GCI Agrees to Extended Capacity on the Intelsat Fleet for Service to Rural Alaska
31 10월 2013 - 11:00PM
Business Wire
Alaska’s largest telecommunications provider to continue
supporting mission-critical applications, including telemedicine
and distance learning
Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I), the world’s leading provider of
satellite services, announced today that General Communication,
Inc. (GCI), the largest telecommunications company in Alaska, has
signed a long term agreement for extended C- and Ku-band capacity
on Intelsat’s Horizons 1 and Galaxy 18 satellites.
GCI uses Intelsat’s capacity for infrastructure to provide
telephony, high speed Internet and video services to customers
across Alaska. In particular, the agreement enables GCI to support
broadband services to schools and medical clinics, as well as
telemedicine applications for hospitals that are located in
underserved areas of Alaska.
"We continue to rely on Intelsat for seamless, reliable and
robust coverage across Alaska, a region that presents very
complicated topographic and climatic challenges,” said Jimmy Sipes,
GCI VP of Network Services and Chief Engineer. “Intelsat enables
GCI to help close the digital divide in Alaska, bringing
much-needed connectivity that supports mission-critical
applications in remote communities.”
“GCI understands the importance of fully optimizing its
technology for extremely advanced, high modulation solutions,” said
Mark Rasmussen, Intelsat RVP of North America Sales. “GCI makes an
important difference in providing life-line communication services
to Alaskan consumers in areas where there would not have been any
other options.”
About GCI
GCI is the largest telecommunications company in Alaska. GCI's
cable plant, which provides broadband data services, video, and
voice, passes 78 percent of Alaska households. GCI operates
Alaska's most extensive terrestrial/subsea fiber optic network,
which connects not only Anchorage but also Fairbanks and
Juneau/Southeast Alaska to the lower 48 states with a diversely
routed, protected fiber network. GCI's TERRA-Southwest
fiber/microwave system links 65 communities in the Bristol Bay and
Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta to Anchorage bringing terrestrial broadband
Internet access to the region for the first time. GCI's satellite
network provides communications services to small towns and
communities throughout rural Alaska. GCI's statewide mobile
wireless network seamlessly links urban and rural Alaska.
About Intelsat
Intelsat is the leading provider of satellite services
worldwide. For nearly 50 years, Intelsat has been delivering
information and entertainment for many of the world’s leading media
and network companies, multinational corporations, Internet Service
Providers and governmental agencies. Intelsat’s satellite, teleport
and fiber infrastructure is unmatched in the industry, setting the
standard for transmissions of video, data and voice services. From
the globalization of content and the proliferation of HD, to the
expansion of cellular networks and broadband access, with Intelsat,
advanced communications anywhere in the world are closer, by
far.
IntelsatDianne VanBeberVice President, Investor Relations and
Communications+1 202-944-7406dianne.vanbeber@intelsat.comorAlex
HorwitzDirector, Corporate Communications+1
202-944-6806alex.horwitz@intelsat.com
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