SES expands satellite capacity for Caster Networks teleports, VSAT, broadcasting services

A joint announcement by SES and Castor Networks revealed that the latter company has signed a capacity expansion agreement to meet the growing needs for Internet connectivity throughout Southern Africa.

Castor Networks is a Dutch satellite service provider that provides teleport, VSAT, and broadcasting services to European and African customers. Its capacity expansion deal with SES will open up new room on SES’ NSS-7 Ku-band communications satellite.

The additional capacity allows Castor to continue delivering voice and data services to mining, oil, and gas industries, ISPs, and governments in Southern Africa. Angola, Mozambique, and South Africa are some of the countries that benefit from its satellite communications services.

The NSS-7 communications satellite is located at 340 degrees East. European VSAT hubs that are expanding their services into remote Southern African regions can thus take advantage of the Ku-band satellite's excellent position and its Ku-band beam, which is dedicated to covering Southern Africa.