Airtel Africa partnered with Eutelsat to pull off a regional first by delivering satellite internet services to a moving train across 669 kilometres of remote terrain.<\/p>\n
In a test conducted in sub-Saharan Africa supported by Eutelsat OneWeb\u2019s low-earth orbit (LEO) network, the operator maintained stable high-speed connectivity as the vehicle travelled through remote and forested areas underserved by traditional network coverage. <\/p>\n
Download speeds hit 100 Mb\/s while uplink reached 20Mb\/s, meeting performance targets.\n <\/p>\n
The operator group highlighted the connection was sustained through almost the entire journey between key urban centres, with minimal interruptions and low latency.<\/p>\n
It added satellite-powered internet enables real-time monitoring, predictive maintenance and improved emergency response. The connectivity boost also paves the way for fresh customer-facing services such as onboard Wi-Fi, streaming, e-ticketing and live travel updates.<\/p>\n
Luc Serviant, group enterprise director at Airtel Africa, hailed the trial as a \u201chistoric breakthrough\u201d demonstrating the potential for LEO satellite technology to bridge connectivity gaps in critical infrastructure and boost industries including transport, mining and energy.<\/p>\n
The pilot, part of Airtel\u2019s Satellite for Business initiative, kicks-off a wider rollout across Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Madagascar and Gabon, targeting hard-to-reach areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Airtel Africa partnered with Eutelsat to pull off a regional first by delivering satellite internet services to a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183387,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[1638,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-183386","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet","8":"tag-internet","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}