SES provides connection for Tongan Network Provider [1]
Thursday, January 31, 2019 - 17:42
A satellite service provider has helped Digicel Tonga continue to quickly restore critical mobile and broadband connection for its business and regular customers after Tonga's fibre optic submarine cable was damaged on 20 January, causing an internet and data services blackout.
The cable was found to be broken in two places and further testing is underway before repair work commences.
Meanwhile, Digicel Tonga has been able to increase its capacity by using SES Networks C-band beams to deliver connectivity between Tonga and Fiji.
Digicel Tonga CEO, Francis Thomsen said today that SES Networks had been a huge help in providing a solution to the challenges they faced to get mobile networks and broadband access running.
“Our customers have an alternative path to access data services at all times through SES’s satellite fleet,” he said.
Imran Malik Khan, VP, Fixed Data Sales APAC at SES Networks, said they were proud to deliver data connectivity to Tonga.
“We are especially pleased to help Tongan people get back online while efforts to repair the Tonga Cable System are taking place.”
“We have worked closely together with Digicel in the past in the Asia Pacific region, and now we have been able to work together to implement Signature Telecom Solution in record time in Tonga.”