14 May 2014
O3b Networks and
Timor Telecom (TT) have announced today an agreement
for high throughput, low latency capacity enabling
Timor Telecom to provision new much faster, high speed
broadband , improving user experience and allowing for more
and better services and content.
The use of O3b
satellites, which are closer to the earth than conventional
geostationary satellites, reduces latency, increases
Internet speed and improves voice and video quality for the
user.
This change will allow
Timor Telecom (TT),
one of the first operators in the world to use this
technology, to significantly increase its broadband coverage
and improve the speed and quality of its services for
corporate and private clients.
With more than 600
thousand clients, TT is investing in technology innovation
and supplying new services and products that meet the needs
of its clients.
Following this
change, TT has redesigned its Internet service offer for
both new and current clients, and will be presenting this
month its new mobile subscriber and broadband Internet
campaigns.
Gerardo Carrilho Ângelo, CTO
of Timor Telecom said: “As leaders
in a competitive market, we are delighted to be amongst the
first operators in the world to use the O3b network and to
bring more innovative services to Timor-Leste. O3b will give
us major improvements in throughput and
performance. This represents a great step forward for
connectivity in Timor-Leste.”
John Finney, Chief Commercial
Officer of O3b said:
“We are excited to be a part of Timor Telecom’s plans to
offer Timor-Leste access to the World Wide Web as easily and
efficiently as users in any major city in the world.
Accessing O3b’s affordable and ubiquitous bandwidth with the
performance and speed of fiber, Timor Telecom customers will
enjoy much improved connectivity and the further enablement
of Mobile Broadband.”
