OTTAWA and EBENE, Mauritius — Canadian satellite operator Telesat announced today a strategic cooperation agreement with Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a business of pan-African technology group Cassava Technologies, “to explore reciprocal go-to-market strategies to bring Telesat Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite services to Africa,” says a press release.
As part of the agreement, the two companies “will closely collaborate on the commercial and technical aspects of integrating the Telesat Lightspeed enterprise-grade, high-throughput, low-latency satellite network with Liquid’s global value-added services network,” the release reads.
The partnership will enable Liquid to expand its enterprise portfolio offerings, including next-generation cloud services, managed security services, business Wi-Fi and data centre connectivity, according to the press release.
“At the same time, Telesat will explore combining Liquid’s landing stations, Points of Presences (PoPs), site hosting, management services, and fibre network as part of its global terrestrial infrastructure that seamlessly integrates with the Telesat Lightspeed satellite network,” the release says.
“Liquid’s terrestrial infrastructure in Africa is second to none, from the largest fibre network spanning over 100,000 kilometers to state-of-the-art teleports and access to diverse points-of-presence within the continent,” said Glenn Katz, Telesat’s chief commercial officer, in the release.
“We’re eager to explore the synergies between both of our company’s offerings, with confidence that we will establish a ‘win-win’ for our organizations and the future of connectivity for Africa,” Katz said.
“Telesat Lightspeed will be the world’s most advanced LEO network, delivering the enterprise-grade, fibre-like connectivity that Africa’s massively underserved market needs,” said Scott Mumford, CEO of Liquid Satellite Services.
“Integrating ubiquitous, multi-gigabit per second links with guaranteed SLA’s from Telesat Lightspeed will enable Liquid to expand their award-winning services via an untethered network in the sky, and deliver expanded service offerings to our customers not possible through the current satellite-based offerings,” Mumford said.
The agreement between the two companies “opens the door for a collaborative approach to LEO terrestrial development,” the release says.
“Moving forward, Telesat and Liquid Intelligent Technologies will work together to determine how each company’s industry-leading technologies can integrate with the other to better serve the African continent.”
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