Satnews Daily
November 14th, 2010

Gateway Communications... Improving Telecom (Event)


[SatNews] Gateway Communications has claimed the prestigious AfricaCom Award for ‘Best Pan-African Initiative’.

The awards were announced at a black-tie Awards dinner in Cape Town, South Africa. The AfricaCom Awards recognize initiatives taken to improve telecommunications services at a regional or continental level across Africa since November 2009. In winning the ‘Best Pan-African Initiative’ category, Gateway Communications was assessed on its high connectivity service initiative that has led to significant improvements of telecommunications services across the continent, reaching over 583 million people in more than 40 African countries. The award was given for Gateway Communications’ 2010 investment initiative in building Africa’s most advanced and far reaching pan-African communications network, through satellite, subsea and terrestrial network rollout.