Intelsat and Andesat bring Mobile Broadband to Rural Communities in Perú
2020年5月12日 - 10:28PM
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Andesat Perú launches “#TeConectamosPerú” to
expand life-changing cellular and internet coverage to remote areas
of Latin America
Intelsat (NYSE: I) and Andesat are partnering to bring
end-to-end mobile broadband (3G) service to remote communities
across Perú. The two companies have developed a new model that will
quickly and efficiently bring life-changing 3G access to 154 rural
Peruvian communities in 2020, and as many as 400 remote sites in
Perú over the next 18 months.
"It will help us solve many things, being aware of diseases,
access to knowledge. We no longer feel left behind. We now have
what other villages and cities do,” said newly connected
Peruvian paramedic Carlos Rengifo, who is featured in the
#TeConectamosPeru campaign that Andesat launched last week to
promote the initiative.
Research shows that connectivity can have life-changing impacts
for unconnected remote communities. The World Bank estimates that
for every 10 percent increase in high-speed Internet connections, a
country’s gross domestic product rises approximately by 1.4
percent.
With internet connectivity, those living in remote areas can
participate in e-banking, use telemedicine resources and access
potentially life-saving weather reports. Internet access also
brings medium and long-term effects to remote areas, expanding
access to educational and vocational resources, helping businesses
operate more efficiently and ultimately, strengthening the area’s
foundation for future economic growth.
Until now, bringing connectivity to the remote regions of Perú
has been deemed too risky for any one mobile network operator (MNO)
or communications service provider to tackle alone. The innovative
and cooperative model pioneered by Andesat and Intelsat enables the
companies to share infrastructure- and network-build expenses as
well as revenues. In turn, Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) only pay
for the traffic that their end-users consume.
The collaborative model holds the potential to be replicated
throughout Latin America and help MNOs connect end-users in remote
and rural areas. The Peruvian government alone has identified over
16,000 rural sites of National Interest in need of
connectivity.
Andesat is using its Rural Mobile Infrastructure Operator
license (OIMR) to connect remote sites in Perú, sourcing tower
sites, designing and building towers and taking point on equipment
for the connectivity initiative. Intelsat is leveraging its scale,
infrastructure and expertise to assist Andesat in building out the
integrated land-space, mobile broadband (3G) infrastructure,
bandwidth capacity and service operations to meet evolving end-user
demand.
“This initiative is going to change lives in a fundamental way,”
said Andesat Group CEO Pablo Rasore. “In addition to
enabling the people of the remote regions of Peru to communicate,
it’s going to enable Peruvians, not only to reach the world in a
new and different way for the first time, but to be protagonists in
building their own future.”
One of Perú’s regional Mobile Network Operators (MNO) is
currently leveraging the Intelsat-Andesat model to bring voice and
data services to new local subscribers, helping to cement its
service-delivery reputation in the region and benefitting a
potential universe of 60,000 towns and villages and a total of more
than three million people.
“Intelsat and Andesat have long enjoyed a partnership in
providing communication services to individuals, communities and
businesses across Latin America,” said Intelsat Regional Vice
President of Latin America, Juan Pablo Cofino. “We’re thrilled
to extend our partnership through this innovative model and bring
affordable, reliable connectivity to thousands of people throughout
Perú. For more than 50 years, Intelsat has connected the
unconnected and reliably delivered content and connectivity to
people wherever they need it, even the most remote areas on
earth.”
For additional information on Andesat’s #TeConectamosPerú
initiative, please visit www.teconectamosperu.com.
About Intelsat:
As the foundational architects of satellite technology, Intelsat
operates the world’s largest and most advanced satellite fleet and
connectivity infrastructure. We apply our unparalleled expertise
and global scale to connect people, businesses and communities, no
matter how difficult the challenge. Intelsat is uniquely positioned
to help our customers turn possibilities into reality –
transformation happens when businesses, governments and communities
use Intelsat’s next-generation global network and managed services
to build their connected future. Learn more at Intelsat.com.
About Andesat:
Andesat is a Group of Companies that operates in the Andean
Region of Latin America, specialized in providing Corporate
Value-added Services to different verticals since the year 2010.
With three Teleports and 6 Satellites, we cover all of the Andean
Region and provide connectivity to remote areas, with a main
objective of expanding cellular networks in rural areas. We are
committed to reach a little bit further every day, and to keep
working towards a country accessible to everyone. We have no
limits. The possibilities are infinite. Learn more about the
Andesat Group at www.grupoandesat.com/eng and
www.andesat.com.pe/en/.
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