Oneweb to use Airtel Africa to provide broadband-from-space services in Africa

OneWeb has appointed Airtel Africa as a provider of OneWeb’s high-speed, low-latency satellite internet connectivity services to government and enterprise customers across the African continent under an agreement the two signed recently.

The partnership will focus on delivering satellite communications services to enterprise and civil government customers for a wide range of use cases, including for connectivity in rural areas, agriculture, hospitals, hotels, schools and in the energy and mining sectors. OneWeb and Airtel Africa will also provide critical backhaul in unserved and underserved regions.