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Fiber-like O3b satellite connectivity to help accelerate the digital transformation in Colombia with affordable, high-speed and reliable connectivity services
LUXEMBOURG, December 15, 2021– (BUSINESS WIRE) – SES ‘satellite link services will enable Colombia’s leading fiber optic network service provider Integra Multisolutions (IMS) to extend and improve fiber-type connectivity for Colombian municipalities in less than 100,000 inhabitants located beyond the reach of land-based infrastructure, SES announced today. The new service will begin on SES’s medium earth orbit (MEO) O3b constellation and later migrate to SES’s next-generation MEO, O3b mPOWER, in 2022 when the service expands to other cities.
The first site to be connected will be Puerto Leguizamo, a municipality located in the department of Putumayo in the southern border region of the country. SES and IMS will continue to provide services to other sparsely populated cities across Colombia that experience poor or inconsistent connectivity services.
SES’s mPOWERED trunk service will equip IMS to enable local Internet service providers to serve a combination of corporate, residential, MNO and civilian government projects. IMS is one of the first companies in Latin America to subscribe to the O3b mPOWER system, which can deliver low-latency, high-speed, non-competitive services from tens of megabits to several gigabits per second at a single site.
According to the Colombian Ministry of Telecommunications, fixed broadband subscriptions in the country reached 8.22 million in 2021, which corresponds to 16.10 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants. However, the National Directorate of Administration and Statistics (Dane) unveiled at the beginning of the year the results of the Survey on Information and Communication Technologies in Households (ENTIC Hogares) showing that only 56 , 5% of the households surveyed have an Internet connection. The survey identified a significant difference between households in major cities, where 66.6% have Internet access, and those in rural and dispersed areas, where only 23.9% of households have it. The department of Putumayo is one of the regions having difficulty accessing reliable connectivity services.
“By working with SES, we are able to quickly and cost-effectively extend our network to underserved and hard-to-reach areas, which helps to bridge the digital divide for these communities,” said Juan Carlos Hernandez Mendoza , CEO of IMS Group. “Our goal is to provide our end users with the best quality of service throughout Colombia, which means access to high performance services anytime, anywhere. The capabilities of the proven O3b MEO fleet, along with the scalability and flexibility of upcoming O3b mPOWER services combined with the expertise of the SES satellite network and IMS fiber optic networks, allow us to achieve exactly this goal. . “
“Our multi-orbital satellite solutions have provided reliable connectivity services throughout Colombia for almost 10 years,†said Omar Trujillo, vice president of fixed data sales for the Americas at SES. “We are delighted to partner with IMS to expand terrestrial networks with the revolutionary capabilities of the O3b mPOWER constellation and provide fiber-like Internet access to Colombians wherever they live. “
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About SES
SES has a bold vision to deliver incredible experiences anywhere on earth by distributing the highest quality video content and providing seamless connectivity around the world. As a leader in global content connectivity solutions, SES operates the world’s only constellation of multi-orbital satellites offering a unique combination of global coverage and high performance, including low latency, low latency O3b. By leveraging a large and intelligent, cloud-enabled network, SES is able to deliver high-quality connectivity solutions anywhere on land, at sea or in the air, and is a trusted partner of leading companies in telecommunications, mobile network operators, governments of the world. , cloud and connectivity service providers, broadcasters, video platform operators and content owners. SES’s video network carries over 8,500 channels and has an unmatched reach of 361 million homes, providing managed multimedia services for both linear and non-linear content. The company is listed on the Paris and Luxembourg stock exchanges (Ticker: SESG). More information is available at: www.ses.com.
About IMS
IMS was created in 2016, since then IMS has become the main PARTNER of all small and medium Internet service providers in Colombia through terrestrial telecommunications technologies specializing in fiber optic networks, network engineering, ISP technology solutions, supply chain and many more. Currently, IMS has more than 100,000 kilometers of fiber available throughout Colombia and sells over 300 Gbit / s of fiber optic capacity to more than 250 corporate customers, becoming a very important supplier for Internet operators in the region. . For more information on IMS, visit www.ims.net.co.
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