Telesat signs agreement to bring Lightspeed LEO services to Africa

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...