Intelsat Signs Extension with
Sonema to Support Enterprise Networks in Africa
15
November 2016
Intelsat S.A. announced that Sonema has extended its
agreement for satellite services to support
enterprise networks in Africa.
Sonema, a telecommunications service provider based
in Monaco, supports more than 650 VSAT sites for
banking and financial institutions across Africa.
The majority of the networks are supported by C-band
services from Intelsat 14, located at 315° East, and
Intelsat 904, located at 60° East.
Under the multi-year extension, Sonema will
integrate C-band connectivity from the Intelsat 33e
satellite at 60° East to expand services to more
remote regions of Africa. The combination of
Intelsat 14 and Intelsat 33e allows Sonema to
provide customized solutions, with a focus on
robustness and high quality of experience, to its
customers
“The banking sector is a major growth engine for
Africa. As such, our customers depend on the highly
reliable and secured corporate networks we deploy
and maintain for them," said Catherine Delom,
Managing Director of Sonema. “Intelsat has provided
us high-quality, dependable satellite connectivity
for years. The Intelsat EpicNG platform
will also enable the option to offer our customers
new, innovative solutions and services that can be
easily delivered via C-band and Ku-band spot beams
to the most remote locations.”
“From our long history of serving customers in
Africa, we know that enterprise customers need
access to highly reliable and more effective
bandwidth to meet growing demands,” said
Jean-Philippe Gillet, Intelsat’s Vice President,
Europe, Middle East and Africa Sales. “We are
providing the bandwidth essential to improving the
end customer experience. This agreement ensures that
Sonema’s customers will be able to expand their
operations knowing that each of their sites will
have access to the same level of reliable broadband
connectivity, regardless of location.”
