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05-07-2006, 07:03 PM
SingTel is spreading its satellite-based broadband network to the resort islands in the Maldives.
It is partnering Focus InfoCom, an Internet Service Provider in the the Maldives, for its Raajje Online, an 'always-on' broadband Internet service.
The partnership allows Focus InfoCom to offer broadband Internet service to any of the 1,200 islands in the Indian Ocean chain.
Tourism is the biggest industry in the Maldives and new islands are being set aside for tourism.
SingTel says it believes the growth in the tourism industry is expected to drive the need for better communications and connectivity within and outside the Maldives.
It says the convergence of satellite and Internet Protocol technologies will allow even the most remote regions to be connected by broadband.
For its part, Focus InfoCom says with the partnership, it can now reach out to the untapped segment of Maldivians who have limited or no access to broadband Internet service.
It can also meet the communications needs of the over 700,000 tourists who visit the Maldives. - CNA/ch
source: ChannelNews Asia (http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/217003/1/.html)
It is partnering Focus InfoCom, an Internet Service Provider in the the Maldives, for its Raajje Online, an 'always-on' broadband Internet service.
The partnership allows Focus InfoCom to offer broadband Internet service to any of the 1,200 islands in the Indian Ocean chain.
Tourism is the biggest industry in the Maldives and new islands are being set aside for tourism.
SingTel says it believes the growth in the tourism industry is expected to drive the need for better communications and connectivity within and outside the Maldives.
It says the convergence of satellite and Internet Protocol technologies will allow even the most remote regions to be connected by broadband.
For its part, Focus InfoCom says with the partnership, it can now reach out to the untapped segment of Maldivians who have limited or no access to broadband Internet service.
It can also meet the communications needs of the over 700,000 tourists who visit the Maldives. - CNA/ch
source: ChannelNews Asia (http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/217003/1/.html)