SpeedCast
Signs
Contract
with O3b
Networks for
Trunking
Service to
Christmas
Island
4 June
2015
O3b
Networks
announced an
agreement to
provide
trunking
services to
SpeedCast
for its
customer
Christmas
Island
Internet
Administration
Limited
(CIIA), the
only
Internet
Service
Provider
(ISP) on
Christmas
Island.
Under the
agreement,
SpeedCast
will provide
CIIA with
high
throughput,
low latency
connectivity,
enabling the
first
broadband
Internet
access
experienced
on the
island.
Christmas
Island, an
Australian
territory in
the Indian
Ocean with
an
approximate
population
of 2100
people, is
geographically
close to
Indonesia.
The island
earned its
unique name
by being
discovered
on the 25th
of December,
1643 by
Captain
William
Mynors of
the British
Royal Navy,
and is
famous for
its 135
square km
Australian
National
Park.
Christmas
Island
Internet
Administration
Limited
(CIIA) is a
community-owned,
non-profit
Christmas
Island
Company
which owns
and operates
the only
not-for-profit
ISP in the
territory.
Until now,
CIIA has
been relying
on
geostationary
satellite
(GEO)
connectivity
for internet
access, also
provided by
SpeedCast.
The
use of O3b
satellites,
which are
closer to
the earth
than GEO
satellites,
reduces
latency,
increases
internet
speed and
improves
voice and
video
quality for
the user.
CIIA will be
using O3b’s
next-generation
IP trunking
solution,
O3bTrunk,
that boosts
existing
link
capacities
to rival the
throughput
and latency
of
terrestrial
fiber, while
avoiding the
prohibitive
cost of
laying an
undersea
cable to the
island.
"SpeedCast
is pleased
to be
offering
O3b's unique
satellite
solution
which will
greatly
enhance the
service that
CIIA is
currently
using today.
We
anticipate a
dramatic
improvement
in
performance
with a 3
fold
increase in
capacity and
a 75%
reduction in
latency,"
said
Pierre-Jean
Beylier, CEO
of SpeedCast.
"Our
customer,
CIIA, will
be able to
offer their
end-users
the best
Internet
connection
available,
further
cementing
their
position as
the ISP of
choice for
all of
Christmas
Island."
"Because
Christmas
Island does
not have an
undersea
cable, but
relies
completely
on satellite
for
communication,
only O3b can
provide the
throughput
needed to
bring true
broadband to
subscribers,”
said Imran
Malik, VP
Asia for O3b
Networks.
"We are very
excited to
bring our
high
throughput,
low latency
solution to
Christmas
Island via
SpeedCast,
and expect
residents
will see an
immediate
improvement
in their
internet
experience.”
