Driven by the growing demand for Voice over IP (VoIP), broadband and cellular backhaul services via satellite, Intelsat announced today that it has secured rights, through The Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL), to begin offering a wide range of its GlobalConnex(SM) Managed Solutions to businesses and government agencies throughout Brazil. Working jointly with its partner corporate services providers in Brazil, Intelsat will target businesses that include multinational corporations, multi-site retailers, agribusiness companies, financial services firms, offshore communications providers, and manufacturing companies.
Intelsat’s GlobalConnex Managed Solutions are intended to complement its partners’ service offerings by bundling space segment with teleports, points of presence and ground network infrastructure. They are designed to provide end-to-end support for media, trunking, broadband Internet, VoIP, WiFi hotspots, distance learning, and point-of-sale transactions. Other components of Intelsat’s Managed Solutions offering include connection to Tier 1 backbone, satellite hub station, end-user premises equipment (VSAT terminals) and 24/7 network service support. Intelsat’s local partners, in addition to sales and marketing support, will provide in-country installation and maintenance.
“Securing approval to provide our flexible and innovative managed solutions here gives us the chance to offer Brazilian companies and government agencies the same growth opportunities afforded to companies in other parts of the world,” said Carmen Gonzalez-Sanfeliu, Intelsat’s Regional Vice President, Latin America Sales. “Intelsat has been successful in providing packaged communications services in many regions and we are proud to offer Brazilian enterprises the same scaleable and cost-effective means of doing business.”
About the New Intelsat
Intelsat is the largest provider of fixed satellite services worldwide and is the leading provider of these services to each of the media, network services/telecom and government customer sectors, enabling people and businesses everywhere constant access to information and entertainment. Intelsat offers customers a greater business potential by providing them unrivaled resources with ease of business and peace of mind. Our services are utilized by an extensive customer base, including some of the world’s leading media and communications companies, multinational corporations, Internet service providers and government/military organizations. Real-time, constant communication with people anywhere in the world is closer, by far.
Intelsat Safe Harbor Statement: Some of the statements in this news release constitute “forward-looking statements” that do not directly or exclusively relate to historical facts. The forward-looking statements made in this release reflect Intelsat’s intentions, plans, expectations, assumptions and beliefs about future events and are subject to risks, including known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside of Intelsat’s control. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements include known and unknown risks. Detailed information about some of the known risks is included in Intelsat’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 and Intelsat’s registration statement on Form S-4 on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Because actual results could differ materially from Intelsat’s intentions, plans, expectations, assumptions and beliefs about the future, you are urged to view all forward-looking statements contained in this news release with caution. Intelsat does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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Intelsat
Jodi Katz, 202-944-8223
jodi.katz@intelsat.com
