Friday, April 18, 2008

Eutelsat and SpeedCast launch new VSAT service

Eutelsat Communications and SpeedCast have announced that they are to jointly launch a new maritime broadband communications service for the commercial shipping sector.
The new service will offer Ku-band VSAT satellite capacity, mostly on Eutelsat and AsiaSat satellites, which the companies say will serve "key shipping routes."
For a fixed flat fee per ship, irrespective of usage, the system will feature automatic switching from one satellite coverage beam to another, without manual intervention, using a one metre stabilised satellite antenna.
Eutelsat and SpeedCast, together with distribution partners, say they are principally targeting operators of merchant shipping and fishing fleets who wish to integrate on-board applications in order to optimise productivity and improve crew welfare, and that the service will enable secure offshore Virtual Private Networks to be established with land-based offices.
The Ku-band product will be provided via a Network Operations Centre operated by SpeedCast in Hong Kong connecting with a network of teleports, including SpeedCast’s Hong Kong teleport and the Turin teleport operated by Eutelsat’s broadband affiliate, Skylogic.(March 28, 2008)

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