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SkyVision Satellite Services… bridging the Fiber Gap

In the rapidly expanding economies of East Africa, closing the “digital divide” to keep up with the 21st century’s information society is a high priority. VSATs (Very Small Aperture Terminal) are a well-established telecoms solution and are an attractive connectivity solution where coverage area is large, where quick installation is required and where terrestrial alternatives are difficult to organize.

Because of the convenient size, VSAT technology has made satellite communication a viable option for a wide range of industrial applications, including mobile communications and broadband VSAT, as well as rural telecoms, distance-learning, telemedicine, point-of-sale services, disaster recovery and remote surveillance. These efficient point-to-multipoint networks are simple to install, offer immediate accessibility, and continuous high-quality transmissions, and can be expanded at very low extra cost as business needs evolve.

SkyVision Global Networks, an IP telecommunication satellite-and-fiber service provider, offers a range of C-Band VSAT solutions anywhere in Africa, powered by iDirect technology and with a variety of data rates and contention ratios. “The company’s vision is to connect all the remote and rural locations in Africa to the internet by offering reliable and cost-effective connectivity,” said SkyVision CEO, Mr. Doron Ben Sira SkyVision’s SkyDirect Series, with a variety of contention ratios and data rates to meet any organization’s requirements, is an effective low-cost connectivity solution, whether for government agencies or financial institutions, regional or global enterprises, retail outlets, hotel chains, hospitals, universities, Oil and Gas sites. SkyDirect is built on reliable field-proven technology with advanced network capabilities for ensuring applications prioritization and the quality of the service. The system is easy to install and offers real-time traffic management by a team of expert IP engineers at the company’s customer Technical Assistance Center, where first-line diagnosis is available 24/7. With over a decade serving global markets, SkyVision’s SkyDirect users are assured of a dependable internet connection with broad coverage of the African continent.

In Nigeria’s Osun State, the government’s explicit goal is to reduce operational costs and enhance the economic development of the state. In looking toward the future, when households all over the state will be going online in increasing numbers, they set up SkyVision’s SkyDirect Series, which provided the state with high quality internet connectivity and will allow them to expand their network as needed and eventually operate it independently.

Allowing populations in remote areas to access convenient banking services is another of the many practical examples of how VSAT technology is aligned with Africa’s evolving connectivity requirements. A major bank in Nigeria employed SkyVision’s VPN solution to connect 90 new ATM sites to their headquarters. The VSAT equipment deployed at each site demands minimal bandwidth but offers high availability and excellent service levels with no headaches.

In addition to its local hubs in Zimbabwe, Nigeria and DRC, SkyVision has also established a local hub in Nairobi, Kenya where, until now, connectivity options have remained inefficient or latency has been too high for many delay-sensitive applications. One of our important clients, a major local corporation running a large-scale operation of oil and gas distribution via tank trucks required constant, unfailing connectivity with the company’s central database, and the transfer of data such as product sale information between the company’s headquarters and their remote branches or depots is extremely sensitive to any delay. With SkyVision’s VPN (Virtual Private Network)service via its Nairobi hub, they gained the low latency of a single-hop VPN network along with a high quality C-Band link that ensures stable connectivity, and the company’s main fuel-distribution depots are now all securely connected to the Nairobi headquarters.

SkyVision directly impacts the lives and the development of the East African people even in the most remote rural communities. A great example is a solution SkyVision provided for a microfinancing institute that enables its remote branches to seamlessly access the financial institute’s financial application provided by its headquarter in Nairobi. SkyVision’s satellite based VPN will enable this Kenyan financial organization to rapidly expand its branch locations, significantly increasing the number of Kenyans able to access financial services. Service users at the financial institute’s remote branches immediately benefited from shortened transaction processing time enabling a higher level of customer service. As a result, remote customers receive the same level of service as customers located in Nairobi.

Although in some urban areas of East Africa there are a number of terrestrial networks that allow customers to access the internet and to inter connect between their branches, these networks are not stable and experience frequent service interruptions. It is for this reason, that many customers use SkyVision VSAT service as a backup connection to their terrestrial network connection in order to ensure their business continuity.

SkyVision understands that reliable connectivity is an integral and critical element of every customer’s business. For this reason, SkyVision’s service concept relies on establishing a local presence with dedicated support in each of the countries to which it delivers its services.