06 December 2021

Mongolia’s biggest player Unitel has entered into an agreement with Lynk Global, enabling its subscribers to remain connected anywhere around the world with “ordinary cell phones”.

The deal will hand Unitel first-to-market rights to implement Lynk’s service in Mongolia, with the latter’s global commercial service providing direct satellite to cell phone service is on schedule to be deployed in 2022.

Lynk characterises itself as a cell-tower-in space connectivity provider and recently agreed similar deals with Aliv in the Bahamas and Telecel Centrafrique in the Central African Republic.

“The landscape of Mongolia represents a significant challenge to the country’s telecommunications sector as we have a sparse population that’s spread throughout the Gobi Desert, temperate forests, vast steppes and extensive mountain ranges,” said Enkhbat Dorjpalam, CEO, Unitel Group. “Under these circumstances, Unitel Group has been successfully providing many modern B2C and B2B tech services and solutions including mobile plans, high-speed internet, IPTV, OTT and cloud services to Mongolians for the past 15 years.”

Dorjpalam added that the company is “excited” to make its services “more inclusive and extensive for thousands of people.”