Liquid Intelligent Technologies has reached a distribution partner agreement with Eutelsat Group that will see enterprise-grade low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite services being made available in Africa.
On a continent where satellite technology is relatively new and limited in its reach, for Liquid Dataport’s customers, this translates to enhanced performance for applications like cloud computing, video conferencing and real-time applications, among others, Liquid said in a statement.
Liquid Dataport is the wholesale connectivity arm of Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a pan-African technology group.
The integration of the OneWeb LEO satellite network will offer lower latency, faster orbital periods, and higher bandwidth, the company added. OneWeb is a competitor to Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service, which is owned by his company SpaceX.
The Eutelsat Group was formed through the merger of Eutelsat and OneWeb in 2023, becoming the first fully integrated GEO-LEO satellite operator with a fleet of 35 GEO satellites and a LEO constellation of more than 600 satellites.
TechCentral reported last week that Avanti Communications has partnered with Q-KON to deliver LEO satellite services via the Eutalsat OneWeb constellation in South Africa. And last November, NEC XON said it would sell OneWeb’s solutions in sub-Saharan Africa, including South Africa. — (c) 2024 Reuters, with additional reporting (c) 2024 NewsCentral Media