Telesat has announced that KVH Industries, Inc. (KVH) has entered into a multi-year agreement to use the African coverage of Telesat's Telstar 11N satellite. KVH's commitment to Telstar 11N is the latest step in its joint effort with ViaSat Inc., a supplier of innovative satellite networks and other wireless communications, to offer a seamless broadband network for vessels, aircraft, and other mobile markets on a global basis.

Telstar 11N's high powered Ku-band capacity over Africa will form a key part of KVH's mini-VSAT Broadbandsm service that supports broadband Internet and voice channels for commercial and leisure boaters. Telstar 11N will also provide African coverage for the ViaSat Yonder^sm mobile broadband network.