Afrikanet – Oxford Consultech

This company provides satellite Internet connection wherever you are in Africa in the satellite beam footprints shown, using 1.2m, 1.8m or 2.4m diameter antenna dishes.

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

C-Band: iDirect HUB and Comtech HUB

iDirect Infinity Series 3100 or 5100 modems or iDirect Evolution X3 on the Intelsat IS-903 or the SES WORLDSKIES NSS-12 satellite.  C band (using the lower 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.

Vipersat COMTECH EF DATA service is available at Burum Hub [Castor] for SCPC using Comtech CDM-570L modems.

Ku band: iDirect HUB on Infiniti or Evolution DVB-S2 ACM

iDirect Infinity Series 3100 modems or iDirect Evolution X3 DVB-S2 modems on the TELSTAR T-11N 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 Telstar satellite helps to minimise rain affects.

Hardware prices* are from € 1000 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.

For more details, including *current prices etc., please visit their web site at http://www.afrikanet.com
 
Contact details:

If you are in Africa and want to become a local partner in your country please contact: Afrikanet - Oxford Consultech International

United Kingdom:
Oxford Culham Innovation Center
Science Center, Building D5 - Oxford OX14 3DB
Tel: 00 44 1865 408 365 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
 
 email: sales@afrikanet.net 

iDirect service offered on Intelsat 903 (34.5 west) and also on SES WORLDSKIES NSS-12 at at 57°E Africa C band beam.

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

Three services: iDirect Infiniti on INTELSAT IS-907 and on SES WORLDSKIES NSS-7 and iDirect Evolution on TELSTAR T-11N (37.5 west) satellite.  The iDirect hub for DVB-S2 is in the UK at ARQIVA Bedford and the Intelsat and SES WorldSkies Hubs uses are in the USA.