Internet via satellite: Eutelsat seeks to extend collaboration with Facebook
The digital infrastructure provider has extended the Express Wi-Fi system, initially tested with the Californian giant in DR Congo, to several other markets in sub-Saharan Africa.
09/06/2021 at 13h57, by Africa Business+
“We do not intend to multiply partnerships but rather to extend the one with Facebook,” Philippe Baudrier, Managing Director of Konnect Africa, a subsidiary of the French group dedicated to the development of satellite Wi-Fi, told Jeune Afrique Business+.
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