Press Release

17th  June, 2019


SOUTHEASTASIANET TECHNOLOGIES Myanmar Co., Ltd. (SEANET), a Myanmar based managed VSAT Service provider, announced today that they have successfully added new VSAT Services to their existing product portfolios. Comtech EF Data Corp.’s state of the art Heights™ Networking Platform has now been implemented, creating a new service named “POWER”, which will be primarily used for Telco backhaul, Oil & Gas segments and mission critical communication links throughout Myanmar.


The satellite used for these services is SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation’s satellite which provides strong and seamless countrywide coverage. SEANET is currently serving their customers using current VSAT Services for over 3 years now with many sites deployed across country. SEANET has been serving their customers with VSAT Services for over 3 years with many sites deployed across the country. SEANET’s new service “POWER” has been live for SEANET customers since 1st Jan 2019.


"Myanmar’s Telco segment has been growing fast and is in need of stable and fast backhaul connectivity," said U Pyone Maung Maung, Chairman and Managing Director of SEANET Myanmar. "While SEANET currently has complete suites of VSAT Services, Telcos and Oil & Gas segment customers need higher bandwidth and better SLA services than traditional VSAT users. Such capabilities and services can now be easily provided using POWER products from SEANET. Recently there has been strong growth in cellular and terrestrial infrastructure in urban and sub- urban areas, and all Myanmar based Telcos are now expanding their coverage in remote and rural areas. At the same time, there are premium customers and Oil & Gas users who are in need of stable, services with very high reliability and availability. Such services require very flexible and robust VSAT backhaul services, and with our POWER services, we feel that we can meet these rigorous expectations.”


Comtech EF Data’s Heights™ Networking Platform is engineered to elevate services with unparalleled horsepower, efficiency and intelligence. The platform’s features were designed with the service provider and its multi-user environments in mind, from concept to operation. It combines the most efficient waveforms, Heights™ Dynamic Network Access (H-DNA), header and payload compression engines, WAN & GTP optimization, multi-tier Quality of Service (QoS), proven dynamic bandwidth and power management along with bi-directional Adaptive Coding & Modulation (ACM) capability to provide the highest user throughput, highest availability, and most optimal resource utilization available in the industry. Louis Dubin, Senior Vice President Product Management and Marketing for Comtech EF Data said, “The Heights™ Networking Platform is designed to support critical and high SLA services, which will support SEANET’s objective of providing best in class connectivity to Myanmar’s premium customers.”


SEANET's satellite coverage for POWER products will be provided by, SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation satellite has full coverage over Myanmar which will support SEANET’s nationwide VSAT network through its high-power satellite capacity. "We are excited to extend our partnership with SEANET in their network rollout service and look forward to supporting their deployment of reliable connectivity throughout Myanmar." said Ken Kunita, Asia-Pacific Sales Executive at SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation


ABOUT SEANET Myanmar:

SEANET is one of the leading service providers in Myanmar and has been operating Ku & C-band Teleport Services in Myanmar since July 2016. SEANET offers a wide range of products to its customer which are spread across all of Myanmar and serve many segments ranging from Telco, Energy, Government, Banking, Enterprises, NGOs and Corporates. SEANET’s Teleport is located in the heart of Yangon in MICT Park. For additional information on SEANET, please visit http://www.seanetmsc.com/seanetmyanmar/.


About Comtech EF Data

Comtech EF Data Corp. is a leading supplier of communications equipment with a focus on satellite bandwidth efficiency and link optimization. The high-performance satellite communications ground equipment is deployed globally to support mission-critical and demanding applications for government, mobile backhaul, premium enterprise and mobility. Service providers, satellite operators, governments and commercial users wanting to optimize communications, increase throughput and delight customers, are leveraging the performance and flexibility of the Comtech brand. The solutions are facilitating fixed and mobile networks in 160+ countries and across every ocean. For more information, visit www.comtechefdata.com.


About SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation

Representative: Representative Director, President & CEO Eiichi Yonekura

Established: November 10, 1994

Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo

Businesses: SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation is a leader in the converging fields of broadcasting and communications. It is Asia's largest satellite operator with a fleet of 17 satellites, and Japan's only provider of both multi-channel pay TV broadcasting and satellite communications services. SKY Perfect JSAT delivers a broad range of entertainment through the SKY PerfecTV!platform, the most extensive in Japan with a total of 3 million subscribers. In addition, SKY Perfect JSAT's satellite communications services, which cover Japan and the rest of Asia, as well as Oceania, Russia, Middle East, Hawaii and North America, play a vital role in supporting safety, security and convenience for society as a whole.


Corporate Official website:https://www.sptvjsat.com/en/

Satellite business website: https://www.jsat.net/en/index.html

SKY Perfect JSAT Group mission:https://www.skyperfectjsat.co.jp/en/about/principle.html