Belgium-based satellite service provider, SatADSL, plans to launch a range of communications and internet services to corporate offices, bank agencies and the likes of mining sites in sub-Saharan Africa.

The company plans to unveil the offering at AfricaCom, taking place 12-14 November.

SatADSL particularly plans to target areas where terrestrial communication services are either not available, unreliable or too expensive, the company says in a statement.

“The new services are offered thanks to the new Service Delivery Platform developed under SatFinAfrica, and ARTES 3-4 Satcom Application project co-funded by the European Space Agency-ESA,” says the company in a statement.

Speaking ahead of the start of the conference on Tuesday, SatADSL chief technology officer Fulvio Sansone said, "Companies in Sub-Saharan Africa are often confronted to limited coverage and reliability of terrestrial telecommunications means.”

“Especially outside of urban and coastal areas where the population is less dense, telecommunication links may not be as reliable as needed by professional users. That is where SatADSL comes in with specialised, but at the same time affordable, services for the professional market.

SatADSL plans to launch its services with local partners.

Customers of the service are set to use what SatADSL says is low-cost, self-installable, Sat3Play hardware.