Digicel Group is a mobile network and telecommunications provider operating in the Caribbean, Central America, and Asia Pacific. While not a direct space industry player, Digicel utilizes satellite networks, partnering with companies like SES to extend its coverage to remote islands in the Pacific, offering broadband internet connectivity. Their services include mobile phone, home entertainment, and business solutions, with a focus on delivering technology to customers across the Pacific region.
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The collaboration using SES’s service enables Digicel Pacific to provide enhanced resilience with large bandwidth and low-latency connectivity.
In the immediate wake of the January 2022 disaster, Digicel used SES’s Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) satellite capacity to restore temporary connectivity on the Tongan islands.
The agreement between Digicel and SES will have Digicel use SES’s O3b satellite system to deliver multiple gigabits per second of capacity for quick-deploy connectivity to Tonga.
Digicel leveraged SES’s geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) satellite capacity to restore temporary connectivity in Tonga after the January 2022 disaster.
Digicel will use SES’s expertise in offering disaster resiliency via the SES O3b satellite constellation to deliver low-latency and high-throughput connectivity for Tonga.
SES provides multi-orbit satellite capacity into key Pacific markets and partnered with Digicel to enable the first communication services out of Tonga.