UAE-based Etisalat, a leading telecom services provider, has launched a new class of high throughput satellite (HTS) service aimed at boosting performance and multi-band connectivity of businesses in remote locations or harsh environment.

The new service provides customers with higher speeds – reaching up to 170 mbps, improved coverage and flexibility by maximising the VSAT throughput and spectral efficiency and optimising network performance at an affordable price, said a statement from the company.

Oscar Garcia, senior vice president, Etisalat Business, said: “Our new service will be able to reach out to a wider industry segment offering affordable satellite solutions.”

“The service seamlessly integrates with the customer’s network providing high scalability, redundancy and resiliency and meet customer’s requirement where fibre connectivity is not available,” he added.

Etisalat currently offers diverse VSAT solutions for voice, data, internet, 4G and video connectivity anytime anywhere via satellites, it stated. – TradeArabia News Service