Nicosia, Cyprus – November 17th 2008 – Europe Media Port (EMP), recently awarded Honorable Mention by the World Teleport Association for its tremendous growth in 2008, today announced that it is providing key services from its Greek teleport to Gateway Communications for its newly launched operations on AfricaSat-1 into Africa. EMP is a Cyprus-based global provider of transmissions services.

EMP is furnishing IP Transit and uplink & downlink for IP services for Gateway on Africasat-1 to and from Africa enabling the broadband service provider to best leverage its multiple C-band transponders on the satellite. The capacity will further develop the pan-African service provider’s market leading position in the provision of high quality, secure and reliable voice, data and Internet access to its 1,200 corporate customers across 40 countries on the African continent.

Peter Gbedemah, CEO, Gateway Communications said, “Our commitment to adding more relevant services together with more bandwidth is an integral element of our growth strategy. Working with EMP and MEASAT’s AfricaSat-1, we are able to reach our goals and provide connectivity to our clients across the continent.”

According to EMP’s Director of Business Development, Christopher Slaney, “The southerly location of EMP’s teleport at Nemea, Greece complements Gateway’s needs to effectively and efficiently cover Africa. Bridging Europe, the Middle East and Africa, we are well placed to provide a full array of satellite services for global telecom players.” Earlier this year EMP’s teleport was used to track AfricaSat-1 as it was moved to its new orbital position over Africa.