Satellite deal for Optus and RigNet

Optus Satellite has signed a new wholesale partnership with RigNet Australia, a provider of high-performance onshore and offshore communication solutions to the oil and gas industry.

Under the agreement RigNet will provide services across Australasia, and establish presence and assets into Optus Satellite east and west coast earth stations.

The existing links between the two Optus teleports are provided by an Optus SDH fibre network, which is a key benefit for RigNet.

Optus Satellite Vice President Paul Sheridan said RigNet looked to Optus for diversity across east and west Australia.

“RigNet has been securing contracts across the region and will require more capacity domestically. So while they will continue to use their own capacity, this partnership also allows access to capacity from our Optus Satellite fleet and our partners,” said Sheridan.

The agreement allows RigNet access to Optus’s domestic satellite capacity as well as international third-party providers.

By utilising Optus’s Lockridge and Oxford Falls satellite facilities, this also enables RigNet to focus on providing targeted and fully managed communications solutions and other network-based services to customers within the region.

“We are excited to partner with a satellite owner and operator such as Optus. This partnership provides RigNet access to world-class facilities and terrestrial networks, as well as domestic and international satellite fleets across the Australasian region,” RigNet Regional VP for APAC & ME Rob George said.

RigNet Australia Sales Director Peter Di Pietro also commented: “The Optus partnership provides RigNet with the flexibility to offer products and services at the price points that this challenging market is dictating.”

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Originally published here.