[SatNews] iDirect has announced the Office of Post and Telecommunications French Polynesia (OPT), a telecommunications provider in the Pacific Islands, has launched a new high-speed satellite broadband network based on iDirect’s Evolution platform. The network will introduce expanded voice, GSM, and Internet coverage to remote areas of French Polynesia, serving residential, enterprise, government and maritime customers.


OPT’s satellite network will integrate seamlessly with French Polynesia’s terrestrial communications infrastructure to extend broadband connectivity to outlying villages. With the region’s population scattered across approximately 118 islands, the network will provide a vital communications bridge between the outermost rural islands and the rest of the island chain. Further, thanks to the recent activation of a submarine fiber optic cable linking French Polynesia with Hawaii, the satellite network can be used to extend global communications to the entire island chain, enabling advances in distance learning, telemedicine and commerce throughout the region.