In keeping with their ongoing commitment to innovation in the Smart Satellite Services and satellite connectivity spaces, Q-KON has now released new OneWeb Twoobii-LEO user terminals. Successfully demonstrated at a recent exclusive customer event in Midrand, South Africa, these flat-panel terminals further underscore the performance advantages of LEO connectivity in a South African and broader African context.
Developed specifically to meet the needs of end users who require a more resilient back-up to fibre connectivity, these two new flat-panel user terminals reflect Q-KON’s focus on the needs of local enterprises.
By combining class-leading data download and upload speeds with the flexibility and affordability of pay-per-use (PPU) billing models, Q-KON has enhanced the applicability and utility of Smart Satellite Services to Africa.
This fusion of high data transfer rates and value distinguishes the high-performance, flagship flat-panel terminal and the smaller, mid-range, easy-to-install flat-panel terminal, both of which will be offered to end users as combined equipment and service bundles.
Operating on the global Eutelsat OneWeb network cements the position of these innovative solutions as ideal back-up options for enterprises that require rapid, always-on connectivity and immunity from terrestrial infrastructure challenges and outages.
While the demonstrated speeds of the larger flat-panel antenna are impressive (100Mbps receive data rate and 20Mbps transmit data rate), raw performance has intentionally taken a backseat to reliability and the provision of best-effort service quality.
“We’re delighted to bring these new Twoobii-LEO flat-panel user terminal options to market,” commented Dr Dawie de Wet, Group CEO of Q-KON. “South African and African enterprises deserve definitive, carrier-grade services, and crucially, these will be supported by defined service profiles and committed SLAs,” he added.
Q-KON plans to further enhance the reliability and dependability of satellite connectivity by enabling seamless integration of Twoobii-LEO Smart Satellite Services with fibre networks through the option of direct links to end-user core networks.
Twoobii-LEO mid-sized and easy to install flat-panel 
Twoobii-LEO flagship flat-panel
This additional innovation will be made possible by the fact that the Eutelsat OneWeb gateway infrastructure is located within South Africa, and possesses a dark fibre link to Teraco.
“While we envision the Twoobii-LEO service being primarily used as a back-up system, we also see it as a key part of our customers’ connectivity ecosystems,” explains Dr Dawie de Wet, Group CEO of Q-KON. “Rather than creating a parallel system and duplicating functionality, we are driving the move towards complete integration so as to avoid any disruptions during service switches,” he added.
The smaller and easy-to-install flat-panel antenna will be promoted to the retail, enterprise, government and financial branch sector markets – scenarios where always-on connectivity is vital to ensuring that customer service standards are maintained. Competitively priced through attractive total cost-of-ownership (TCO) models, this terminal offers accessible 50Mbps/10Mbps redundancy services.
To learn more about Q-KON’s Twoobii-LEO services and user terminals, please visit: https://www.qkon.com/oneweb/