Gateway Communications
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Gateway Communications own and operate a pan African communications network. They have a carrier services business unit who provide solutions connecting mobile phone
and fixed line operators in Africa to each other and to the rest of the world, and a business services business unit that connects large corporations and multinationals working in Africa.
Gateway Communications provide satellite cellular backhaul
; international and regional voice and mobile broadband
solutions to Africa. They sell voice and data services to enterprises in 40 countries in sub Saharan Africa.
Bought by Vodacom
in December 2008 for US$675m Gateway Communications use satellite, sub sea cable (including SEACOM), wireless and fibre connectivity. The company is now 65% owned by Vodafone since Vodafone increased its share in Vodacom.
They have 21 offices in 17 African countries as well as 4 European countries.
Gateway Communications has invested in several sub-sea cables, some of which include SEACOM, EASSy, WACS and SAT3.
Gateway Communications owns and operates the largest and most advanced pan-African telecommunications network.
Gateway Communications was the first company to invest in SEACOM, which is bringing 1.28 Tbit/s of capacity to the continent.
Mobile phone
A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
and fixed line operators in Africa to each other and to the rest of the world, and a business services business unit that connects large corporations and multinationals working in Africa.
Gateway Communications provide satellite cellular backhaul
Backhaul (telecommunications)
In a hierarchical telecommunications network the backhaul portion of the network comprises the intermediate links between the core network, or backbone, of the network and the small subnetworks at the "edge" of the entire hierarchical network...
; international and regional voice and mobile broadband
Mobile Broadband
Mobile broadband is the marketing term for wireless Internet access through a portable modem, mobile phone or other mobile device.-Description:...
solutions to Africa. They sell voice and data services to enterprises in 40 countries in sub Saharan Africa.
Bought by Vodacom
Vodacom
Vodacom is a pan-African mobile telecommunications company, and was the 1st cellular network in South Africa. It provides GSM service to more than 35 million customers in South Africa, Tanzania, Lesotho, Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Revenue for the year ended 31 March 2008...
in December 2008 for US$675m Gateway Communications use satellite, sub sea cable (including SEACOM), wireless and fibre connectivity. The company is now 65% owned by Vodafone since Vodafone increased its share in Vodacom.
They have 21 offices in 17 African countries as well as 4 European countries.
Gateway Communications has invested in several sub-sea cables, some of which include SEACOM, EASSy, WACS and SAT3.
Gateway Communications owns and operates the largest and most advanced pan-African telecommunications network.
Gateway Communications was the first company to invest in SEACOM, which is bringing 1.28 Tbit/s of capacity to the continent.
Sources
- Gateway Communications
- Vodacom
- http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fae5d3e4-759e-11dd-99ce-0000779fd18c.html
- http://www.comtechefdata.com/newsreleases/Comtech_EF_Data_Intelsat_Gateway_News_Release-May2007.pdf
- http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/410/78/31081.html
- http://www.newswiretoday.com/news/38384/
- http://wirelessfederation.com/news/vodacom-acquires-gateway-communications-south-africa/