Paratus Group, a
pan-African company offering telecom, data centre, and network services, has
launched Starlink in Zambia, making it the sixth African country with access to
high-speed internet.
This means that the
citizens of the South African nation can now enjoy Starlink’s satellite
internet services at any geographical location in Zambia.
Commenting on the
launch in a statement issued on Thursday, the Country Manager of Paratus Zambia, Marius van Vuuren
said “It is a very exciting opportunity for us to be involved in this
initiative. We recognise and applaud the hard work done by our government, regulator,
and other authorities, in conjunction with Starlink, in ensuring this
leading-edge technology is available to the Zambian market.
“As Paratus, we pride
ourselves on being technology and telecommunication leaders; and being directly
involved with Starlink aligns to this. We are well prepared to take the
Starlink service to our customers, both existing and new, having ready access
to the equipment with skilled and trained satellite engineers, along with the
required support structures. We firmly believe our value-add is an essential
ingredient in making Starlink a huge success in Zambia,” he added.
With its own stock
on-site in Lusaka, Paratus Group will be able to deliver and provide an
installation service and technical support expeditiously. According to Van
Vuuren, “As a business-focused service, we are aware that customers probably
also have ‘behind the router’ services such as connecting their office LAN,
Wireless Access Points, and other similar devices. Because of our extensive
technical experience, we are also able to incorporate these into the Starlink
service ensuring a fully functional end-to-end service. We also offer SD-Wan
services in conjunction with our Starlink offering.”
Starlink provides
high-speed, broadband internet using a simple, scalable hardware platform that
can be easily distributed across locations around the world. Unbounded by local
infrastructure and designed to support multiple paths back to the internet,
Starlink provides reliable service to ensure businesses can always keep
operating.
Starlink currently
provides services to tens of thousands of business locations and serves
customers in a multitude of countries, including primary business connectivity,
backup, interim setup, and emergency services.
Across its network, Starlink
maintains greater than 99% up-time across all customers – and higher for
unobstructed installations. Up-time is measured without mitigating factors,
such as weather and wire-cut outages.
By: Nana
Appiah Acquaye
