O3b, SpeedCast enter connectivity deal for Kiribati Republic

News Video Kiribati 11 MRT 2016
O3b, SpeedCast enter connectivity deal for Kiribati Republic
O3b Networks and SpeedCast International entered an agreement to provide connectivity in the Republic of Kiribati over the O3b satellite network. The service will be provided to consumers, businesses and government customers by Amalgamated Telecom Holdings (ATHKL), a subsidiary of Amalgamated Telecom Holdings of Fiji. The Republic of Kiribati has a population of about 100,000 living on 33 atolls and islands, across 3.5 million square kilometers of ocean.

Kiribati is in the final stages of testing the O3b link, and will first deploy the service to Tarawa, the largest island in the country. The multi-year agreement provides flexibility to expand capacity where required, ensuring ATHKL can provide connectivity for HD video, e-commerce, online education, or cloud services.

O3b’s Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites orbit at 8,062 kilometers above the Earth and have a latency of less than 150 msec, 25 percent that of the geostationary (GEO) satellite systems connecting Kiribati.

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