Pan African connectivity provider Gateway Communications has launched a suite of corporate VSAT services, allowing African companies to connect by satellite through a pan-African provider.
The company has built a C-Band 7.3m Earth Station at a co-location teleport in Krugersdorp, Johannesburg. The Earth Station is capable of point-to-multipoint and mesh satellite network connectivity, and point-to-point SCPC solutions, it says.
"Beamed at the New Skies Satellite, the Earth Station is capable of receiving and sending communications over most of Africa," a media statement says.
The Earth Station integrates completely into its existing network and is connected via fibre to all major points of presence and hosting sites in Johannesburg, Gateway says. The company's services are supported in 11 African countries, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The company has 17 offices.
By using African network operation centres in Johannesburg, Maputo and Lagos, backed up by a facility in Brussels, Gateway is able to continuously monitor and manage customers' corporate networks, ensuring operations are efficient and uninterrupted, a spokesman says.
To celebrate the launch of these services, Gateway Communications is hosting a launch party in Johannesburg today.
The event will also celebrate the May acquisition of GS Telecom, an African enterprise service provider with operations in 27 African countries, which was bought for $37.5 million.
GS Telecoms provides a range of secure network services and communications systems - including design, implementation and management - to predominantly multinational companies in the energy, mining, consumer products, logistics, banking and telecommunications sectors.
Gateway has launched the VSAT services in Nigeria, Ghana and Mozambique, with over 600 corporate customers attending the launch events.
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