Gilat Satellite Networks (GSN) has been chosen yesterday by STL Ghana to provide a SkyEdge II broadband satellite network to customers across West Africa. The network, comprising of two hub stations and around 1.000 VSATs, will cater for networking requirements of West African enterprises, health care organizations and financial services companies.
Focus will be diverted to interactive data applications such as videoconferencing, virtual private networks, VoIP services, IP multicasting and broadband Internet connectivity. “As West African economies expand, the need for cost-efficient, reliable satellite networking becomes more critical, as it represents one of the only available communications infrastructure in the region,” said Guy Shmuel, Chief Technical Officer, STL Ghana.
SkyEdge II selection as STL Ghana’s provider was based on advanced Quality of Service (QoS) for data applications capabilities, fast file transfers and high quality voice. The new corporate services will expand STL Ghana’s coverage to approximately 2.000 sites throughout West Africa. The company has already its own broadband-based satellite communications services, however the sealed deal with Gilat will secure high-tech services for organizations in the region.
Says Nir Korman, Gilat’s Regional Vice President, Africa: “The deployment of a SkyEdge II network will enable STL to deliver advanced, high performance services that meet the rapidly growing regional communications needs for organizations in the region, such as banks”.
STL Ghana is one of Africa’s leading satellite service providers, developing and implementing broadband VSAT and wireless networks for a wide range of applications for financial services, government, energy, agriculture and transportation industries in Africa, Asia, South America, Europe and North America.
Gilat Satellite Networks is a leading provider of products and services for satellite-based communications networks, operating under three business units: Gilat Network Systems, a provider of network systems and associated professional services to service providers and operators worldwide, Spacenet Inc., a provider of managed services in North America to the business and government segments; and Spacenet Rural Communications, a provider of rural telephony and Internet access solutions to remote areas primarily in Latin America.
