{"id":55792,"date":"2022-03-11T17:22:24","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T09:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/intelsat-to-expand-safaricoms-lte-coverage-in-kenya\/"},"modified":"2022-03-11T17:22:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T09:22:24","slug":"intelsat-to-expand-safaricoms-lte-coverage-in-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/intelsat-to-expand-safaricoms-lte-coverage-in-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Intelsat to Expand Safaricom\u2019s LTE Coverage in Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_344431\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-344431\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-344431\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-11-at-10.03.06-AM-1-800x519.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-11-at-10.03.06-AM-1-800x519.png 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-11-at-10.03.06-AM-1-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-11-at-10.03.06-AM-1-308x200.png 308w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-11-at-10.03.06-AM-1-1000x648.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-11-at-10.03.06-AM-1.png 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-344431\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Intelsat to Expand Safaricom\u2019s LTE Coverage in Kenya. Photo: Intelsat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Kenyan mobile operator <b>Safaricom<\/b> has signed a multi-year contract with <b>Intelsat<\/b> to modernize its network and expand LTE coverage across the country. Intelsat will provide Safaricom with both cellular backhaul over satellite and enterprise connectivity services, the companies announced March 10.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Much of Kenya\u2019s population, about 70%, lives in rural areas. Safaricom said its LTE service will enhance connectivity in these hard-to-reach areas. Intelsat said its network reach across Africa offers Safaricom growth opportunities as it looks to expand in other countries in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIntelsat has long been a trusted partner of Safaricom,\u201d said Gerishon Gitonga, head of Network Planning and Design, Safaricom. \u201cAs we work toward providing LTE coverage everywhere, Intelsat\u2019s ubiquitous satellite solutions complement terrestrial infrastructure, enabling us to connect people, businesses and communities, even in the most challenging locations. Intelsat\u2019s understanding of our needs and the support provided by their Nairobi team ensured the success of this project and will be a great help as we grow the network.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intelsat to Expand Safaricom\u2019s LTE Coverage in Kenya. Photo: Intelsat Kenyan mobile operator Safaricom has signed a multi-year contract with Intelsat to modernize its network and expand LTE coverage across the country. Intelsat will provide Safaricom with both cellular backhaul over satellite and enterprise connectivity services, the companies announced March 10.&nbsp; Much of Kenya\u2019s population, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55792"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}