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Newtec to
Partner with FUBC to
Bridge Digital Divide in
the Philippines
6 November
2014
Newtec is to
partner with satellite
service provider First
United Broadcasting
Corporation (FUBC) to
launch a new broadband
service called “iGSat
Satellite Broadband”
in the Philippines.
iGSat is a service
being provided by FUBC
which is licensed to
operate Direct To Home
(DTH) satellite services
as well as radio and TV
broadcast. FUBC also
runs the DTH Satellite
TV (GSAT) and Global
News Network (GNN) and
its satellite footprint
reaches the Philippine
archipelago and
surrounding countries.
The new iGSat
Broadband service will
deliver high-speed
satellite broadband
across the Philippines,
which is comprised of
over 7100 islands.
“This latest
technology will support
the grassroots program
of the government and
private firms to cover
the entire Philippine
society for
communication,
information and
education. The
technology will be
available anywhere,
everywhere. It is
limitless and beyond
boundaries,” said
First United
Broadcasting
Corporation’s CEO Philip
J. Chien.
Serving the corporate
market, iGSat Broadband
will deliver reliable,
high-speed, always-on
Internet access without
depending on
availability of
terrestrial networks.
The network connects
entirely via satellite.
Whether in the city or
the depths of the
countryside, users will
be able to enjoy a
broadband connection
wherever they are.
“This project
will not be in
competition with the
present providers but
will be a great support
in areas where there is
slow or no available
bandwidth at all,”
added Chien.
iGSat offers a range
of solutions for the
broadband user,
comprising of satellite
connections for the
home, business, private
network and maritime
communications as well
as for Internet Service
Providers (ISPs).
The broadband service
is based on Newtec’s
broadband hub utilizing
thousands of Newtec’s
terminals including the
MDM2200 IP Satellite
Modems and interactive
LNBs. This technology
provides local ISPs with
the broadband connection
they need in order to
offer reliable,
high-speed and always-on
Internet access to users
through a wired or
wireless (WiFi)
connection.
“Newtec is proud
to partner with First
United Broadcasting
Corporation’s iGSat
Broadband service in the
Philippines. Our
technologies continue to
offer high performance
in the most economical
way and remain at the
forefront of pushing
satellite broadband to
areas where any
connectivity was not
previously thought to be
possible and we are
doing this at a
competitive price,”
said Newtec’s CEO Serge
Van Herck.
A contract was signed
on 6 November at the
Sofitel Philippine Plaza
and witnessed by
Ambassador Roland Van
Remoortele of the
Kingdom of Belgium and
Ambassador Garry Lin of
Taiwan ROC. The iGSat
Broadband service will
launch at the beginning
of December in 2014 and
ultimately connect
thousands of businesses
and homes to satellite
broadband technology.
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