African satellite internet
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Africa high speed broadband internet via satellite access systems using two-way dish
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African satellite internet
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Africa high speed broadband internet via satellite access systems using two-way dishFind your map below |
| Canada, US, USA, South America Satellite Internet | Europe: Satellite Broadband | African Satellite Internet | Middle East Satellite Internet | Asia, Australia Satellite Internet |
| Internet via satellite, email and VoIP access connection via direct two-way customer dish terminals has been possible for several years in Africa following a maturing of the technology and building of teleport hub dishes for service into Africa. | Fast web downloads, email, ftp file transfers and streaming video and audio are achieved with speeds of typically a few hundred kbit/s, using a share of a high bandwidth connection from a large hub station with a rate of up to 36 Msym/s (like digital sat TV DVB-S or -S2 signal). | African satellite internet capacity is normally shared. Services for home and small office users have higher sharing ratios, but are lower cost than services for business or internet café users where dedicated or low ratio sharing is the rule. | Service providers have tariff options for various bit rates and Mbytes transferred. Email and internet web browsing are the usual intended use. For applications requiring substantial uploading of data or for real time two way video or VoIP ask about higher price options and feasibility. |
Satellite connection is available via the beam maps and service providers shown below. Scroll all the way down this page to find all suitable providers. Ask for initial equipment price plus monthly costs for different peak bit rates and total amounts of Mbytes downloaded. C band refers to 4 - 6 GHz operation. Ku refers to 11-12 - 14 GHz operation. C band needs generally a larger dish, but suffers less from heavy rain.
| Read my text summary for each provider. Click on emails where your location matches the coverage maps. Explain your requirements and ask for current prices and confirm technical details. Alternatively, you may click here to Email all service providers on this page |
Africa
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| WAFA - Your gateway to high speed internet. WAFA offer high speed VSAT satellite internet access services on
both Telstar 11N (at 37.5 west) and Eutelsat W3A at 7 west,
using HughesNet HX equipment. |
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Link-Sat Broadband satellite internet West
Africa. High power West Africa Ku band beam from Newskies satellite NSS-7 at orbit 21.5W and Africa C band beam from Intelsat 905 at 24.5W. Two
way dedicated business satellite internet with
direct access connection to the USA. Please remember
this is all dedicated service - you are not sharing the satellite with other
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IsoTropic Networks IsoTropic Networks have their own teleport hub in Wisconsin, USA, and offer a full range of services with the 3000, 5000, 7000 and 8000 series of iDirect customer routers, to suit all requirements: large or small business, community ISP, internet cafe, oil and gas, multi-nationals, governmental, banks and private users.
For more details email them at sales@isosat.net. |
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SMS "Gateway to Africa" Teleport
The SMS Gateway to Africa Teleport, located in Europe at Rugby, UK, offers service and infrastructure facilities for VNOs, SCPC, IP connectivity, streaming, voice, video and data. The teleport supports hub services for major platforms from STMi, iDirect, Newtec and Tandberg. Fully staffed 24/7, with a wealth of engineering and communications expertise, the greatly expanded SMS teleport provides comprehensive solutions for all of your infrastructure needs to Africa and the Middle East: ground segment, internet connectivity, including direct Tier 1 backbone link, RF and space segment. |
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Bentley Telecom Eutelsat W3A
Eutelsat W3A ( 7 deg east) broadband internet via satellite coverage using the new Hughes HX and LinkStar DVB-S2 and iDirect technologies. The Hughes HX, introduced in March 2008, represents a significant step forwards. Various grades of service plus special quality of service controls and advanced proprietary TCP/IP compression to give faster downloads compared with unprocessed feeds, plus customer access to traffic monitoring system. Click here to email: sales@bentleywalker.com or phone now 00 44 239 246 3943 (ref:satsig) |
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Service: SkyOne-IP over West Africa (IS-1r). Regular Internet service, Ipsky2e over the Central and South of Africa (IS-10). Fixed usage: Private users, Soho/Sme Corporate, UN, NGOs, ISP's...
