Intelsat and Lintasarta to Expand Internet and Mobile Access Across Indonesia
01 July 2019 - 1:00PM
Business Wire
Intelsat (NYSE: I) announced today it has been selected by PT.
Aplikanusa Lintasarta, a data communication, internet service, and
IT services provider, to support the deployment and expansion of
Indonesia’s broadband and wireless communications infrastructure,
bringing reliable, consistent, and affordable connectivity to
millions of Indonesians.
Indonesia is home to the world’s fourth largest population. Its
citizens are widely dispersed, residing in more than 500 districts
and 80,000 villages spread across approximately 6,000 inhabited
islands.
“Under our new agreement with Lintasarta, Indonesians will have
access to fast, high quality, and consistent broadband that will
provide easy access to government, education, and health services
and support business operations,” said Intelsat’s Vice President
and General Manager, Networks, Jean-Philippe Gillet. “We are
pleased that Lintasarta has chosen to utilize Intelsat’s network to
advance the government’s goal of building a more digitally
inclusive society.”
Under a new, five-year agreement, Lintasarta will use
overlapping coverage from two of Intelsat’s high-throughput
satellites, Intelsat 33e and Horizons 3e, which cover the Asia
Pacific and Pacific Ocean region. The satellites provide broadband,
mobility, and government customers who operate in the region with
unmatched performance, resiliency, and redundancy. The high
performance of the Intelsat EpicNG platform enables efficiencies
previously unavailable without large, costly user terminals,
enabling mobile network operators and enterprises to expand their
networks and provide high quality and reliable connectivity to
underserved communities around the world.
The Indonesian government — working through its universal
service organization (USO) agency Badan Aksesibilitas
Telekomunikasi dan Informasi (BAKTI) — has committed to fostering
social development and accelerating equitable economic growth by
connecting 150,000 sites across the country by the end of 2023. In
April 2019, Lintasarta was selected by Indonesia’s Ministry of
Communication and Information Technology to advance its USO
program, “Internet Fixed Broadband and Mobile Cellular Backhaul
over Indonesia via a GEO Fixed Satellite Services (FSS)
System.”
“We are honored to have been chosen by Indonesia’s Ministry of
Communication and Information Technology as one of the main
providers of broadband connectivity for the BAKTI project,” said
Ginandjar Alibasjah, Datacom Director, Lintasarta. “Intelsat has
become one of our trusted partners to support this project.
Intelsat’s proven performance, redundancy, and resiliency of its
global network will allow us to rapidly scale and expand
Indonesia’s network infrastructure, ensuring that all citizens,
regardless of where they are located, will have access to broadband
and internet connectivity.”
Supporting Resources:
- Intelsat Network Services
About Intelsat
Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I) operates the world’s first Globalized
Network, delivering high-quality, cost-effective video and
broadband services anywhere in the world. Intelsat’s Globalized
Network combines the world’s largest satellite backbone with
terrestrial infrastructure, managed services and an open,
interoperable architecture to enable customers to drive revenue and
reach through a new generation of network services. Thousands of
organizations serving billions of people worldwide rely on Intelsat
to provide ubiquitous broadband connectivity, multi-format video
broadcasting, secure satellite communications and seamless mobility
services. The end result is an entirely new world, one that allows
us to envision the impossible, connect without boundaries and
transform the ways in which we live. For more information, visit
www.intelsat.com.
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