Artistic rendition of the ATLANTIC BIRD 7 satellite.

....with Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) with five-year capacity contracts now concluded on the new ATLANTIC BIRD 7 satellite. ATS has selected the coverage of the entire Algerian territory afforded by this satellite, enabling the company to further extend mobile telephony penetration and data networks operated by the public administration.

The two new leases, covering a total 47 MHz of capacity, join the five 36 MHz transponders already used by ATS on Eutelsat’s ATLANTIC BIRD 3 satellite. It further anchors satellite as a core technology for the largest country in Africa, as Algeria’s leading telecom operator continues to build out digital networks to rural areas and to serve demand for interconnectivity from the finance and energy sectors.