HAVANA.- The Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba S. A. (Etecsa) and SES Networks of Luxembourg signed an agreement for satellite capacity services.

The bilateral agreement will make it possible to diversify the island of Cuba's connectivity, complementing the existing one by means of optical fiber, through a medium-orbit satellite service, according to Etecsa's Directorate of Institutional Communication.

This is a high capacity service and very similar in some quality parameters to fiber, guaranteeing additional capacities that support the internet service to national users.

SES Networks is one of the world's market leaders in satellite communications services and a pioneer in many important aspects of the development of this industry.

The Luxembourg company provides satellite communications services to content providers, internet, fixed and mobile network operators, governments and institutions.