SkyVision and Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) have announced that SkyVision has signed a multi-year contract for one transponder on the newly-launched W2A satellite.

The new capacity supplements SkyVision’s extensive pan-African space segment and private networks inventory. From its main gateways in Europe, the United States and the Middle East, SkyVision provides end-to-end solutions of standard or customised IP services for global enterprises, NGOs (Non Governmental Organizations) as well as Internet Service Providers. Launched on April 3rd and located at 10 degrees East, the Ku- and C-band capacity of Eutelsat’s new W2A satellite went into full commercial service on May 19th. SkyVision has selected the satellite’s C-band capacity, which Eutelsat has introduced for the first time at its longstanding 10 degrees East neighborhood. In addition to W2A’s payload of up to 46 Ku-band transponders, the satellite’s 10 C-band transponders provide users with a vast coverage stretching from South America, across Africa and Europe and through to the Indian sub-continent.