Intelsat expands offering with IntelsatOneR Flex
For maritime service providers, IntelsatOne Flex is an enterprise grade, wholesale Mbps service with tiered Committed Information Rate (CIR)plans that allow service providers to offer unique and tailored services.
The launch comes at a time when ship operators are looking for higher performance and throughput from new high throughput satellite (HTS) networks. To meet this demand, Intelsat says service providers are searching for cost efficient models to best incorporate HTS into their existing network infrastructures, particularly given constrained budgets.
“In order to meet increasing broadband demands, both ship operators and service providers alike need to embrace and leverage the power of the high throughput satellite technologies that are coming to market,” said James Collett, head of mobility and energy services, Intelsat. “However, not all high throughput platforms are the same and not all are able to scale and integrate HTS cost effectively into existing network infrastructure.”
The new service is said to enable service providers to maintain control over their network, streamline the management of capacity for geographic expansion and surge, simplify the aggregation of HTS and traditional wide beam capacity into a single product, customize the quality of service for ‘wholesale Mbps’, minimise operational costs and lower total cost of ownership.
With Intelsat’s global Ku-band satellite fleet and Intelsat EpicNG high throughput satellite platform, service providers using IntelsatOne Flex will also benefit from both wide beam and high performance spot beam coverage that combine to deliver high quality, global connectivity with smaller antennas, improving accessibility and user economics.
Intelsat’s global terrestrial infrastructure, including teleports, shared hubs and fiber, connects service providers everywhere to the world’s largest integrated hybrid satellite network.
“Importantly, the power, accessibility and efficiency of Intelsat Epic will ensure that service provider’s future-proof their network with reduced upfront capital expenditure and are able to address fast changing market demands,” added Mr Collett.
Intelsat says its new service will allow service providers’ and maritime operators’ network infrastructures to evolve with changing technology needs and stay competitive over the long term.
