Newtec Announces Liquid Telecom as New Customer for VSAT Broadband Services

Newtec's VSAT platform including hub and terminals will further expand Liquid Telecom's broadband network in Africa

IBC2013 - AMSTERDAM, NL, 14 September 2013. Satellite communications specialist, Newtec today announced that it has signed an agreement to provide a VSAT Broadband Hub and thousands of VSAT terminals to Liquid Telecom, the leading independent data, voice and IP provider in Africa. The agreement was signed at IBC 2013, in Amsterdam today. Newtec's VSAT hub for Liquid Telecom will be installed in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Liquid Telecom has built Africa's largest single fiber network which runs from the north of Uganda to Cape Town on a single thread. In total, its award-winning Pan-African fiber network spans over 15,000 km and is the first fiber network to cross country borders covering Africa's fastest-growing economies where no fixed network has existed before. Its customers include Africa's largest mobile network operators, ISPs, financial institutions and businesses of all sizes in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa.

This new satellite capacity will supplement Liquid's fiber network; the company will announce more details in the future.

The agreement demonstrates Newtec's innovative approach to the enterprise market to which it offers a highly-efficient selection of terminals and applications that deliver reliable and fast IP connectivity.

Newtec's Serge Van Herck, said: By offering Liquid Telecom our cost effective VSAT terminals as part of our scalable network solution, attractive IP-based services will be deployed complementary to their existing terrestrial infrastructure. We are pleased to be part of their network expansion to deliver new services to their clients in Africa.

The Newtec VSAT terminals are based on the MDM2200 IP Satellite Modems, which have been designed to deliver services towards consumers, SMEs and enterprises. They are 2-way, high throughput terminals supporting a wide range of IP-based services like Internet access, VoIP and multicast based services as well as private networking for enterprises and banks.

Ben Roberts, CTO of Liquid Telecom, said: We were looking for scalable networks and reliable infrastructure and Newtec's technology was the most compatible and reliable choice. It's Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) was important to the overall implementation to provide better speeds.

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) is the underlining technology that enables service providers to offer customers high-speed private network connectivity. Service providers can easily integrate their MPLS networks over the Newtec broadband platform.

For more information about the challenges solved by business VSAT solutions, visit www.newtec.eu/application/enterprise.

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Your Contacts Newtec Cy

Kerstin Roost

Public Relations Director

Tel: 49 30 430 95 562

E-mail: Kerstin.Roost@newtec.eu

Liquid Telecom

Bridget Fishleigh

Tel: 44 1273 305 936

Email:bridget@nomadcomms.com

About Newtec Newtec, www.newtec.eu, is specialized in designing, developing and manufacturing equipment and technologies for satellite communications. As a pioneer in the industry, Newtec is dedicated to creating new possibilities for the broadcast, IP trunking and backhauling, consumer and enterprise VSAT and government and defense markets. Our products and technologies can be applied in a wide range of applications from DTH broadcasting, video contribution and distribution and disaster recovery and backbones for backhauling, to small and medium enterprises, SCADA networks, manned and unmanned aircrafts, border control and Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR).

For over 28 years, our dedicated team of specialists has set industry standards with the most efficient, scalable and economical technology solutions. New challenges and customer needs offer opportunities to explore new boundaries. This empowers us to work even harder, helping customers to perform their best so that, together, we can make the world a safer, more informed and connected place. As a result, more than 3 billion people watch TV every day thanks to Newtec technology.

Newtec is a European company founded in 1985. Through commercial offices in Sint-Niklaas (Belgium), Dubai (UAE), Singapore, Beijing (China), Sao Paulo (Brazil) and Stamford, CT (USA) as well as an extensive network of over 80 certified partners, Newtec can meet customer's needs worldwide.

About Liquid Telecom Liquid Telecom, www.liquidtelecom.com, supplies wholesale fiber optic, satellite and connectivity services in Africa. Its customers include Africa's largest mobile network operators, ISPs, financial institutions and businesses of all sizes in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa.

Liquid has built Africa's largest single fiber network which runs from the north of Uganda to Cape Town on a single thread. In total, its award-winning Pan-African fiber network spans over 15,000 km across Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, DRC, Lesotho and South Africa. It is the first fiber network to cross country borders and covers Africa's fastest-growing economies where no fixed network has existed before. Liquid's wholesale network provides connectivity onto the five main subsea cable systems landing in Africa; WACS, EASSY, SEACOM, SAT3 and TEAMs. Working under various brands, the Liquid Telecom Group has operating entities in Botswana, DRC, Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritius, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda, UK, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The Liquid Telecom Group is a subsidiary of the Econet Wireless Group.

In November 2012 Liquid was named Best African Wholesale Carrier at the annual telecoms industry awards o

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