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<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>NEW DELHI: Integrated terrestrial and satellite network operator Intelsat<\/a> has selected Gilat<\/a> in a “multi-million dollar deal” to deploy satellite cellular backhaul for a telecoms company in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Although the companies have not disclosed names or financial details of the deal, the country has four main telcos —
Vodacom<\/a>, Airtel<\/a>, Orange and Africell.

Intelsat has deployed its CellBackhaul service with Gilat’s SkyEdge II-c platform and
Capricorn VSATs<\/a> (very small aperture terminals), connecting with a Ku-band satellite to bring mobile communications to nearly 1,000 previously underserved and unserved remote sites, a media release said.

The implementation, the release added. brings mobile services to deep rural sites in the DRC, geographically the second-largest nation in Africa, with a growing population of more than 90 million people.

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OneWeb to soon receive ​landing rights, market access approvals in India<\/a><\/h2>

OneWeb has applied to the Indian National Space Promotion & Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) -- a central regulatory body mandated to attract private capital into the space sector -- for these statutory clearances.<\/p><\/div>

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<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>NEW DELHI: Integrated terrestrial and satellite network operator Intelsat<\/a> has selected Gilat<\/a> in a “multi-million dollar deal” to deploy satellite cellular backhaul for a telecoms company in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Although the companies have not disclosed names or financial details of the deal, the country has four main telcos —
Vodacom<\/a>, Airtel<\/a>, Orange and Africell.

Intelsat has deployed its CellBackhaul service with Gilat’s SkyEdge II-c platform and
Capricorn VSATs<\/a> (very small aperture terminals), connecting with a Ku-band satellite to bring mobile communications to nearly 1,000 previously underserved and unserved remote sites, a media release said.

The implementation, the release added. brings mobile services to deep rural sites in the DRC, geographically the second-largest nation in Africa, with a growing population of more than 90 million people.

\"OneWeb<\/a><\/figure>

OneWeb to soon receive ​landing rights, market access approvals in India<\/a><\/h2>

OneWeb has applied to the Indian National Space Promotion & Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) -- a central regulatory body mandated to attract private capital into the space sector -- for these statutory clearances.<\/p><\/div>