ITC Global Expands Satellite Network
Coverage Over Sub-Saharan Africa Powered by
Intelsat Spacecraft
March 11, 2014
ITC
Global has launched a new network over
Sub-Saharan Africa, utilizing the Intelsat
IS-25 spacecraft. Designed to provide
high performance voice, video, and data
communications for remote mining and energy
operations, the network covers most of the
African continent, including both western
and eastern coastal regions.
ITC Global's new
network combines over 150 Mbps of Intelsat
IS-25 C-band satellite capacity with
industry leading very small aperture
terminal (VSAT) modem technology to deliver
high performance communications to even the
most remote industrial operations. The
Sub-Saharan Africa Network is available for
individual site locations in four
pre-packaged configurations, ranging in data
rates from 1 megabit per second (Mbps) to
4Mbps. For clients with multiple
locations in the regions, custom private
networks are available at speeds of up to
50Mbps. The new
Africa
network expands ITC Global's already
impressive worldwide satellite service
coverage, which includes termination points
in over 20 international teleports, capacity
on over 30 satellites, and services in over
60 countries and all the world's oceans.
This latest network development is part of
ITC Global's ongoing commitment to provide
innovative solutions that enable remote
industrial operations to increase real-time
situational awareness, improve productivity,
and enhance Health and Safety and
Environment programs. The high-throughput of
ITC Global's networks enable clients to
benefit from ever more bandwidth intensive
applications. Faster data throughput will
improve the network's ability to handle
multiple IP applications on a unified
platform, such as Voice over IP, radio over
IP, CCTV, remote permission and control, and
the automation of critical operational tasks
for both mining and energy.
"We are very
pleased to work with Intelsat, as we
continue to expand our global service
offerings across more remote regions," said
ITC Global's Senior Vice President of Space
Segment,
Michael Spytek.
"ITC Global has more than doubled the size
of our business over the past two years and
Intelsat has been a trusted and
collaborative partner in meeting our growing
needs for space segment"
