Golis
Telecom
Signs
Contract
with
O3b
Networks
to
Deliver
High
Speed
Connectivity
March
9,
2015
O3b
Networks
announced
that
Golis
Telecom
has
signed
a
multi-year
agreement
to
use
O3b’s
satellite
constellation
to
bring
reliable,
high-speed
connectivity
to
its
customers
in
the
Puntland
region
of
Somalia.
Golis
will
deploy
O3b’s
trunking
solution,
O3bTrunk,
as
well
as
O3b’s
mobile
backhaul
product,
O3bCell.
Golis
was
founded
in
2002
and
is
the
largest
telecommunications
operator
in
the
Puntland
region
of
Somalia,
with
extensive
network
infrastructure.
Golis
Telecom
has
telecom
centers
in
ALL
the
main
cities
and
towns
of
Puntland.
It
provides
all
Telecom
services
including
Voice
and
Data
in
both
2G(GPRS)
and
3G.
It
is
also
an
ISP
provider
in
Fixed
and
Wireless.
Golis
also
provides
electric
power
in
Bosasso
where
the
company
is
headquartered.
The
deployment
of
O3b’s
connectivity
by
Golis
is
part
of a
broader
roll
out
that
will
cover
most
of
the
big
towns
in
Puntland
by
Satellite
using
the
new
O3b
satellite
services.
O3b
Networks
will
land
700km
wide
satellite
beam
in
North
Eastern
Regions
of
Somalia
to
provide
Golis
with
unprecedented,
reliable
connectivity
across
these
Regions.
The
O3b
satellite
constellation’s
Medium
Earth
Orbit
(MEO)
brings
unique
benefits
over
conventional
geostationary
(GEO)
satellites.
O3b’s
satellites
provide
greatly
reduced
latency,
increased
data
rates
and
improved
voice
and
video
quality
for
the
user.
Low
latency
is a
primary
benefit,
directly
enabling
many
cloud-based
and
other
applications
that
are
impossible
with
the
longer
latencies
of
GEO
satellite
solutions.
Abdiaziz
G.
Kaarshe,
Chairman
of
Golis
said:
“O3b
is
extremely
important
for
our
subscribers
and
the
people
of
Puntland.
Traditional
satellite
is
very
expensive
with
high
latency
and
terrestrial
connectivity
is
challenging
to
reach
all
the
major
cities
and
towns
of
Somalia—we
had
to
find
an
alternative
that
could
both
be
deployed
quickly
and
deliver
fiber-like
connectivity.
O3b
really
is
‘fiber
in
the
sky,’
and
provides
exactly
what
our
subscribers
need.”
Omar
Trujillo,
O3b
VP
for
LATAM
and
Africa
said:
“We
are
extremely
excited
to
be
working
with
Golis
in
Puntland,
and
assisting
them
to
bring
high-speed
connectivity
to
their
customers.
It
is a
major
challenge
to
operate
and
grow
a
network
with
traditional
geostationary
satellite
and
microwave
over
long
distances,
but
this
is
precisely
the
problem
O3b
was
designed
to
solve.
We
will
immediately
deliver
fiber-like
capacity
and
speeds
to
Golis.”
