Digicel Pacific Taps SES’s Services to Bolster Disaster Recovery for Tonga Islands
September 02 2024 - 10:00PM
Business Wire
Digicel Pacific uses O3b mPOWER, SES’s medium
earth orbit constellation, to enable it to restore critical
communications quickly in the event of natural disasters
Amidst the increase in natural disasters in the Pacific Region,
Digicel Pacific and SES have announced an agreement to bolster
Digicel Pacific’s network with SES's service to enable critical
communications to be restored quickly in the event of natural
disasters. This agreement is an extension of the companies'
long-standing partnership.
Following the earthquake that hit Tonga in August 26th, Tonga
Domestic Cable Extension (TDCE), the island nation’s only domestic
subsea cable connection, was damaged. Through SES’s satellite
service, Digicel Pacific was able to restore inter-island voice,
SMS, and data services on the islands of Vava’u within 6 hours.
Digicel Pacific Regional HUB Markets CEO, Shally Jannif said,
“The expanded agreement with SES and the use of its O3b mPOWER
network will give the nation of Tonga greater peace of mind that in
the event of a significant disaster, we will have the ability to
access a large amount of low-latency, high-throughput connectivity.
Being able to implement disaster recovery networks quickly after
the recent earthquake enabled people to get back online and assure
their loved ones of their safety. At the same time, it also enabled
local business to get their operations back up quickly, minimising
the potential disruption to their businesses.”
John Turnbull, Director, Sales, Enterprise & Cloud, Pacific
at SES said, "When natural disasters occur, it is of upmost
importance to restore communications in a matter of hours. This
extended collaboration using SES’s service will enable Digicel
Pacific to provide enhanced resilience with large bandwidth and
low-latency connectivity flexibly and quickly."
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services to individuals and businesses.
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six markets in the South Pacific.
About SES
SES has a bold vision to deliver amazing experiences everywhere
on Earth by distributing the highest quality video content and
providing seamless data connectivity services around the world. As
a provider of global content and connectivity solutions, SES owns
and operates a geosynchronous orbit fleet and medium earth orbit
(GEO-MEO) constellation of satellites, offering a combination of
global coverage and high performance services. By using its
intelligent, cloud-enabled network, SES delivers high-quality
connectivity solutions anywhere on land, at sea or in the air, and
is a trusted partner to telecommunications companies, mobile
network operators, governments, connectivity and cloud service
providers, broadcasters, video platform operators and content
owners around the world. The company is headquartered in Luxembourg
and listed on Paris and Luxembourg stock exchanges (Ticker: SESG).
Further information is available at: www.ses.com.
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