Avanti Communications

Avanti Communications Group plc
Public limited company
Traded as LSE: AVN
Headquarters London, United Kingdom
Area served
 EMEA
Website avantiplc.com

Avanti Communications Group plc (LSE: AVN) is a UK based satellite operator, selling wholesale satellite broadband and satellite connectivity services to Internet Service Providers, Mobile Network Operators, Enterprises, Governments and other satellite operators. Avanti operates across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.[1]

The company is listed on London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) and employees 265 staff across the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Its headquarters are in London (UK) with offices in Goonhilly (UK), Dubai (UAE), Limassol (Cyprus), Istanbul (Turkey) Nairobi (Kenya), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Johannesburg (South Africa) and Lagos (Nigeria).

Kyle Whitehill joined as CEO in April 2018, with the long-standing CEO and co-founder, David Williams, stepping down in August 2017.[2]

Avanti currently has 3 Geo Stationary Orbit (GEO) High Throughput Satellites (HTS), HYLAS 1, HYLAS 2 and HYLAS 4 in orbit and a further HTS HYLAS 3 in construction.[3] Avanti has dual-redundant Gateway Earth Stations (GES) across Europe the Middle East and Africa to ensure no single points of failure and resulting in a claimed 99.9% uptime service level. The company has GES in the UK, Cyprus, Germany, Turkey, South Africa and Nigeria with a new GES being built in Senegal.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://avantiplc.com/about/sectors
  2. ↑ "Avanti Communications: RNS announces Kyle Whitehill as new CEO". Avanti Communications - Satellite Services. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  3. ↑ http://avantiplc.com/fleet-coverage/coverage
  4. ↑ http://avantiplc.com/news-media/pressreleases


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