{"id":11907,"date":"2023-05-25T09:20:36","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T09:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/?p=11907"},"modified":"2023-05-25T09:21:23","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T09:21:23","slug":"liquid-dataport-and-viasat-sign-memorandum-of-understanding-mou-to-improve-connectivity-services-for-business-and-consumers-in-west-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/2023\/05\/25\/liquid-dataport-and-viasat-sign-memorandum-of-understanding-mou-to-improve-connectivity-services-for-business-and-consumers-in-west-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Liquid Dataport and Viasat sign Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to improve connectivity services for business and consumers in West Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liquid Dataport, a business of Liquid Intelligent Technologies (Liquid) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/countlinks\/257114\/https:%7D%7Dwww.liquid.tech%7D\/website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.Liquid.tech\/<\/a>), a pan-African technology group, and Viasat (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to engage in business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) service opportunities across West Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Liquid and Viasat intend to focus on the potential commercialisation and distribution of satellite broadband to reduce internet connectivity costs and improve data connections across the region. Under the terms of the MOU, Liquid Dataport will offer Viasat\u2019s connectivity services working through local partners.<\/p>\n<p>As a part of Viasat\u2019s expansion into Africa, the Company\u2019s next-generation ViaSat-3 satellite constellation is expected to deliver connectivity services to Europe, The Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).<\/p>\n<div class=\"press-quote-block col-sm-6\">\n<blockquote id=\"press-quote\"><p>The reduced costs for connectivity is good news for our enterprise customers businesses<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cLiquid Dataport is delighted to announce our collaboration with Viasat, and we believe there will be immense opportunities for the increased adoption of satellite connectivity in the African market as Viasat continues to expand its presence across the continent,\u201d says Scott Mumford, Liquid Dataport Chief Commercial Officer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe MOU we have signed with Viasat will increase the data connectivity options that businesses and consumers in West Africa can have at their disposal. The reduced costs for connectivity is good news for our enterprise customers businesses\u201d, added Hardy Pemhiwa the Liquid President and Group CEO.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cViasat\u2019s ability to deliver affordable and high-quality connectivity where it is needed most, even in the hardest-to-reach regions, continues to expand as we launch our next-generation ViaSat-3 global satellite constellation. We\u2019re thrilled to work with Liquid Dataport to help reduce Africa\u2019s digital gap and create new opportunities through digital inclusion,\u201d said Peter Langkilde, General Manager of EMEA at Viasat.<\/p>\n<p>Viasat and Liquid Intelligent Technologies independently announced recent agreements with the Microsoft Airband Initiative to deliver internet access to millions of underserved people in Africa by the end of 2025, targeting regions that include the DRC, Nigeria, Senegal, Angola, Tanzania, and Zambia.<\/p>\n<p>The MOU between Liquid and Viasat is also in line with the Liquid\u2019s mission to help close Africa\u2019s digital gap. \u201cWe are always looking to bring internationally acclaimed digital and connectivity services and solutions to our customers across Africa,\u201d concluded Mumford.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liquid Dataport, a business of Liquid Intelligent Technologies (Liquid) (https:\/\/www.Liquid.tech\/), a pan-African technology group, and Viasat (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to engage in business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) service opportunities across West Africa. &nbsp; Liquid and Viasat intend to focus on the potential [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,457,322,442],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-environment","category-opinion","category-software"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}