Yahsat & IEC Telecom Sign MoU To Explore Further Growth Opportunities In Africa

Yahsat & IEC Telecom Sign MoU To Explore Further Growth Opportunities In Africa

Yahsat, the UAE-based satellite operator has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to further explore market growth potential in Africa in partnership with its current partner IEC Telecom Group.

This agreement was inked ahead of the planned deployment of Yahsat’s third satellite, the Al Yah 2. This satellite will be deployed in the Q1 of 2017 and will see the entry of Yahsat’s satellite broadband product, YahClick into 18 new African markets. This development will triple Yahsat’s existing presence on the African continent by up to 60%.

Commenting on the MoU, David Murphy, Yahsat’s Chief Commercial Officer, said: “We are pleased to be in discussions with IEC Telecom on developing our current relationship and strengthening our presence in Africa. We will look at potential ways to build on our long and valued history with IEC Telecom, which dates back to the pre-launch of our second satellite, Y1B in 2012. We look forward to sharing the same success we have garnered across our existing African countries.”

Murphy added: “With investment, trade and industry set to continue to grow in Africa, having access to the internet and the potential for reliable, broadband connectivity via satellite is high. Building on our existing partnership would ensure YahClick delivers on its promise to have an unmatched service area and provides constant connectivity to aid the socio-economic development of the region.”

IEC Telecom is one of the world’s leading mobile and fixed satellite communications service providers and the MoU will explore ways for it to offer YahClick broadband products, services and value-added solutions to support the satellite operator’s increased coverage across Africa.

“The possibility to add 18 additional markets, which Al Yah 3 will cover, would enhance and strengthen the IEC Telecom Group portfolio in the professional  Ka-band VSAT marketplace,” said Erwan Emilian, IEC Telecom Group’s CEO. “With Yahsat, we would be able to continue meeting our goal of providing our Enterprise, Government, Humanitarian, O&G, Mining, Education and Health African customers, with enhanced  Ka-band HTS connectivity backed by an unmatched network reliability and consolidated  by our added-value services.”

IEC Telecom Group Customers would benefit from the high-performance and excellent look angles for Africa offered by Al Yah 3.  With the uplink based in Athens, and Luxembourg, customers would be able to land their traffic directly into Europe, Middle East and Africa, taking advantage of high-speed interconnection throughout these regions.  Further, Yahsat and IEC Telecom’s excellent standards of infrastructure and advanced data security gateway would ensure the highest levels of security for customers’ sensitive data.

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