14
April, 2015
Solomon Telekom
Company Limited (Our
Telekom) has become
the latest customer
to successfully go
live on its network.
Our Telekom is now
deploying O3b as
their backhaul
provider from the
Solomon Islands to
the Internet as it
rolls out
high speed, low
latency internet
services to the
capital city,
Honiara.
Our Telekom has
installed a new
ground station for
O3b medium earth
orbit (MEO)
satellite service at
Henderson, becoming
the eleventh
customer in the
Pacific region to
implement this
ground-breaking
technology.
Orbiting at a far
lower altitude than
traditional
geostationary
satellites, the O3b
service delivers a
latency of less than
150msec, which makes
the customer
experience the same
as a fiber
connection. In
fact, this solution
has been described
as “Fiber from
the Sky” by
users around the
world.
Our Telekom has been
instrumental in the
development of
telecommunications
services in the
Solomon Islands
since the company
was founded in 1988.
Services for their
consumer and
business customers
have evolved to
include mobile,
fixed line and
internet
communications, as
well as television.
Our Telekom provides
service to, and has
offices in, every
province of the
country, and is
working to expand
advanced mobile
service to the most
rural and remote
islands.
The
Solomon Islands is
the fifth largest
nation in the
Oceania region
behind Australia,
Papua New Guinea,
New Zealand and
Fiji, with over 1000
Islands and an
extremely dispersed
population making
connection by
terrestrial fiber
extremely difficult.
The O3b service
allows Our Telekom
to significantly
increase bandwidth
and improve the
speed and quality of
service for business
and residential
customers first in
Honiara, with
planning underway
for future service
to the Outer
Islands.
Our Telekom Chief
Executive, Loyley
Ngira stated:
“The launch of O3b
for Our Telekom
Internet is the most
significant
development for the
Solomon Islands
since the
introduction of the
internet here. With
O3b we have taken
the first
significant step to
overcome the tyranny
of distance between
the Pacific nations
and the rest of the
world. With
this technology—and
other strategic
investments
planned—our aim is
to transform the
lives of all Solomon
Islanders with fast
and cost effective
internet access for
health, education,
business and
leisure.”
Our Telekom Chief
Operating Office,
Keir Preedy stated:
"We are thrilled to
deliver a range of
new capabilities to
our customers in the
Solomon Islands. Our
Telekom is raising
the bar in terms of
broadband solutions
and continuously
strives to deliver
the highest quality
service to
customers—O3b's
fiber speed,
satellite reach
solution means we
can do that"
Imran
Malik, O3b VP Asia
Pacific & The Middle
East, said:
“O3b
is delighted to be
providing the
Solomon Islands with
access to ultra-fast
and very low latency
connectivity. The
arrival of O3b’s
network is already
enabling Our Telekom
to transform the way
people in the
Solomon Islands work
and learn. At the
same time it further
establishes our
presence in and
commitment to the
Pacific region, once
again demonstrating
our ability to
deliver much
improved
connectivity to
remote regions.”
