Andesat is already working on the deployment of a cellular network for rural areas in Peru, under the figure of Rural Mobile Infrastructure Operator (RMIO) where they installed 100 cell sites that use spectrum from mobile operators. These first sites are operated by Telefónica, and as Pablo Rasore, CEO of Andesat, told Convergencialatina, they also hope to close contracts with Claro, Entel and Bitel. The expectation is to reach 154 sites in an initial phase (including the 100 already in operation): "by the time the satellite is launched we expect to have about 500 or 600 sites (each site is a town) and with the satellite we will reach more 1,000, "said the executive.

With Andesat 1, they will cover the growing need for bandwidth in the region, where they hope to add about 1,000 sites with the capacity to provide connectivity to about 800,000 subscribers. “What generated this in Peru is an ecosystem that goes beyond the end user. We have banked cooperatives, cocoa, rice and agricultural producers who now access the market thanks to technology”, explained Rasore. They also installed sites in the health posts of some towns that did not have access, which allows the inhabitants to make remote diagnoses with central hospitals.

Andesat 1 will be a "MicroGEO", that is, twenty times smaller than a traditional GEO, and it will also have marginal coverage in Ecuador, where the company expects to export the model if the legislation allows it.

Andesat 2. Andesat plans to launch Andesat 2 in 2024. Both it and its predecessor are geostationary satellites. "We do not deny the new constellations, but these technologies are not yet mature to depend on them in this type of services", said Rasore.

Both satellites represent an investment of US$90 million. Meanwhile, the company plans to invest another US$45 million in the deployment of the first 1,000 cell sites.

Astranis will build and operate Andesat 1 for launch in 2023, and will also build the first teleport in Peru.