Positioned to meet the escalating demand for quality connectivity and content across the African region, SES WORLD SKIES, a division of SES S.A. (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), today announced it has signed a major capacity agreement with Wananchi to deliver new DTH and IP services throughout East Africa. Wananchi, known for its popular Zuku brand of cable, broadband and IP phone services, has secured three full transponders (162 megahertz) on SES WORLD SKIES’ new NSS-12 satellite to launch a powerful DTH lineup and VSAT-delivered, IP-based communications solutions. Set to launch in September, Wananchi’s DTH platform is expected to offer as many as 80 channels over two transponders by yearend. The VSAT networks will enable everything from reliable high-speed internet...
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