Q-KON and Avanti Communications to Showcase Advanced Hybrid Network Solutions at Africa Tech Festival 2024

Cape Town, 2024 – Q-KON, a leader in satellite technology solutions and Smart Satellite Services provider, is proud to announce an expanded partnership with Avanti Communications, enhancing connectivity options across southern Africa. This collaboration already enables Avanti to offer Twoobii-OneWeb LEO services in addition to their current GEO services, and now this partnership extension allows for a Hybrid Network Solution. This new Hybrid Solution allows for both technologies to be connected, for different applications, all within one SLA, revolutionising connectivity for organisations in the region.

The advanced technology will be showcased at Africa Tech Festival, set to take place in Cape Town from 12 – 14 November 2024. Visitors to Avanti’s stand (B72, near the AfricaCom Centre stage) will have the opportunity to experience real-time demonstrations and a live load balancing link to show the performance and seamless connectivity capabilities of these GEO, LEO, and Hybrid Network services.

“We are excited to demonstrate the power and versatility of this Hybrid Network Solution,” said Hendrik Bezuidenhout, Q-KON Account Director: Key Accounts. “This partnership with Avanti marks a significant milestone in providing robust and reliable connectivity solutions, tailored to meet the evolving needs of businesses across southern Africa.”

Toby Robinson, Chief of Strategy & Business Development at Avanti Communications, covers the benefits of this technology in a recently released white paper titled Meeting Customer Needs with Tailored GEO, LEO and Hybrid Network Solutions.

For media inquiries or to schedule a personalised demonstration at the event, please contact Adilia Joubert at adilia@listenup.co.za.

About Twoobii, managed by Q-KON:

Twoobii is a high-throughput satellite connectivity service managed by leading satellite engineering enterprise, Q-KON. The partnership with Eutelsat OneWeb and the extension of LEO satellite services is giving customers (such as lodges, schools, hospitals, businesses and government departments) access to high-speed, low latency satellite broadband, capable of connecting even the most rural or remote communities across Africa.

About Avanti

Avanti Communications (“Avanti”) is a global multi-orbit provider of fully integrated connectivity services and solutions. With a mission to help the world become better connected, Avanti is the leading Ka-band high-throughput satellite capacity partner to the communications industry in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Avanti leverages its satellite technology to create custom solutions that protect communities and unlock opportunities for individuals, communities, businesses, and governments all over the world.

As a global business, Avanti is able to deliver reliable, high-performance solutions worldwide, even in the most challenging of locations. It uses its scale and expertise to connect those in hard-to-reach rural areas, improving access to education and helping to create a safe environment for people to live and work. Founded in 2002, Avanti operates a fleet of four Ka-band HYLAS satellites that offer 50Ghz capacity and a secure ground network of seven Gateway Earth Stations. This has the power to connect more than 1.7 billion people across 118 countries.