Qatar
Telecom
Secures
Capacity
on
Intelsat
15
to
Expand
International
Services
3
March
2010
Intelsat
S.A.,
the
world’s
leading
provider
of
fixed
satellite
services,
announced
that
Qatar
Telecom
(Qtel)
signed
a
multi-year
capacity
contract
on
Intelsat’s
recently-launched
Intelsat
15
satellite
(IS-15),
located
at
85º
E.
Qtel
will
utilize
the
capacity
to
expand
its
international
connectivity
and
provide
a
portfolio
of
services
for
its
wholesale
and
enterprise
customers
in
the
Middle
East.
“The
capacity
provided
through
this
contract
will
help
ensure
rapid
growth
of
our
international
services
across
the
region,”
said
Ahmed
Al
Derbesti,
Executive
Director,
International
Services,
Qtel.
“Intelsat’s
IS-15
satellite
also
provides
us
with
the
Ku-band
coverage
we
need
to
expand
our
broadband
services
in
areas
where
it
is
not
possible
either
to
deploy
or
maintain
a
terrestrial
network.”
“With
Qtel,
we
now
host
the
three
leading
telecommunications
providers
in
the
Middle
East
on
our
network,”
said
Jean-Philippe
Gillet,
Intelsat’s
Regional
Vice
President,
Europe
&
Middle
East.
“IS-15’s
capacity
is
ideal
for
the
distribution
of
on-demand
services
that
include
broadband
networks
for
enterprise
applications;
IP
trunking,
for
Internet
connectivity;
and
video
services,
for
DTH
programming.”
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