Another satellite internet service readied

MANILA  -Filipino-owned company Smart Citi Teknologi (SCT) has partnered with Hongkong-listed company Silkwave Inc. to bring a new satellite internet service in the Philippines, promising better coverage and faster internet connections.

In a joint statement last week, both companies said that the strategic partnership will bring about “unprecedented” satellite broadband internet and digital multimedia connectivity in the Philippines.

“This is a revolutionary data delivery as opposed to cellular networks, where the coverage is localized and where you have to pay by data rate,” Silkwave Inc. founder, president and CEO Charles Wong said in a press conference in Manila last week.

Wong said further that a $400-million high-orbit satellite, dubbed as the “Silkwave-1” satellite, is planned to be launched by 2025, exponentially improving the connectivity, speed and reach of their older “Asia-star” satellite.

Silkwave Inc. touts that the satellite will offer an “L-band” connectivity to the country, delivering large amounts of internet protocol-based data services directly from the satellite to unlimited users and devices anywhere in the region, in all weather conditions.

Meanwhile, SCT president and CEO Mario Marcos said that his company was focusing on improving connectivity in the Philippines, citing that is the key to economic prosperity.

“This is the moment and it is very timely to set up the Philippines to go into this digitalization process. We should lay down the right foundation before stepping up to the next level of developing the country,” he said during the same event.

The two parties said that they will also offer other services to the Philippine government, including the provision of real-time accurate weather forecasts and updates which are critical for disaster response.

“We can use our system to provide accurate services, accurate information to everybody without worrying that the overall communications system will be disrupted,” said Wong.

“In addition to the broadcasting of emergency communication, we can also provide through our system a lot of the essential government information [needs], such as remote education, health care, vocational training and travel or maritime information,” he added. INQ

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