“By delivering highly affordable and ubiquitous bandwidth with the performance and speed of fiber, the region will enjoy much improved connectivity, spurring both economic growth and social development,” an O3b written statement said.

 

    The announcement follows the launch of O3b’s first four satellites at the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana on June 25, 2013. The O3b network will deliver broadband connectivity everywhere on Earth within 45 degrees of latitude north and south of the equator. O3b’s vast coverage area includes emerging and insufficiently connected markets in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Australia, with a collective population of over 3 billion people.

 

    “High speed data communications have the potential to accelerate economic growth supporting entrepreneurship and multinational commerce,” Omar Trujillo, regional VP Africa & LatAm, O3b said in a statement.