Eutelsat has OneWeb earth stations in Ghana, Mauritius, Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania, and more are planned
Satellite operator Eutelsat has officially launched its Eutelsat OneWeb earth station in Angola, which it says brings OneWeb’s LEO satellite offering online for Angola and Central Africa.
The earth station was inaugurated in the Luanda-Bengo Special Economic Zone. It will serve as a satellite network portal to connect OneWeb’s LEO constellation to terrestrial networks in Angola. This means OneWeb can offer B2B satellite broadband services to enterprises, the public sector and operators.
Work has been underway on the OneWeb earth station in Luanda for four years, with progress hampered by unreliable power supply and getting fibre connectivity to the station, according to Space In Africa.
OneWeb signed a multi-year agreement with the pan-African Paratus Group in November 2022 to build the gateway in Luanda.
Last year Angola’s Ministry of Telecommunications, Information Technologies and Social Communication and the Angolan Communications Regulatory Authority (INACOM) granted a provisional licence for the portal to start operations on the proviso it did not interfere with terrestrial networks.
Space In Africa also reports that the earth station project cost $15 million (€13 million) in capex and opex is expected to amount to $5 million over the next 10 years.
Eutelsat also has OneWeb earth stations in Ghana, Mauritius, Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania, and more are planned.
