Intelsat Joins GSMA to Spur Integration of Satellite & Terrestrial Solutions, Create Hybrid Networks, & Advance 5G Development
January 08 2019 - 6:00AM
Business Wire
Stronger relationships with mobile operators, ubiquitous
broadband services, and hybrid networks will meet fast-growing
connectivity demands and fulfill promise of 5G
Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I), operator of the world’s first
Globalized Network and leader in integrated satellite
communications, announced that it has joined GSMA, the organization
representing mobile operators worldwide, to further strengthen the
integration of satellite and terrestrial technologies and advance
5G deployments.
Intelsat is now a full member of the London-based GSMA. The
association unites more than 750 operators with over 350 handset
and device makers, software companies, equipment providers, and
internet companies as well as organizations in adjacent industry
sectors.
Satellites have a long-established record of complementing
terrestrial mobile networks to ubiquitously, seamlessly, and
cost-effectively deliver connectivity in and around cities as well
as to more remote and rural regions. With demand for broadband
growing exponentially, driven by consumers as well as by
machine-to-machine and Internet-of-Things applications, the
development of fully integrated, hybrid satellite and terrestrial
networks will be essential to meeting that demand and in an
efficient and cost-effective manner. Incorporating the strengths of
different technologies under one seamless network will accelerate
the development of the 5G network architecture. This will deliver
enhanced connectivity to a world in constant motion and expand
opportunities for the entire MNO ecosystem, a shared goal of
Intelsat and the GSMA.
“As 5G comes to market, we must capitalize on the strengths of
multiple delivery technologies to satiate the connectivity demands
of businesses and communities around the world,” said Jean-Philippe
Gillet, Intelsat’s vice president and general manager of Networks.
“By joining the GSMA, we will continue to forge new working
relationships and develop business models that accelerate the
expansion of more powerful mobile networks. We will collaborate
even more closely with companies across the mobile ecosystem and
build innovative partnerships that incorporate the complementary
strengths of satellite and terrestrial technologies and create the
hybrid networks that advance the cost-effective deployment of
mobile connectivity around the world.”
About Intelsat
Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I) operates the world’s first Globalized
Network, delivering high-quality, cost-effective video and
broadband services anywhere in the world. Intelsat’s Globalized
Network combines the world’s largest satellite backbone with
terrestrial infrastructure, managed services and an open,
interoperable architecture to enable customers to drive revenue and
reach through a new generation of network services. Thousands of
organizations serving billions of people worldwide rely on Intelsat
to provide ubiquitous broadband connectivity, multi-format video
broadcasting, secure satellite communications and seamless mobility
services. The end result is an entirely new world, one that allows
us to envision the impossible, connect without boundaries and
transform the ways in which we live. For more information, visit
www.intelsat.com.
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