Orange Côte d'Ivoire has launched “Orange Sat”, a new satellite broadband internet service in partnership with Eutelsat that promises to bring data connectivity to rural “white zones” in the country unserved by 4G and fibre.
The Orange Sat service, which Orange Côte d'Ivoire unveiled via a LinkedIn post on Tuesday, is available either as an alternative fibre offering for agro-industrial enterprise customers in white zones (as well as “sensitive customers in urban areas”), or as an alternative prepaid 4G home broadband solution for rural low-income customers.
The alternative fibre option promises unlimited data at speeds up to 50 Mbps for FCFA25,000 (US$44.50) per month. The alternative prepaid 4G offering (billed as “Wi-Fi village”) offers prepaid connectivity passes with data caps – 220MB for one day, 750MB for three days, or 1.5GB for seven days, priced at FCFA200, FCFA500 and FCFA1,000, respectively.
Orange Sat is powered by the EUTELSAT KONNECT broadband satellite via a partnership deal signed by Eutelsat and Orange Africa and Middle East in March 2025.
Orange Côte d'Ivoire said the new service is part of its digital inclusion initiative to enable access to reliable and high-performance Internet access “to meet the geographical and economic realities of Côte d'Ivoire”.
