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Afrikanet is proud to
announce that the new satellite Telstar 11N launched last February
was successfully pointed from one of its earth stations in
Africa to deliver Internet service.
On Saturday 20th June 2009, after
hours of hard work and dedication, the
Afrikanet team in
Yaoundé, Cameroon, successfully pointed the VSAT dish on the
Telstar 11N.
Telstar 11N - 37.5°WL is a Ku-band
satellite that covers parts of the US, Central America, the
Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. It also covers all of
Europe, parts of North Africa, the majority of the sub-Saharan
Africa, with focused power over South Africa and a majority of
Western Africa. Telstar 11N will therefore meet the needs of
commercial, government, and individual customers.
This is the first time such an achievement has been made
in the history of Afrikanet
with Arqiva's
cooperation on the new DVB-S2 ACM Evolution X3 Technology of
iDirect. In a live conference from 3 different continents, the
VSAT was pointed in order to provide broadband internet to a
wide range of people.
Live from Cameroon and England,
combined with the help and efficiency of the Telesat
company in Canada, the mission was successfully accomplished. Three
skillful companies were involved in this demanding task.
Arqiva, owner of the
Bedford Teleport, Telesat,
owner of the Telstar 11N and
Afrikanet,internet broadband provider. As a result
internet was introduced in Olembé; a neighbourhood in Yaoundé
and will now expand to T11N coverage in sub-Saharan Africa.
Afrikanet is a
rapidly growing company dedicated to bridge the digital
divide between the northern and the southern hemisphere. It
is very clear that inequalities between the rich north and
the poorer south are numerous, but how best to tackle these
injustices than by providing internet access? This is
Afrikanet's greatest
motivation, hence the cooperation with
Arqiva and
Telesat.
With Arqiva and
Telesat's history and
success, Afrikanet was
therefore very honoured to work with these companies, and
this cooperation proved to be a great accomplishment.
With this achievement in mind,
Afrikanet is now ready
to go further and accomplish more similar missions elsewhere
in Africa.
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