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Eutelsat, ViaSat unveil European broadband service (UK)

  • September 2nd, 2007
  • 2:30 pm

European satellite services provider Eutelsat partners with global satellite equipment manufacturer ViaSat to launch a consumer broadband satellite service in Europe, starting with Germany at the end of September and selected other European markets to follow before the end of the year. The service is called Tooway and targets residential users in rural areas. Tooway will be provided via Ka-band capacity on Eutelsat’s HOT BIRD 6 satellite at 13 degrees East and will also be available via Ku-band capacity on the EUROBIRD 3 satellite. The Ka and Ku-band hubs with equipment supplied by ViaSat to manage Tooway are now fully commissioned and ready for service at Skylogic’s SkyPark teleport in Turin, Italy. Three different service grades will be provided in Ka-band and Ku-band with the initial offer delivering maximum downlink speeds of up to 2048 Kbps and maximum uplink speeds of up to 384 Kbps. Consumer tariffs and hardware prices will be defined by local service providers partnering in the distribution of the Tooway service. The first distribution partners and service providers in Germany are Internetagentur Schott and Teles. The new service is based on ViaSat’s SurfBeam DOCSIS® two-way broadband satellite system.

   

Eutelsat, Mexican partners bid for SatMex

  • June 11th, 2007
  • 9:50 am

French-headquartered satellite operator Eutelsat has confirmed submitting an offer with Mexican partners Miguel Aleman and Clemente Serna for 100 percent ownership of Satelites Mexicanos (SatMex). The proposal was submitted within the framework of Satmex’s sale process, initiated by its shareholders and managed by Morgan Stanley.