Djezzy -member of the Orascom Telecom based in algeria- is about to get a permit from the government to expand its services and go satellite offering large corporate customers up and down link from the Eutelsat broadband.

Orascom Telecom Algeria, a subsidiary of Orascom Telecom Holding Group, has chosen ATLANTIC BIRD™ 3 to expand its broadband infrastructure in Algeria.

Eutelsat has optimised the coverage provided by the steerable beam on this satellite for North African coverage in order to support demand from users, who include
licensed telecom operators, to serve public administrations and companies from the Mediterranean coastline to remote locations in the Sahara desert.

Using the DVB-RCS standard for two-way broadband services, Orascom Telecom Algeria will enable its clients to have access to a broad range of communications services including Internet access, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), data transfer solutions, videoconferencing and Voice over IP. The company is targeting enterprises operating in the oil, gas and mining sectors as well as public administrations, hospitals, schools, custom and immigration control etc.

In addition to the lease of 54 MHz bandwidth on ATLANTIC BIRD™ 3 (36 MHz for the forward link and 18 MHz for the return link), Eutelsat is also supplying turnkey engineering support for Orascom.



Via [EutelSat main site]

Indeed there is fresh questions come to mind about future ability of the company to offer such services in Tunisia through its sister company Tunisiana.