Afrikanet - AfrikaSat

New: June 2006

This company provides Internet connection by Satellite wherever you are in Africa in the satellite beam coverages shown, using 1.20m, 1.80m or 2.40m diameter dishes.

Availability is in C-Band or Ku band satellite beam coverages as shown on the right::

C-Band:

iDirect Infinity Series 3100 or 5100 modems on the Intelsat IS-903 satellite. C band (using the 4 and 6 GHz frequency bands) is less affected by rain and is ideal for service in very high rainfall locations, but does generally need a larger size satellite dish and much more substantial mounting arrangements.

Ku band:

iDirect Infinity Series 3100 modems or Viasat Linkstar modems on the Eutelsat W3A satellite. Ku band is ideal for low or moderate rainfall areas and the lower cost, ease of transport and installation of the smaller dish make it attractive. The high power of the Eutelsat satellite helps to minimise rain affects.

Hardware prices* are from € 1500 for a complete system on Ku band and € 2990.00 on C-Band iDirect.

WiFi HotSpot and WLan bridges are available to extend the reach of your VSAT within your business or local community, thus sharing the cost of your VSAT internet connection.

More details (including *current prices etc):

Please visit their new web site at: http://www.afrikanet.net/

Contact details:

If you are in Africa and want to become a local partner in your country please contact:

Afrik@net - Oxford Consultech International

United Kingdom:
7200 The Quorum Building
Oxford Business Park North - Oxford OX4 2JZ
Tel: 00 44 1865 487 197 Fax: 00 44 207 900 6479

France:
Nord Sud TT : 58 rue haute, 91850 Bouray sur Juine
Tel: 00 33 1 69 49 63 65 Fax: 00 33 1 53 01 35 61

emai: Contact@Afrikanet.net

iDirect satellite broadband service is offered in
Intelsat 903 (34.5 west) Africa C band beam

iDirect service offered in Intelsat 903 (34.5 west) Africa C band beam.

The iDirect hub at at Fuchsstadt /Germany and is operated by Intelsat. Afrikanet are a Virtual Network Operator so they have control of their own traffic handling arrangements at the hub.

Outlink carrier frequency is 1460.06 MHz and Symbol rate 13,889,361 sps

Both iDirect and
Viasat LinkStar satellite broadband services are offered on Eutelsat W3A (7 east) satellite

Two services: iDirect and Viasat LinkStar both on Eutelsat W3A (7 east) satellite

The iDirect hub is at Turin, Italy and is operated for Eutelsat by Skylogic
Outlink frequency is 1383.95 MHz and Symbol rate 924,218 sps

The LinkStar hub is also at Turin/Italy, again operated for Eutelsat by Skylogic
Outlink carrier frequency is 1220.75 MHz and Symbol Rate 27,500,000 sps

► Page created 3rd June 2006 Eric Johnston Back to Satellite broadband service providers in Africa Amendments please to eric@satsig.net

I have written this page using some information provided by AfrikaNet and used here with their kind permission. This is not a paid for advertisement.