Bandwidth available in shared access (5:1)
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Coverage examples: [ IS-1R ] Senegal, Mali, Niger, Burkina, Sierra-Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Guinéa, Gambia, Mauritania. |
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American service for Business, Enterprise, NGO's, educational or Government use to all of Africa. Providing high speed internet (9.0 meg downlink, 4.2 meg uplink) quality VoIP, video, distant learning and multi-casting capabilities. Two way broadband internet via satellite by direct access connection to/from New York. Shared or dedicated C band service. TDMA or SCPC. You may extend your network up to 12 km radius by using our next generation Wi-Fi equipment (protocol 802.11) or 40 km using WiMax (802.16)
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| New Era Systems - Africa
service New Era Systems operate direct from their own International Teleport, located in Miami, Florida. The Teleport provides connection for C-Band Africa coverage on PAS1R, Intelsat 707 and 907. All make use of cross strapped transponders so that the hub operates in the N. America beam while your VSAT dish operates in the Africa coverage beam. Installations requiring high volume connections of >1MB will find cost savings by installing the larger 3.8m or 4.5m antennas. Although these antennas cost more to purchase and ship, there will be savings on the re-occurring monthly bandwidth cost that will compensate for the higher initial cost.
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| BusinessCom | Internet via
Satellite services for the Africa region For SOHO, Enterprise, Internet Cafe and Calling Centers, Wireless ISP and Hot Spots, VoIP Termination Carriers and more. No FAP, no throttling, no hidden fees, smart bandwidth management, dedicated technical support and personalized service - this is what BusinessCom services are. Features include: . iDirect, LinkStar, DVB-S2,
SCPC and FR platforms - shared and
dedicated links of any possible configuration Contact: vsat-satsigs@bcsatellite.net to inquire for more information and prices... |
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Global Broadband Solution GBS specialise in the design and the supply of integrated solutions in the satellite and wireless telecommunication field. They provide turn-key and tailor-made solutions for projects of any size. They use BT's Teleport facility at Martlesham, UK, to host their own VSAT iDirect hub and equipments providing internet services to Africa. They are also in partnership with Intelsat and Satlynx and their technical staff to install C-Band services everywhere in Africa. ViperSat is another partner, offering a technologically advanced infrastructure products, providing bandwidth-efficient and scalable solutions. For urban concentrations, GBS are installing WiMAX wireless infrastructure for internet and intranet access. GBS operate with Alvarion wireless products using the 3.5 GHz and 5.8 GHz frequency bands. To provide African customers with reliable international telecommunications at a very low cost, GBS has developed a VoIP platform providing quality international phone calls in regions where remote Internet access sites will have been set up. They have a dynamic, motivated team working using the most modern management and file follow-up methods. They take a pride in personal contact with customers. For more information email: satellite@gb-solution.com
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C band and Ku band beam coverages includes Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Gabon, Congo RDC, Angola, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Somalia, Ethiopia, Madagascar and South Africa.
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| LinkStar
StarPRO service from Bentley Walker Various grades of service plus special quality of service controls and advanced proprietary TCP/IP compression to give faster downloads compared with unprocessed feeds, plus customer access to traffic monitoring system. LinkStar equipment. Also iDirect STAR COM service in North East Africa Email your enquiry to sales@bentleywalker.com |
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Coverages on this page includes all Africa with a combination of C and Ku band beams. For dish pointing go here: Satellite dish pointing in west Africa
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Regarding this page, if you have comments about satellite internet service providers or service on this page, please e-mail me, Eric Johnston or use the forum. Apologies to any Africa satellite internet providers for mistakes, missing countries etc - please tell me.
The setting up and control of direct 2 way broadband interactive ( BBI ) return channel system ( RCS ) satellite internet terminals ( SIT ) is controlled from the providers so any problem sites can be switched off remotely until a technician attends. Also, the internet via satellite connection equipment design and frequency bands comply to international regulatory "type approval" for general use. So that operation does not cause interference to other services or continue to require individual satellite internet licence. Non-approved terminals will continue to require individual licence.
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Portable laptop sized RBGAN and R-BGAN hand carry terminals suggested for reporters and travelling business users in Africa north of equator.
More, archive and older links:
| WAFSAT conference and VSAT training Abuja, Nigeria, 23-26 Nov 2005 |
ACT 2005 African Computing & Telecommunications. Johannesburg, 4-7 October 2005 |
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VSAT installer training courses in Africa |
SatWiBB East Africa conference and the African VoIP Forum 31 May and 8-12 June Nairobi |
Wireless broadband training |
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| IDLELO 2, African Conference Digital Communications Nairobi, Kenya, 23- 25 Feb 2006 | Africa satellite review Nov 2004 GISPA AFRISPA |
24-26 Aug 2005 GVF VSAT Installation & Maintenance Training Course in Nairobi, Kenya |
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| VSAT training 3-5 Dec 2008 Kenya, Africa | VSAT service by EMC via Raisting and Redditch teleports |
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Useful links:
Dish pointing in Southern Africa
Satellite dish pointing in West Africa
