Chief Technical Officer of the Paratus Group, Rolf Mendelsohn, announced that the Telco Tech company is now providing Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity solutions to clients in South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique, and Zambia. He was addressing the Atlantic Convergence conference in Lisbon this week.
Through its partnership agreements with global low earth orbit (LEO) satellite operators, such as Starlink, Paratus has positioning itself to offer an extensive LEO satellite network across Africa.
The growth in uptake has increased as regulatory and satellite coverage hurdles are being overcome. Paratus already owns and runs an extensive V-SAT network with Teleport facilities in Angola, Botswana Namibia and South Africa.
With the addition of LEO satellite technology, Paratus is offering an unmatched one-stop solution for enterprises that require high-speed capacity and and particularly in remote and offshore areas. There has been increasing demand from the retail, healthcare, education, mining and oil and gas sectors.
Paratus has already launched Starlink services in Botswana, Mozambique and Zambia and will be working on expanding their LEO offerings to more African countries as regulatory environments and satellite coverage permit.
“Our service is unique because we carry stock, handle the installations and have technical teams in all regions that provide 24/7 support” Mendelsoh states. Paratus says that a key benefit they offer is that the group can provide tailored packages to any business needing robust, stable and reliable connections to anywhere in the world.
Mendelsohn continues that the group have “launched the fastest express route from Johannesburg to Europe recently, we have created an east-west African fiber route from Maputo to Swakopmund, we landed the Google subsea Equiano cable in Namibia, and have built 4 Tier III by design Data Centers in Africa.
Mendelsohn contends that, “Through massive investment and by adding LEO satellite services to our suite of products, we are unquestionably Africa’s quality network – the one that connects the continent and connects Africa to the world” he says.
Paratus is a specialised Telco that was built and expanded in Africa and through their experience have a thorough understand of what market requirements and pain points are.
With LEO satellite connectivity complementing their extensive African network, Paratus has positioned itself as a leader in the connectivity sector requiring top end and stable connectivity – with the added benefit of being able to offer fiber, wireless and now satellite services from a one-stop-shop.
