20 November 2024

Eutelsat has entered into a partnership with Clear Blue Technologies to strengthen connectivity services in Africa by deploying energy-efficient broadband solutions that are particularly suited to areas with unstable electricity supply.

“Our strategic partnership with Clear Blue marks an important step forward in our mission to extend digital inclusion across Africa. Eutelsat’s expertise in power optimisation, combined with Clear Blue’s intelligent energy management technologies, enables us to deliver new sustainable connectivity solutions,” said Cyril Dujardin, President of Eutelsat’s Connectivity business.

19 November 2024

Picture courtesy of Motorola Solutions

An industry-wide standards-compliant approach is essential to ensure broadband applications for critical communications users are mission-critical quality. This is a key takeaway from a new white paper from TCCA, based on the results of a sector-wide survey, which also highlights the importance of testing and certification of applications designed to support mission-critical operations.

A wide range of broadband applications are already in use by critical communications users. However, the majority of these applications are currently deployed over commercial networks, with over-the-top, best-effort Quality of Service (QoS). As broadband data applications become increasingly important for day-to-day operations, users will demand their applications to be delivered with mission-critical QoS.