhanced global livestock management
Astrocast, a global nanosatellite IoT network operator, and Digitanimal, a smart solutions developer in livestock tracking devices and solutions, have partnered to develop a Satellite IoT (SatIoT) solution. Both companies are […]
South Africa’s SunbandilaSat Heading For Deorbit + Re-Entry Burn Up
The South African satellite SumbandilaSat (Pathfinder in Venda) is reaching the end of its life and initiated deorbit procedures on Friday, December 10, 2021. The satellite was launched in 2009 […]