The Vodacom
Business Nigeria and Intelsat S.A. have entered
an agreement to expand enterprise broadband connectivity in Nigeria, reports ITRealms.
This,
ITRealms gathered is in order to provide
improved satellite services to its local enterprise customers.
The
strategic agreement was signed at the Satellite 2018 event which took place in
Washington D.C, United States of America recently. This agreement now makes
Vodacom Business Nigeria the first telecommunications provider in Nigeria to
lease capacity on the Intelsat 35e Satellite.
As satellite coverage
increases globally, enterprises businesses are no longer limited to operating
from just one location because of the high speed broadband requirements for
their business operation. Through this agreement with Intelsat S.A, which is the operator of the World’s
first Globalized Network and leader in integrated satellite solutions, Vodacom
Business Nigeria will deploy the Intelsat EPICNG satellite services,
which is a next generation of satellite technology; to its enterprise
customers to enable them to operate from anywhere they want throughout Nigeria.
Brian Jakins,
Intelsat’s Regional Vice President, Africa Sales, said that “Intelsat EpicNG enables
higher data rate applications and smaller terminals that give enterprises the
avenue to expand into new regions and take advantage of business opportunities
regardless of where they occur.
He further noted that
with the improved performance delivered by Intelsat EpicNG, Vodacom
Business Nigeria’s customers will utilize the satellite services on
Intelsat 35e to deliver fast, high quality and resilient broadband connectivity
to the banking, oil and gas, and enterprise sectors across West Africa
for an improved quality of service.
Speaking on behalf of
Vodacom, Lanre Kolade, Managing Director for Vodacom Business Nigeria said:
“With plans in top gear to deploy the Intelsat EPICNG satellite
services, this will enable Vodacom Business Nigeria to deliver an efficient,
quick, reliable, secure broadband solution with a low monthly recurring cost
within the shortest time to our Enterprise customers.”
Kolade said that this
agreement will further allow Vodacom to connect businesses located in places
where there is no access to terrestrial and mobile networks, therefore bringing
them closer to their employees, customers as well as other businesses, to help
empower them to remain operational and profitable.
“As a leading provider
of corporate connectivity and
telecommunications solutions, Vodacom always strives to stay
up-to-date with the technological needs and requirements of the changing
environment hence the reason for this agreement,” said Kolade.
No comments:
Post a Comment