SatADSL and Avanti have launched commercial Ka-band broadband services in Sub-Saharan, aiming to bring cost-effective coverage to communities and businesses.
Thanks to Avanti’s High Throughput Satellite (HTS) HYLAS 4, consumers will benefit from connectivity via SatADSL’s Cloud-based Service Delivery Platform (C-SDP) on the Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) model. This includes VNO Flex and voucher-based services that are available exclusively via Ka-band offerings in the region.
“Providing fast, reliable and affordable connectivity is at the heart of what we do, and our latest solution empowers ISPs in Africa to cost-effectively provide satellite broadband to entire communities,” said Caroline De Vos, Chief Operations Officer and co-Founder of SatADSL. “This is made possible by our innovative C-SDP which mitigates the high investment costs traditionally associated with deploying satellite services”, he added.
Through the Ka-Band offering, SatADSL intends to significantly improve the penetration of high capacity Internet in the region, and reach regions barely covered by mobile operators and that lack access to fiber. The new services are expected to be operational and available by the end of this year.
SatADSL’s C-SDP eliminates the costs of installing physical infrastructure. It provides a complete OSS/BSS, carrier-grade, fully redundant platform to deliver satellite services via the cloud. It gives satellite and teleport operators the possibility to easily offer any service, including pre-paid, post-paid, volume-based, customer VNOs, contention-based, and multicasting, among others, independently of the communications technology used.
Kyle Whitehill, CEO of Avanti, said, “We’re delighted to extend our partnership with SatADSL and support the delivery of affordable broadband across Africa. Our new satellite HYLAS 4 completes our coverage of Sub-Saharan Africa and with our reliable high-speed connectivity, we look forward to building on this partnership to help liberate the potential of people and businesses, wherever they are on the continent.”
The new services use the Newtec Dialog® multiservice platform and Newtec’s MDM2210 IP Satellite Modems, which feature an embedded Wi-Fi-router. This modem delivers throughputs of more than 100 Mbit/s and allows end-users to easily add numerous devices to the same satellite subscription.