Arqiva is expanding its presence in the Middle East satellite market thanks to a new deal with Kuwaiti communications company Gulfsat. The three-year agreement will see Arqiva provide Gulfsat with a managed service encompassing fiber connectivity and the uplink of four Ku-band transponders from Arqiva’s Chalfont and Crawley teleports onto Eutelsat 8 West B. Arqiva announced the deal, Oct. 15.
Arqiva plans to delivers a fully managed, end-to-end uplink service that combines global fiber connectivity, integrated infrastructure, and 24/7 operations, while providing secure, geographically diverse, ex-region uplink services from outside the Middle East. While the agreement meets Gulfsat’s immediate requirements, Arqiva noted it also creates the potential for future collaboration across its Media Services portfolio, including areas such as cloud playout, headend services, monetisation, streaming, and CDN.
“This partnership with Gulfsat is a testament to Arqiva’s commitment to delivering innovative, reliable solutions for customers across the globe. By combining Arqiva’s world-class infrastructure with Gulfsat’s regional expertise, we are uplinking Gulfsat’s services from the U.K., giving them a resilient, geographically independent platform backed by the redundancy built into our teleport and network operations. It’s a model we’re ready to extend to operators and broadcasters across the Middle East and Africa,” Gaurav Jandwani, executive director of Media & Broadcast, Arqiva, said in a statement.
