France Telecom Boosts Links To Africa For Orange Broadband Services With Newtec
31 August 2010
Orange, the key brand of France Telecom, is uprating its IP services over satellite to the African continent with Newtec Elevation modems and FlexACM® technology. Orange, one of the world’s leading providers of broadband Internet services in Europe, operates IP-over-satellite broadband services to sub-Saharan countries from its base in Bercenay, France.
With limited spectrum available from the satellites covering the region, Orange has initiated a programme of infrastructure upgrades to improve quality of service and provide greater bandwidth to its customers. Installing Newtec Elevation EL470 and EL478 modems, Orange has migrated from DVB-S to DVB-S2 and reduced capital and operational costs while increasing bandwidth efficiency.
To further increase the bandwidth offered to customers, Orange is implementing Newtec’s DVB-S2 FlexACM technology, allowing Orange to maximise the throughput of the existing satellite link at any time. FlexACM also allows Orange to make use of inclined-orbit satellite capacity while guaranteeing significant improvement of the Quality of Service (QoS). The additional throughput made possible by this new infrastructure means Orange can expand the reach of its services to other countries in Africa with fibre links previously dedicated to backup use.
"With this new infrastructure implementation, Orange can continue to increase the quality of service and extend the footprint of our operations in the region," says Alain Maloberti, VP Network Architecture and Design, Orange Group. "Newtec’s Elevation and FlexACM provide a highly efficient and robust platform from which we can deliver state-of-the-art Internet access to our customers in Africa."
"France Telecom has taken a no-compromise approach to expanding Internet access in the region," says Serge Van Herck, CEO of Newtec. "Supplying high-speed Internet services to remote communities can pose quite a challenge, but with the most advanced technologies, including Newtec’s FlexACM, these can be overcome, and the quality of service can match the best available elsewhere."
