Linkserve recently completed the installation and commissioning of a new LinkStar hub at the Intelsat facility in Fuchsstadt, Germany. The new hub, the second LinkStar hub owned by Linkserve, will operate on the Intelsat IS905 satellite providing C-band coverage over Africa, augmenting Ku-band services already provided through its LinkStar hub in Lagos using Astra 2B. In addition to the two LinkStar hubs, Linkserve is deploying a Ku-band SurfBeam® hub, the first to serve the African market. Services to be offered across all three platforms include Internet browsing, voice over IP (VoIP), and streaming MPEG-4 video. The ViaSat satellite network hubs bring the region a new level of performance:
- DVB-S2 ITU standard technology, including Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM), and other ViaSat technologies
- Virtual Network Operator provisioning (VNO), which enables larger service providers to manage and monitor multiple satellite networks through a single hub
- SurfBeam system advantages of highly-scalable architecture, high system capacity, very low cost terminals, and advanced third-party front and back-office system support
- Efficient multimedia streaming and IPTV applications