That's where the satellite networks come in. SkyBridge, founded in 1997 by French telecommunications giant Alcatel, expects to be one of the first to get its satellites into orbit. Our focus is on users who cannot easily be served by terrestrial services. Many of these will be individuals and small to medium-sized businesses in less densely populated regions. But a very important part of our market will be multinational clients that have a requirement for consistent high-quality service to all their sites.
Satellite is globally available and can be used to offer high-speed service to all locations.
SkyBridge will be a wholesaler of capacity to telecommunications operators and other service providers, which will themselves market the services to end users. There will be no direct link between SkyBridge and the end users. Our intention is to build partnerships with operators very early in the program. They will be the service provider for SkyBridge in Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia. We're discussing similar agreements with other operators in other regions.