Batelco Chief Executive Peter Kaliaropoulos signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the development of Satellite Services in the Middle East and North African regions with SpeedCast Chief Executive Pierre-Jean Beylier, on February 14th at a ceremony at Batelco’s newly renovated teleport.
The MOU covers the mutual cooperation in jointly developing, marketing and distributing advanced satellite services which will focus on many applications such as: Corporate private networks, disaster recovery, 2 way satellite internet service, Video Conferencing and multicasting application over satellite. Batelco and SpeedCast will also offer together some innovative industry-specific solutions such as satellite telecommunications for the maritime industry.
Batelco has recently renovated its Teleport located in Ras Abo Jarjor and deployed a new hub and international gateway to allow Batelco, Bahrain’s leading integrated communications provider, to expand its global reach through offering advanced satellite-based IP (Internet Protocol) services to access new markets.
Batelco already provides Satellite services to many financial, government and corporate institutions in the Kingdom. The expansion of these services will enhance the provision of reliable high quality global connectivity to assist these sectors in growing their business in the region. The state-of-the-art services will also be a key factor in maintaining the Kingdom’s status as a financial and investment centre of choice for international enterprises.
“By offering enhanced satellite services Batelco aspires to expand its global reach and customer-base giving the Company the opportunity to support its customers in new markets and into new geographies,” said Batelco Corporate Affairs General Manager Ahmed Al Janahi.
“Customers will experience high performance and reliability, rapid deployment and installation, worldwide coverage and availability, and a cost-effective two-way Broadband VSAT service,” he added.
SpeedCast CEO Pierre-Jean Beylier emphasized the synergies of this cooperation saying that they are honoured to announce this very promising Partnership with Batelco that will allow Enterprises in their respective regions to enhance their telecommunications capabilities.
“With this dynamic combination of Batelco’s strategically located teleport and fiber infrastructure with SpeedCast VSAT operations and extensive satellite infrastructure in Asia, we will achieve our goal of providing seamless telecommunications services across the Middle East/Africa and Asia-Pacific regions, with unprecedented levels of performance, reliability and cost-effectiveness,” added Mr. Beylier.
