First Multi Spot Beam, Ku-Band High Throughput Satellite to Serve
Latin America
LUXEMBOURG & PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 11, 2015--
Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I), the world’s leading provider of satellite
services, announced today that the first of the Intelsat EpicNG
series of High Throughput Satellites, Intelsat 29e, arrived at the
Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, where it will undergo
final preparations before its scheduled launch on an Ariane 5 rocket on
the 27th of January, 2016.
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Intelsat 29e getting ready to board for its trip to the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. (Photo: Business Wire)
Manufactured by Boeing and equipped with the most advanced digital
payload on a commercial spacecraft, Intelsat 29e will bring High
Throughput capacity in both C- and Ku-band to North and Latin America
and the North Atlantic region, and is designed to be fully interoperable
with the already deployed Intelsat satellite fleet and terrestrial
infrastructure.
Intelsat EpicNG features an exceptionally flexible high
throughput payload design that is backward compatible with already
deployed user networks globally. It has an open architecture built to
address an expected $3 billion incremental increase in revenue
opportunities related to an increase in demand by the year 2020 for
satellite-based infrastructure in the enterprise, wireless
infrastructure, aeronautical and maritime mobility, government and
Internet of Things sectors.
The amount of data traffic in Latin America is expected to increase at a
compound annual growth rate of 66 percent from 2014 through year-end of
2018. With surging broadband requirements and an increasing number of
smartphone users, the Intelsat 29e flexible and scalable architecture
will enable fixed and mobile network operators to cost-effectively
extend their networks and meet the surges in broadband demand across the
continent.
Select customers in the region have already committed to take advantage
of Intelsat EpicNG, include Compania Anonima Nacional
Telefonos de Venezuela, BT Latam Venezuela, Anditel, S.A.S., Axesat,
Amazonia Cabo Ltda., Cadena Ecuatoriana de Television C.A., Canal 10
CETV, Corporacion Nacional de Telecommunicaciones CNTE.P., Fox Latin
America Channels do Brasil, Igrege Mundial do Poder de Deus, Radio e
Televisao Banderantes and Telefonica del Peru.
Intelsat 29e will also deliver enterprise-grade, broadband services to
aero and maritime mobility service providers and users. The satellite
combines wide and high performing spot beam designs facilitating
combined broadcast and broadband applications within the same network.
As previously announced, prestigious customers such as EMC, Panasonic
and Harris CapRock have committed to the Intelsat EpicNG
fleet for mobility and fixed and mobile enterprise applications.
Intelsat 29e is currently scheduled for launch on 27 January 2016 during
a window that is currently scheduled to open at 5:29 pm EST and closes
at approximately 7:36 pm EST. Following a successful launch, Intelsat
29e will be placed at the 310°E orbital location, where it will undergo
in-orbit testing prior to its expected in-service date of mid-2016.
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About Intelsat
Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I) is the world’s leading provider of satellite
services, delivering high performance connectivity solutions for media,
fixed and mobile broadband infrastructure, enterprise and government and
military applications. Intelsat’s satellite, teleport and fiber
infrastructure is unmatched in the industry, setting the standard for
transmissions of video and broadband services. From the globalization of
content and the proliferation of HD, to the expansion of cellular
networks and mobile broadband access, with Intelsat, envision your
future network, connect using our leading satellite technology and
transform your opportunities.
Envision…Connect…Transform…with Intelsat. For more information,
visit www.intelsat.com.
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Intelsat
Michele Loguidice
Director, Investor Relations and
Corporate Communications
+1 703-559-7372
michele.loguidice@intelsat.com