Spacenet to Provide Managed Network Services to IHG

Spacenet, a provider of satellite networking services, has signed a contract to provide InterContinental Hotels Group an upgraded satellite data network and managed network services to 2,500 locations across the US and Canada.

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) is upgrading its existing satellite network to Spacenet’s SkyEdge VSAT platform for faster speeds, advanced functionality and improved network availability to support expanding applications.

Spacenet is also providing managed network services that will ensure reliability and serves as a single point of contact for the management of IHG’s network services and Level 1 Help Desk.

Andreas Georghiou, CEO of Spacenet, said: “We thank our colleagues at IHG for the confidence they demonstrate in Spacenet by allowing us to continue to be a critical communications link between their various properties.”