Thuraya Telecommunications Company and Indosat Ooredoo Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Develop New Range of Services
January 24, 2017
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Thuraya Telecommunications Company and Indosat Ooredoo signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop a new range of services by combining Indosat products with Thuraya Satellite technology and devices for business customers in Indonesia. The agreement has created a framework for collaboration in three main areas. New services will be developed using Indosat SIM cards roaming on the Thuraya network as well as bundling satellite devices with Indosat Ooredoo digital applications. At a later stage, Thuraya and Indosat also plan to develop additional use cases for the burgeoning IoT market. The satellite-powered business applications allow organizations to extend their services beyond terrestrial networks, whenever they have remote connectivity requirements across various extreme environmental conditions. Indosat has identified an extensive range of specific sector opportunities for Thuraya land, data and maritime services. The full scope of markets now set for transformational communications capabilities across Indonesia includes oil and gas, and mining; plantations; high end yachting, merchants and fishing; military and police services. Thuraya's extensive and reliable satellite network complements Indosat's own connectivity, extending into those areas that are beyond terrestrial reach. This will enable both companies to offer seamless customer experience.
PT Indosat Tbk is an Indonesia-based company that provides telecommunications, informatics and/or convergence technology services. The Company operates through three segments: cellular, fixed telecommunications (fixed) and multimedia, Internet, and data communication (MIDI). Together with its subsidiaries, such as PT Indosat Mega Media (IM2) and PT Aplikanusa Lintasarta, it offers a range of fixed data or MIDI services, such as Internet protocol-virtual private network (IPVPN), leased line, Internet services and information technology (IT) services to corporate segments. Its MIDI services consist of Internet and data communication services, including high-speed point-to-point and point-to-multipoint international and domestic ethernet link and Internet with broadband and narrowband capacity, IPVPN and multiprotocol label switching-based services (MPLS). The Company provides cellular, fixed data and wireless broadband services as well as fixed telecommunication or fixed voice offerings.