OneWeb Appoints Pivotel as Distribution Partner for Australia and New Zealand Roll Out
Leading remote communication solutions provider Pivotel today announced it has agreed to terms with OneWeb for a Distribution Partner Agreement that will see the organisation rollout OneWeb’s broadband satellite Internet services across Australia and New Zealand.
OneWeb, headquartered in London, delivers affordable, fast, high bandwidth, low-latency communication services worldwide. The service is powered by an extensive constellation of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites, allowing OneWeb’s network to deliver Internet connections anywhere on Earth.
The announcement of the partnership is an important milestone for Pivotel as the company continues to focus on deploying new and innovative solutions for the benefit of its customers across the region. The OneWeb service will allow users to enjoy robust connectivity just like their city-based counterparts, no matter where they’re operating.
Pivotel CEO Peter Bolger said: “The agreement between OneWeb and Pivotel will bring fast, reliable, low-latency connectivity with lower contention rates to areas where it’s needed most. Australia’s rural and remote communities and organisations haven’t had access to this kind of service before. We see OneWeb’s cutting-edge satellite technology as a game-changer for many regional operators and believe the service will become the catalyst that allows organisations to improve productivity, efficiency and safety across sites or entire regions.”
OneWeb VP APAC David Thorn added: “Pivotel’s focus on regional and remote communication services aligns perfectly with OneWeb’s own aim of providing global connectivity and makes them an ideal partner. Their proven track record of offering innovative solutions, in addition to their understanding of both technology and the market, is hugely valuable to OneWeb. We are excited to have the opportunity to play a key role in improving the resilience of the telecom infrastructure in Australia and New Zealand.”
“A number of our Government, mining, and construction customers are well-progressed with plans for trials in rural and remote locations. Enterprise and Government customers need business-grade high bandwidth connectivity for legacy and contemporary applications with low latency. The combination of OneWeb’s business solutions and Pivotel’s satellite expertise is great news for our Enterprise and Government customers,” stated Darren Cooley, Pivotel’s Head of Sales and Marketing.
In addition to its retail offering, Pivotel plans to provide wholesale services for ICT system integrators, value-added resellers, and smaller Telco customers. This includes backhaul deployments for mobility or fixed wireless connectivity in some of Australia's underserved remote regions, including aboriginal communities, for its ecosphere cellular solutions.