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O3b to Provide High Speed 3G Backhaul Services Across Rural Malaysia

By Steve Schuster | June 19, 2013

Telecom

Rural Malaysia.

Image credit: Cheryl Leong

[Satellite TODAY 06-19-13] O3b Networks announced a multi-million dollar, multi-year deal to provide fiber-equivalent capacity to Malaysian telecoms provider Maju Nusa.

The contract, awarded under the auspices of the Malaysian Ministry of Communications, will allow Maju Nusa to deploy mobile data services further into mobile operators’ networks. This will allow the company to reach rural communities in Malaysia where there is limited access to broadband.

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