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Intelsat signed an agreement with South Africa-based Vodacom for Intelsat...

Intelsat signed an agreement with South Africa-based Vodacom for Intelsat satellite capacity to help with cellular backhaul deployment. Vodacom plans to use capacity on Intelsat 906 and Intelsat 25 “to support its deployment of cellular backhaul service” in the Congo,…

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Intelsat said in a news release (http://xrl.us/bnzhin). Vodacom is implementing its 3G network across the Congo, Intelsat said. The agreement will expand Intelsat-based cellular backhaul infrastructure for wireless services in other parts of sub-Saharan Africa, like Tanzania and Mozambique, it said. Vodacom also uses Intelsat satellites for international trunking, corporate networking and in-flight broadband, Intelsat added.