Galaxy Broadband wins federal contract to provide Eutelsat OneWeb satellite service

Galaxy Broadband Communications has been awarded a multi-year contract to provide Shared Services Canada, a department of the government of Canada, with Eutelsat OneWeb’s low Earth orbit enterprise satellite services. Work has already begun to implement service at several sites for multiple departments and agencies and this roll out is expected to accelerate over the next several months.

Eutelsat OneWeb offers seamless, high-speed connectivity for a variety of applications, ranging from government offices operating in remote regions to a wide range of industrial and on-the-move vehicles on land, and at sea, or infrastructure operating in areas with no traditional coverage from terrestrial or cellular providers.

“We are so proud to be given this opportunity to close the broadband divide in this country by providing this transformational technology to federal government departments operating in every province and territory,” states Rick Hodgkinson, CEO and president of Galaxy. “This newly expanded relationship reflects Canada’s continued technology leadership by embracing this new service which opens a whole new world of opportunities.”

“Given the incredible range of programs that the government of Canada facilitates, the ability to integrate literally any government-owned asset into a secure network using our connectivity, to enable new functionality and acquire data is a game changer,” says Howard Stanley, VP Americas for Eutelsat OneWeb, operating out of Ottawa. “This could be something as simple as remotely controlling a gate at a National Park, or as vital as enabling operational systems on a Coast Guard ship operating in the Arctic Circle.”

This is the third contract that Galaxy has been awarded for the provision of satellite services to Shared Services Canada. Galaxy currently provides Ku-band and Ka-band connectivity to several departments and agencies of the federal government, including the Royal Canadian Navy, the Department of National Defence, Environment Canada, Parks Canada, and others.

Galaxy is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Crown Capital Partners, which has been providing enterprise customers across North America with satellite communications, managed services, and remote connectivity solutions for over 30 years.

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