US-based global satellite connectivity provider Speedcast has signed a reseller agreement with Algerie Telecom Satellite (ATS), Algeria’s leading satellite services operator. The agreement will provision Speedcast’s experience and expertise for ATS’ resell, expanding and optimising the Algerian company’s business in VSAT solutions and services. Via the partnership ATS aims to widen its customer base and benefit from Speedcast’s global presence to respond more efficiently to clients’ needs.
ATS has provided satellite services in Algeria for more than four decades and currently operates fixed and mobile satellite networks for cellular, banking, government and other industries across the country. Headquartered in Algiers, it operates a teleport at Lakhdiara and offices around Algeria. ATS is wholly government owned as a subsidiary of Groupe Telecom Algerie and a sister company of Algerie Telecom, Algerie Telecom Mobile (Mobilis) and Algerie Telecom Europe.
Speedcast serves more than 3,200 customers in over 140 countries.