Broadband internet for Christmas Island goes live
SpeedCast International has launched broadband services on the O3b satellite network, enabling the Christmas Island Internet Administration (CIIA), the only ISP on Christmas Island, to provide broadband connectivity to the island’s residents.
The 2,100 people who live on the island are experiencing broadband internet for the first time.
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Since launching the O3b service on Christmas Island, there has been a 300% increase in data usage. Substantially improved performance delivered over the network has accelerated the consumption of bandwidth as the improved experience for consumers dramatically increases their appetite for data.
CIIA continues to improve its monitoring and billing systems to provide better tools to the subscribers and has available capacity through O3b to continue increasing bandwidth for its customers when needed.
O3b’s network of satellites provide broadband services almost five time faster than the geostationary satellite system previously used by CIIA. The administration is using O3b’s next-generation IP trunking solution call O3btrunk, which boosts existing link capacities to rival the connection quality of terrestrial fiber, while avoiding the prohibitive cost of laying an undersea cable to the island.
SpeedCast is one of the leading providers of satellite connectivity in both the Oceanic and Pacific Island regions, providing services to a large percentage of the island nations and territories across these regions.
“SpeedCast is pleased to be providing CIIA with the best satellite connectivity available, over the O3b network,” says SpeedCast chief executive Pierre-Jean Beylier.
“This is a testament to our commitment to delivering the best solution available for our customers to meet their specific requirements. Now the residents of Christmas Island will have comparable broadband service to those on the Australian mainland.”
“We are thrilled to be working with SpeedCast to provide high throughput, low latency connectivity for CIIA and the entire Christmas Island community,” says O3b Networks vice president for Asia Imran Malik.
“O3b is the perfect solution for government-mandated broadband and mobile access buildouts for hard-to-reach locations, and Christmas Island is a perfect example of our many successful implementations to achieve this for our customers.”
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