Through Intelsat infrastructure, Sonema will provide enhanced
communications services to banking and financial institutions
LUXEMBOURG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 2016--
Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I), operator of the world’s first Globalized
Network, powered by its leading satellite backbone, announced that
Sonema has extended its agreement for satellite services to support
enterprise networks in Africa.
Sonema, a telecommunications service provider based in Monaco, supports
more than 650 VSAT sites for banking and financial institutions across
Africa. The majority of the networks are supported by C-band services
from Intelsat 14, located at 315° East, and Intelsat 904, located at 60°
East.
Under the multi-year extension, Sonema will integrate C-band
connectivity from the Intelsat 33e satellite to expand services to more
remote regions of Africa. The combination of Intelsat 14 and Intelsat
33e allows Sonema to provide customized solutions, with a focus on
robustness and high quality of experience, to its customers
“The banking sector is a major growth engine for Africa. As such, our
customers depend on the highly reliable and secured corporate networks
we deploy and maintain for them,” said Catherine Delom, Managing
Director of Sonema. “Intelsat has provided us high-quality, dependable
satellite connectivity for years. The Intelsat EpicNG
platform will also enable the option to offer our customers new,
innovative solutions and services that can be easily delivered via
C-band and Ku-band spot beams to the most remote locations.”
“From our long history of serving customers in Africa, we know that
enterprise customers need access to highly reliable and more effective
bandwidth to meet growing demands,” said Jean-Philippe Gillet,
Intelsat’s Vice President, Europe, Middle East and Africa Sales. “We are
providing the bandwidth essential to improving the end customer
experience. This agreement ensures that Sonema’s customers will be able
to expand their operations knowing that each of their sites will have
access to the same level of reliable broadband connectivity, regardless
of location.”
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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.
About Sonema
In a digital environment that is rapidly evolving, data management and
processing remain an integral part of a company’s competitiveness and
distinctiveness. It is essential to have a strategy in place to secure
and protect data traffic. By operating and managing scalable, bespoke
telecommunications solutions, Sonema accompanies its customers with
their projects on a daily basis. Bearing in mind commitment, and with a
strong understanding of what is at stake, we aim to be a proactive
partner to our customers by allowing them to focus on their core
business. Remaining faithful to our values of respect, transparency and
responsibility, we place trust at the heart of our customer
relationships. For more information, visit: https://www.sonema.com/en/.
Contact: communication@sonema.com.
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Source: Intelsat
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