Telesat’s new Telstar 18 Vantage satellite to help connect Indonesia

OTTAWA - Telesat has signed a major contract for capacity with Indonesia’s PT iForte Solusi Infotek (iForte) for Ku-band HTS and C-band capacity on the new Telstar 18 Vantage satellite.The contract comes as a result of iForte’s recent selection by Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Information Technology to support its program to provide Internet fixed broadband and mobile cellular backhaul over the country via a GEO fixed satellite services system.“We would like to congratulate iForte on winning this competitive procurement and thank them for making Telstar 18 Vantage a central component of its proposed solution to the Government of Indonesia that will...