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January
2010
Gateway Communications are one step closer to their vision of a national MPLS network for Nigeria.
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Gateway Communications partner with Cambridge Broadband to create Nigeria's largest point to multipoint microwave network
Lagos, Nigeria, 29th January 2010: Gateway Communications Nigeria, headquartered in Lagos, today announced a contract with Cambridge Broadband Networks to create the Nigeria’s largest point to multipoint broadband wireless network. Gateway will use Cambridge Broadband’s industry leading VectaStar II platform to provision 130 hubs and 5000 terminal stations that will deliver last mile broadband connections across Nigeria.
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January
2010
Newtec's FlexACM® Doubles Capacity for Gateway Communications on their Africa IPJetDirect service of African |
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January 28, 2010 - Sint-Niklaas, Belgium - Newtec announced today that its unique award winning FlexACM® technology – which on average doubles satellite link capacity – is the system behind Gateway Communications’ flagship continent-wide Internet backbone service, Africa IPJetDirect.
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January
2010
Gateway Communications
and Longphone join as strategic partners
for pan-African voice operations |
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January 14, 2010 – London &
Paris - Gateway Communications and Longphone
agreed to partner in the call termination
market to the African continent. Longphone
- a European carrier and VOIP call termination
provider since 1997, with a specialisation
in African destinations - selected Gateway
as a strategic partner for its premium-quality
call-termination service to Africa. .
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December
2009
Gateway Communications
acquires 10.5Ghz spectrum licence for
10 states in Nigeria |
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December
21, 2009 – Lagos, Nigeria - Gateway
Communications has announced the acquisition
of a 10.5Ghz spectrum licence for 10
states in Nigeria. The states are Kano,
Kaduna, Rivers, Delta, Abuja, Edo, Oyo,
Anambra, Abia and Enugu. The acquisition
follows Gateway’s successful roll
out of the AirlinkTM and MetroLinkTM
10.5Ghz spectrum solutions in Lagos
and furthers Gateway’s drive to
build a pan-African connectivity network
that covers every major African city
based on satellite, submarine cable
and terrestrial (fibre) infrastructure.
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November
2009
Gateway Communications
Wins Best African Wholesale Offering,
Capacity Awards 2009, Amsterdam |
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November
24, 2009 – London, UK - Following
an outstanding business performance
in 2009, Gateway Communications, the
leading supplier of secure, reliable
telecommunications services across Africa,
yesterday claimed the prestigious award
for “Best African Wholesale Offering”
for the second year running.
This
latest accolade adds to two other industry
awards collected earlier this year.
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November
2009
Gateway Communications
Awarded NFP Licence in Kenya |
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Gateway Communications
has been awarded three new licenses,
including the Network Facilities Provider
(NFP) Tier 2 Licence by the Communications
Commission of Kenya. The new licenses
further Gateway’s drive to build
a pan-African connectivity network that
covers every major African city, based
on satellite, submarine cable and terrestrial
(fibre) infrastructure.
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October
2009
Gateway Communications
boosts network strength and efficiency
across their pan-African backbone |
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Gateway has
upgraded its pan-African network from
the original Digital Video Broadcasting
standard for satellite to a second generation
system; DVB-S2. Migrating to the new
standards allows more efficient use
of scarce African satellite capacity
and as a consequence significantly improves
the commercial position of Gateway in
the marketplace.
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August
2009
Gateway Communications
goes live on SEACOM |
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Two years
after committing to the SEACOM project,
Gateway Communications is live on the
submarine fibre optic cable connecting
Africa to Europe, Asia and the rest
of the world.
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June
2009
Gateway Communications
Wins GTB Award for Innovation |
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Gateway Communications,
the leading supplier of telecommunications
services across Africa, yesterday claimed
the prestigious award for “Wireless
Network Infrastructure Innovation”
in partnership with vendor, Cambridge
Broadband Networks Ltd. The awards were
announced last night at a black-tie
Awards dinner in London.
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May
2009
Gateway Communications
selected to expand footprint of Nigeria's
newest mobile operator |
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Gateway Communications,
Africa's leading provider of telecommunications
services to mobile operators, has been
awarded a contract to provide Etisalat
with cellular backhaul for its Nigerian
mobile network. The deal, worth $6 million
over a two year term, provides satellite
cellular backhaul from Gateway Communications
to Etisalat which will connect three
major cities in Nigeria.
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April
2009
Gateway Communications
awarded “Satellite Service Provider
of the Year” |
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Gateway Communications,
the leading supplier of telecommunications
services across Africa, yesterday claimed
the prestigious award for “Satellite
Service Provider of the Year”
at the SatCom Star Awards 2009. The
awards were announced last night at
a reception attended by hundreds of
senior industry executives on the fringes
of the annual SatCom Africa conference
in Johannesburg.
