Samoa Technologies is a privately held diversified telecommunications, broadcasting and media, consulting, and aircraft leasing company located in the South Pacific

Oceania

Oceania is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Conceptions of what constitutes Oceania range from the coral atolls and volcanic islands of the South Pacific to the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago...

 and based in Pago Pago, American Samoa

American Samoa

American Samoa is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the sovereign state of Samoa...

. Samoa Technologies operates a Satellite Earth Station in American Samoa which provides 24/7 linkage to/from the outside world for voice, data and video. Samoa Technologies also operates radio broadcasting station KSBS-FM

KSBS-FM

KSBS-FM is Samoa's first commercial FM radio station broadcasting a variety format including local Polynesian, oldies, easy listening music. KSBS-FM broadcasts religious programming on Sunday mornings as well as hourly news from BBC, NPR, VOA, Radio Australia and Radio New Zealand International. ...

 and mobile communications in American Samoa.

History

Samoa Technologies (STI) was formed in August 1984 as Samoa's first local telecommunications common carrier. The company started by providing mobile and paging communication services in American Samoa in 1995, reaching a subscriber base of over 3,000 users in the first 3 months of operations. STI expanded into the radio broadcasting area in 1998 with KSBS-FM "Island 92", Samoa's first FM radio station. In 1989, STI acquired the assets and licenses of the Pago Pago Earth Station facilities from COMSAT

COMSAT

The Communications Satellite Corporation is a global telecommunications company, based in the USA, and with branches in Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela and several other countries in the Americas. It is present also in Turkey...

, a satellite communications company that owned by Lockheed Martin. Under an FCC ruling, COMSAT was obligated to divest of its satellite facilities. Since STI was the only local FCC common carrier at the time, the sale of the facilities to STI was of mutual benefit to both parties and satisfying an FCC divestiture requirement.

Samoa Technologies continues to diversity and expand in other non-core telecommunication areas, particularly in the airline area where it functions as an aircraft leasing company. It continues to diversify in areas such as hotels and resorts.

Address & Contact Information

Samoa Technologies, Inc.

KSBS-FM Building at Faga'alu Park

P.O. Box 793

Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799 USA

1.684.633.7000 (office)

1.684.633.5727 (fax)

info@samoatechnologies.net (e-mail)

www.samoatechnologies.net (website)

Business units

• Satellite and Mobile Group
• Broadcasting and Media Group
• Aircraft Leasing Group
• Advisory and Engineering Consulting Group

External links

• Samoa Technologies corporate website
• KSBS-FM Island 92 KSBS-FM Island 92 website
• Inter Island Airways Inter Island Airways website
• Inter Island Vacations Inter Island Vacations website