Monday, January 02, 2023

Facundo Leal: "We are making a possible Arsat, the one we dreamed of".

Arsat's new president and general manager presented the team and the objectives of the Argentine state-owned company, which combine political and technical intelligence, and allow the construction of a State policy. The plans: prepare the network to provide 5G backhaul, agreements with LEO satellite operators and provide connectivity to 36,000 schools.

At the end of October Facundo Leal presented the team in charge of building the Arsat, in which he defines as the one he dreams of. The team has political and technical intelligence. A combination that is not minor when it comes to setting the objectives of a state-owned company that has consistency in its business plans, beyond the changes of political signs -which are on the horizon- and becomes a State policy tool, and not a government policy tool.

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