O3b and Portugal Telecom subsidiary, Timor Telecom announce multi-year partnership
Timor Telecom improves its high speed internet connection in Timor-Leste
St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands and Dili, Timor, 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 tobring 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.”
About O3b Networks Limited
O3b Networks Limited (www.o3bnetworks.com) is a global satellite service provider building a next-generation satellite network for telecommunications operators, Internet service providers, enterprise and government customers in emerging markets.
The O3b network will deliver broadband connectivity everywhere on Earth within 45 degrees of latitude north and south of the equator. Our vast coverage area includes emerging and insufficiently connected markets in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Australia, with a collective population of over 3 billion people. It will combine the global reach of satellite with the speed of a fiber-optic network providing billions of consumers and businesses in nearly 180 countries with low-cost, high-speed, low latency Internet and mobile connectivity. O3b Networks’ investors include SES, Google, Liberty Global, HSBC Principal Investments, Northbridge Venture Partners, Allen & Company, Development Bank of Southern Africa, Sofina, Satya Capital and Luxempart. O3b Networks is headquartered in St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands.
About Timor Telecom
As the largest telecommunications operator in Timor-Leste, Timor Telecom has operated for 11 years, servicing more than 600 thousand clients – it has built up its position as a sound and dynamic company that has gone through various challenges and has always supported the Timorese people since the restoration of independence. TT is today the undisputed market leader, with a more mature, better quality, capable and reliable network covering all districts in the territory and the population of Timor-Leste – 94% mobile and Internet subscriber base.