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February
2009
Gateway Communications
Rescues Carriers and Customers During
Nitel Strike |
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The strike
by employees of NITEL (Nigerian Telecommunications)
and its mobile communication arm, Mobile
Telecom (Mtel) has left customers using
SAT3 cables no connectivity, leaving
businesses unable to trade, and additional
congestion on other networks. Internet
users and international corporate users
have all been affected by the shut down
of Nigeria’s only international
fibre optic cable.
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December
2008
Gateway Communications
Celebrates Innovation and Growth |
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Gateway Communications
has been awarded the “Excellence
in Innovative Cellular Backhaul Services”
by Intelsat, the world’s leading
provider of fixed satellite services,
at Intelsat’s 4th Annual Excellence
Awards for the Africa Region. This is
further recognition from a global player
of Gateway’s scale, resources
and technical expertise to meet the
requirements of the African telecoms
industry.
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December
2008
Vodacom Completes
Gateway Acquisition |
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Vodacom Group
is pleased to announce the completion
of the acquisition of the carrier services
and business network solutions subsidiaries
of Gateway Telecommunications SA (Pty)
Ltd (“Gateway”). This transaction,
originally announced on 29 August 2008,
has received approval from the competition
authorities in South Africa and Tanzania
and from the South African Reserve Bank.
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November
2008
Gateway Communications
Leases Capacity on Hellas-Sat 2 Satellite |
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Gateway Communications,
a leading provider of African telecommunications
services, has signed a deal with HELLAS
SAT which will provide an additional
36 Meg of capacity over southern Africa.
HELLAS SAT, the owner and operator of
the Hellas-Sat 2 satellite, located
at 39o East, will provide Gateway with
Ku-band capacity; it’s the first
time HELLAS SAT has worked with Gateway.
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November
2008
Gateway Communications
awarded “Best pan-Africa Wholesale
Offering” in 2008 |
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Following
an outstanding business performance
in 2008, Gateway Communications, the
leading supplier of secure, reliable
telecommunications services across Africa,
yesterday claimed the prestigious award
for “Best pan-African Wholesale
Offering”. The awards were announced
on the first evening of Capacity Europe
2008 at a reception attended by over
300 senior industry executives.
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October
2008
Gateway Maximises
Efficiency of Satellite Bandwidth for
African Businesses |
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Increases in satellite efficiency will
make Gateway Communications Africa’s
largest data link provider
Gateway Communications,
the largest provider of carrier and
business network solutions in Africa,
has today announced that it has selected
Newtec, a world-leading innovator in
the satellite and communications industry,
to provide an end to end IP trunking
solution to increase the bandwidth efficiency
of its intercontinental data links between
Europe and Africa.
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September
2008
Gateway customers
to benefit from increased capactiy on
Africasat-1 |
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Gateway
Communications, the leading provider of
high quality satellite communication services
in Africa, announced today that had signed
an agreement with MEASAT Satellite Systems
Sdn Bhd (MEASAT) for C-Band capacity on
the AFRICASAT-1 satellite. |
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August
2008
Gateway Communications
announces accelerated expansion in key
African business markets through deal
agreed with Vodacom |
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Gateway
Communications, the leading provider of
pan-African connectivity to mobile networks
and multi-national corporations, is today
announcing it has agreed a deal with Vodacom
Group that will allow the company to increase
investment across Africa.
As consolidation
in the African telecommunications market
continues, leading players are combining
resources to deliver increased scale,
efficiency and customer choice in their
chosen markets. The deal provides Gateway’s
customers with more choice and the business
with an enhanced ability to provide
secure and reliable pan-African connectivity
services to the continent’s leading
businesses and carriers.
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August
2008
Gateway Communications
to recognise the best in African telecoms
industry by committing to sponsorship
deal for AfricaCom Awards in Cape Town |
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Gateway
Communications, the leading provider of
pan-African voice and data connectivity
services, has given its endorsement to
and committed to sponsor the AfricaCom
awards. Because Gateway Communications
connects customers in more countries on
the continent than any other African operator
they are uniquely positioned to attract
the African industry leaders whose achievements
will be celebrated at these awards. |
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August
2008
Gateway Communications
Expands into Central Africa |
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- More capacity for customers
- New regional office in Cameroon
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May
2008
Gateway Communications
Launch AirLink, and MetroLink wireless
broadband services in Lagos, Nigeria. |
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- AirLinkTM - Offers true, fibre quality
broadband connectivity
- MetroLinkTM – High Speed office
interconnectivity
- 10 times the network capacity of
WiMAX
- To revolutionise the way companies
access internet
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