Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Paksat, SpeedCast sign multi-year capacity deal

Leading satellite telecommunications service provider SpeedCast has collaborated with PAKSAT International on a multi-year agreement for C-band capacity. SpeedCast will be using PAKSAT-1R at 38 degrees East to deliver C-band services to its Pakistan customers as well as neighboring regions. SpeedCast will incorporate PAKSAT-1R C-band capacity into its GSM backhaul network, integrating carrier-in-carrier technology for unrivaled efficiency and performance for its customers.

“PAKSAT-1R’s performance and strong coverage provides us with the ability to offer highly efficient and reliable customized solutions to our cellular backhaul customers, as well as meeting the networking needs of our Enterprise and Government customers in the region,” SpeedCast CEO Pierre-Jean Beylier said in a statement.

Echoing the sentiments of Beylier, PAKSAT CEO Usman Bajwa noted, “SpeedCast offers its customers innovative connectivity solutions backed by unmatched service quality. Through its latest high-power communication satellite, Paksat-1R, Paksat is ideally positioned to offer SpeedCast an effective solution to help them meet their customers’ needs.

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