Karachi: Wateen Telecom and Spacecom International have signed a three-year multi-million dollar agreement, the world’s foremost provider of satellite and telecommunication services.
As per detail, Wateen will provice Spacecom with Ku-band and C-band satellite bandwidth for Pakistan, as well as the Asian region served by the Asian broadcasting satellites ABS-7 and Intelsat IS-904 under the US$11.3 million multi-transponder agreement.
The C-band is a name given to certain portions of the electromagnetic spectrum, including wavelengths of microwaves that are used for long-distance radio telecommunications.
The C-band is primarily used for open satellite communications, whether for full-time satellite TV networks or raw satellite feeds.
Ku band is primarily used for fixed and broadcast services over satellite. Ku band satellites are used for back hauls and particularly for satellite from remote locations back to a television network’s studio for editing and broadcasting.
The agreement brings huge worth to Wateen as it will enable the telecoms giant to provide a variety of telecommunications services, including GSM backhauling, high-speed Internet, news gathering, disaster recovery and data connectivity to regions where no other connectivity media is available.
Wateen CEO Naeem Zamindar said, “We are excited about offering end-to-end connectivity to customers who rely on satellite technology for uninterrupted, high-quality service in areas where the terrain may prevent deployment of a fibre optic network. We found Spacecom to be best suited for our region as it offers the capabilities to meet the ever-evolving needs of a market with space capacity limitations.”
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