{"id":12416,"date":"2017-05-27T15:07:50","date_gmt":"2017-05-27T13:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/?p=12416"},"modified":"2017-05-27T15:07:50","modified_gmt":"2017-05-27T13:07:50","slug":"moroccan-operator-inwi-ties-up-for-intelsat-epicng-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/2017\/05\/27\/moroccan-operator-inwi-ties-up-for-intelsat-epicng-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Moroccan operator INWI ties up for Intelsat EpicNG services"},"content":{"rendered":"

Intelsat<\/a>, operator of the world\u2019s first globalised network and leader in integrated satellite communications, announced that Morocco\u2019s INWI has signed an agreement to integrate satellite services from the Intelsat EpicNG platform into INWI\u2019s network.<\/p>\n

INWI<\/a>, the fastest-growing mobile operator in Morocco, is expanding into cellular backhaul services and, following the awarding of a VSAT license by Morocco\u2019s National Agency of Telecommunications Regulation, is also preparing to launch broadband connectivity services. Under the new agreement, INWI will incorporate services from the Intelsat 35e satellite, enabling the mobile operator to enhance its existing network while also delivering improved performance that supports INWI\u2019s goal to expand its business and reach new regions in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn light of our new VSAT license from Moroccan regulators, we are able to expand our operations in Morocco and throughout West Africa,\u201d said Naoual Laabsi, VSAT Design Manager, INWI. \u201cIn order to do this, we need the ability to manage our own network and provide new solutions for customers. The Intelsat EpicNG platform, with its high-throughput capabilities and future-proof technology, provides us the best way to reach these goals and succeed in a highly competitive market.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cINWI is a progressive mobile operator, incorporating new technologies that support the introduction of new services and entering into expanded geographies. As soon as Intelsat 35e becomes available, it will immediately begin supporting the INWI mission, given the backwards compatibility of the Intelsat EpicNG<\/a> design,\u201d said Jean-Philippe Gillet, Intelsat\u2019s Vice President and General Manager, Broadband. \u201cIntelsat 35e, with its unique collection of high power wide-beams and spot-beams in C- and Ku-band is an ideal satellite for mobile operators seeking higher performance on their current satellite infrastructures.\u201d<\/p>\n

Intelsat 35e, part of the high-performance Intelsat EpicNG network, is scheduled to launch and enter operations in 2017. The flexibility of the Intelsat EpicNG open architecture and backward-compatible design enables service providers to seamlessly transition to Intelsat EpicNG high-throughput services<\/a> and immediately realise efficiency improvements. Current Intelsat EpicNG customers are experiencing up to 165% improvements in efficiency. Using next generation hardware, Intelsat and its partners have demonstrated potential efficiency gains of up to 330%.<\/p>\n

INWI is a global operator covering all telecommunications services in Morocco, including voice services, Internet and data for private and corporate clients with a network covering 96% of the Moroccan population.<\/p>\n

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INWI is expanding into cellular backhaul services following the awarding of a VSAT license by Morocco\u2019s National Agency of Telecommunications Regulation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Intelsat, operator of the world\u2019s first globalised network and leader in integrated satellite communications, announced that Morocco\u2019s INWI has signed an agreement to integrate satellite services from the Intelsat EpicNG platform into INWI\u2019s network. INWI, the fastest-growing mobile operator in Morocco, is expanding into cellular backhaul services and, following the awarding of a VSAT license […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":12398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[399,38,19,382],"tags":[2671,2672,2673,2674,1124,2675,407],"class_list":["post-12416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-more-news","category-networking","category-regional-news","category-telecom","tag-intelsat-35e","tag-intelsat-epicng","tag-inwi","tag-jean-philippe-gillet","tag-morocco","tag-moroccos-national-agency-of-telecommunications-regulation","tag-north-africa"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}