Regulatory News:
Eutelsat Communications (Paris:ETL) today announced a multi-year agreement with Liquid Telecom, a leading independent data, voice and IP provider in Africa for multiple transponders on the EUTELSAT 7B satellite.
Liquid Telecom’s award-winning satellite business is growing rapidly, providing both enterprise solutions and broadcasting services for pay TV. Its satellite network complements Liquid Telecom’s pan-African terrestrial network and enables the company to provide seamless services across Africa.
Liquid Telecom will use the EUTELSAT 7B satellite in two ways: to service its new broadcast requirement for DTH services across the African continent; and to connect a growing number of enterprise customers located in areas where fibre is not available.
Servicing a new pay-TV venture
Liquid Telecom is the
broadcast service provider for Africa’s largest new pay TV provider,
Kwesé TV, which has been granted the exclusive rights for major sporting
events including the English Premier League Free to Air and the NBA
League.
Connectivity for enterprises
Liquid Telecom’s satellite
service offers speeds of up to 50 Mbps and is top-rated for latency,
cost and customer service. 97% of Liquid Telecom’s satellite traffic is
within Africa, with traffic outside the continent routed via its hub in
London. Customers include Africa’s largest mobile network operators,
ISPs, corporations and financial institutions, SMEs, government and
public sector bodies as well as organisations wanting to connect remote
rural communities.
Scott Mumford, Group Managing Executive of Satellite and VSAT at Liquid Telecom, said: “Broadcast still plays a massive part in the satellite business and we are extremely pleased to have secured this important contract, which will allow the launch of a new large scale broadcast offering.”
Michel Azibert, Eutelsat Commercial and Development Director, added: “We are delighted to welcome Liquid Telecom on board EUTELSAT 7B, to increase the role of satellite in the digitisation of Africa’s TV landscape and to extend broadband connectivity. This new contract with Liquid Telecom underscores Eutelsat’s leading role as a premium provider of digital infrastructure across Africa.”
About Eutelsat Communications
Established in 1977, Eutelsat
Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL, ISIN code: FR0010221234) is one of
the world's leading and most experienced operators of communications
satellites. The company provides capacity on 40 satellites to clients
that include broadcasters and broadcasting associations, pay-TV
operators, video, data and Internet service providers, enterprises and
government agencies. Eutelsat’s satellites provide ubiquitous coverage
of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Americas,
enabling video, data, broadband and government communications to be
established irrespective of a user’s location. Headquartered in Paris,
with offices and teleports around the globe, Eutelsat represents a
workforce of 1,000 men and women from 37 countries who are experts in
their fields and work with clients to deliver the highest quality of
service.
For more about Eutelsat please visit www.eutelsat.com
About The Liquid Telecom Group
Liquid Telecom is the leading
independent data, voice and IP provider in eastern, central and southern
Africa. It supplies fibre optic, satellite and international carrier
services to Africa’s largest mobile network operators, ISPs, financial
institutions and businesses of all sizes.
The company has been named Best African Wholesale Carrier for the last four years at the annual Global Carrier Awards.
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Press
Vanessa O’Connor,
Tel: + 33 1 53 98 37 91
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or
Marie-Sophie
Ecuer, Tel: + 33 1 53 98 37 91
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or
Violaine
du Boucher, Tel: + 33 1 53 98 37 91
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or
Investors
and analysts
Joanna Darlington, Tel. : +33 1 53 98 35 30
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or
Cédric
Pugni, Tel. : +33 1 53 98 35 30
cpugni@eutelsat.com
or
The
Liquid Telecom Group
Bridget Fishleigh, Tel.: +44 1273 305 936
bridget@telecomsprafrica.com