Transcelestial, a company building technology for superfast global Internet distribution, will accelerate the deployment of its laser network into Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Macau, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam with digital infrastructure distributor, Exclusive Networks.
The majority of the world’s population today still do not have access to Internet connectivity, with almost 2 billion people being just within 10km of the nearest fiber optic cable. The main deterrent in having ubiquitous internet delivery in cities is the physical fiber cable network itself, which is usually very costly and slow to implement.
COVID-19 across Asia Pacific has resulted in delays of up to 24 months to roll out fiber optic cables typically needed in Last Mile Connectivity for 5G, home and office broadband and enterprises.
Transcelestial’s technology relies on lasers instead, which makes it possible to beam fiber-grade Internet without the need for any wires between buildings, cell towers or street-level poles. This can be implemented in a fraction of the time and cost of physical fiber cables.
As part of the partnership, Exclusive Networks will sell Transcelestial’s solutions in all ten markets to their current customer base of Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Enterprises.
Rohit Jha, CEO and Co-Founder of Transcelestial
Bringing our wireless laser communication technology across Asia Pacific with Exclusive Networks marks our first major investment to help bridge the connectivity divide to weeks as opposed to months or years with fiber optic cables.
Brad Gray, Senior Vice President, APAC at Exclusive Networks
We look forward to meeting the market with Transcelestial, leveraging our wide network in Asia Pacific. Exclusive Networks is putting its trust and weight into this partnership to address what COVID-19 has made most urgent in the telecom industry - an accelerated rollout of transformational network upgrades.
