Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Space Communication Ltd (Spacecom) has announced that it is preparing to launch Spacecom’s AMOS-6 satellite on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch vehicle
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Etisalat and Alcatel-Lucent sign agreement to enhance service
Nigerian telecommunications company, Etisalat Nigeria, has signed another agreement with major mobile, fixed, IP and optics technologies company, Alcatel-Lucent
AMOS-5 to broadcast AFCON football matches
Spacecom has announced that it has been selected to provide broadcast coverage for the 29th Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) to take place in South Africa from 19 January until the 10 February 2013
Nigerian centre to train engineers to test new satellite by 2018
A new Nigerian educational centre will train local engineers to design, test and fabricate a satellite, according to the director of the new facility
Thaicom expands services into Africa
Africa will receive the services of two new dedicated satellites, Africom and Africom-1, after Asian satellite operator Thaicom announced it would launch its operations in the continent early next year