Eutelsat Signs Brazilian Capacity Deals

EUTELSAT 65 West A satellite. Photo: TOYS Film

Eutelsat Communications has signed a number of new contracts in Brazil, one of the biggest markets in Latin America. AVS, a Brazilian service provider and integrator in the public and private sectors, has signed multiple contracts for capacity on Eutelsat’s 65 West A satellite. Eutelsat announced the deal, Aug. 7.

This partnership will allow AVS to deploy public channels such as TV ALEPR, TV ALESC, TV ALEPE and TV ALBA on the Eutelsat 65 West A satellite, avoiding interference generated by the activation of 5G, underway in the country. Brazil is implementing 5G in the 3.5 GHz band, which is currently used to support satellite TV services in the C-band. The planned C-band of Eutelsat 65 West A is a single frequency band with a frequency range between 4 .5 GHz to 4.8 GHz, operating at 800 MHz above the 5G operating frequencies in Brazil.

“Today there is great interest in expanding the audience of public TVs, aiming to bring the content produced to the entire population and for that, we need to guarantee a very high quality of service for our customers. Pleased to have Eutelsat as one of our main partners to achieve this goal,” João Paulo Erthal, Engineering Manager at AVS, said in a statement.