Eutelsat Communications and Telespazio, a joint venture between Leonardo and Thales, have concluded a contract for the provision of satellite capacity for rural backhauling in the context of Peru's national telecommunications programme, Pronatel. Under this multi-year agreement, Telespazio will use Ku-band capacity operated on several transponders on the EUTELSAT 117 West B satellite to bring telecommunications access to more than 1,300 underserved public sites, predominantly schools and health care facilities located across the Peruvian Amazon. This agreement is yet another testimony to Eutelsat's commitment to digital inclusion programmes initiated by public authorities in emerging countries. It also reflects the Group's steadfast commitment to bridging the digital divide, one of the cornerstones of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policy.