In an agreement announced by SES, OptimERA has secured capacity aboard SES’s NSS-9 satellite to roll out enhanced city-wide WiFi network and broadband services to meet growing business and consumer demands for faster, more reliable and affordable connectivity in the largely underserved region.
Artistic rendition of the NSS-9 satellite.
Image is courtesy of SES.
SES will also provide OptimERA with a broad range of fully-managed infrastructure services, including data centre hosting services, uplink and downlink satellite services, as well as IP network services for internet connectivity, delivered using a primary SES teleport in Brewster, Washington. OptimERA will use scalable, tailored SES satellite capacity to extend its high-speed broadband service packages of 10Mbps to new business customers and consumers in nearby towns and villages. OptimERA is delivering 250 Mbps of capacity to the city of Unalaska.
Emmett Fitch, the CEO at OptimERA, explained that OptimERA is leveraging the reliability and flexibility of SES satellite capacity to better connect people and businesses across rural Alaska, where 25 percent of the state’s population lives and 90 percent of its revenues are generated. The company's collaborative work with SES is allowing the firm to be more creative and innovative in customizing satellite capacity, as the OptimERA team turns a vision of affordable, faster connectivity into life-changing reality throughout Alaska.
Steve Collar, the CEO at SES Networks, stated that OptimERA now has the reliable capacity and the fully-managed infrastructure it needs to offer affordable, impactful data packages capable of connecting people and generating exciting new growth opportunities throughout rural Alaska and the region.