...Intelsat satellite fleet. Vodacom will use capacity on Intelsat 906 at 64 degrees East and Intelsat 25 at 328.5 degrees East to support its deployment of cellular backhaul service in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Vodacom is currently implementing its 3G network across the DRC. This agreement expands the Intelsat-based cellular backhaul infrastructure supporting wireless services in Tanzania, Mozambique and other parts of Sub-Saharan Africa.

In addition, Vodacom uses multiple satellites on the Intelsat fleet for international trunking, corporate networking, in-flight broadband and disaster recovery services across the continent.