South Africa’s Q-Kon Selects AMOS-5 and AMOS-5i Satellites

25 May 2010

Q-Kon, the South Africa-based telecom service provider, has leased long term capacity on the AMOS-5i satellite and on its successor, the AMOS-5 satellite. Q-Kon is using the AMOS-5/5i platform for its specialist corporate network solutions to provide Africa to South Africa and Africa to Africa connectivity.

From its 17°E orbital position, the AMOS-5i satellite’s twenty-eight 36MHz equivalent C-band transponders deliver pan-African signals as well as connectivity to Europe and the Middle East, and nine 54MHz Ku-band transponders distribute two Ku-band regional beams. Q-Kon is leveraging the capabilities and reach of the AMOS-5i satellite to meet the connectivity needs of a variety of corporate, health, financial, telecom and other data centric businesses.

“The AMOS-5/5i satellites provide a powerful and reliable platform allowing us to meet our clients’ needs throughout the continent,” stated Q-Kon CEO, Dawie de Wet. “We are very happy to be working with the Spacecom team as we continue to augment our satellite sector capabilities and move our business forward.”

"Q-Kon brings market expertise, engineering and service delivery capabilities reaching across Africa,” said Amir Carmeli, Spacecom’s vice president of African sales. “Its excellent industry reputation makes Q-Kon a natural partner with which Spacecom can jointly develop African market
initiatives.”

“Our AMOS-5/5i platform is proving to be an intermediate and reliable solution for Africa’s regional capacity needs. We envision the platform as a major carrier for data and broadcasting services for the continent and are pleased that Q-Kon has joined us in collaborating to achieve this goal,”
remarked David Pollack, president and CEO of Spacecom.