A joint programme by the Qatari firms Eutelsat Communications and EshailSat has selected French company Arianespace to launch the Eutelsat 25B1/Eshail 1 satellite, as both firms look to increase their coverage across the North African region
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SES to distribute African Television across Europe
SES has signed a capacity and uplink agreement with Netherlands-based Scope Media TV for the free-to-air distribution of African Television (AFTV) across Europe
Gilat and O3b in Ka-band deal for emerging markets
Gilat will provide Ka-band customer hubs and terminals for O3b’s VSAT services
SES-4 satellite to provide new capacity to Africa
SES has announced that the SES-4 satellite was recently launched into orbit
SkyVision increases pan-African coverage
SkyVision Global Networks has announced that it has partnered with ISP, CMC Networks, to establish SkyVision South Africa