SpeedCast International announced its deal with Roshan, a telecom operator in Afghanistan, to upgrade its cellular backhaul network to support 3G services over satellite in Zabul province in southwestern Afghanistan.
Roshan has more than 6.5 million subscribers across 287 districts and cities in all 34 provinces of Afghanistan.
Telecom operators can utilize upgraded network to provide new and better service offerings to end users by providing scalable connectivity.
“The new backhaul network over satellite allows operators to develop new revenue streams such as offering broadband and managed network solutions to banks, governments and home users using VSAT,” said PJ Beylier, CEO of SpeedCast.
SpeedCast’s cellular backhaul solutions, under the CelCast name, are designed to optimize satellite traffic in telecommunication environments, lowering total cost of ownership and bringing better quality of service to its customers’ networks.
