[SatNews] Spacecom (Tel Aviv Stock Exchange: SCC), the AMOS satellite fleet operator, today announced that Q-Kon, the South Africa-based telecom service provider, has leased long term capacity on the AMOS-5i satellite and on its successor, the AMOS-5 satellite. Q-Kon is using the AMOS-5/5i platform for its specialist corporate network solutions to provide Africa to South Africa and Africa to Africa connectivity.

From its 17 degrees East orbital position, the AMOS-5i satellite’s twenty-eight 36MHz equivalent C-band transponders deliver pan-African signals as well as connectivity to Europe and the Middle East, and nine 54MHz Ku-band transponders distribute two Ku-band regional beams. Q-Kon is leveraging the capabilities and reach of the AMOS-5i satellite to meet the connectivity needs of a variety of corporate, health, financial, telecom and other data centric businesses.