Eutelsat: Skylogic and Sat2way to Distribute via KA-SAT

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04-07-2011
Eutelsat: Skylogic and Sat2way to Distribute via KA-SAT
Type: News

Eutelsat Communications announced a new contract between its Skylogic broadband subsidiary and the French Internet service provider Sat2Way for distribution, from mid-2011, of the Tooway new- generation broadband service on the KA-SAT satellite.

According to a release, the four-year contract, worth an initial EUR4 million, allows Sat2Way to offer a range of Tooway packages with broadband speeds of up to 10 Mbps.
Stephane Ruelle, founder of Sat2Way, said: "We have consistently believed in the market for satellite Internet and are convinced that consumer broadband services using Ka-band frequencies represent a compelling offer. Sat2Way selected Tooway as soon as it was available because Skylogic proposed a long-term strategy, using HOT BIRD 6 in advance of KA-SAT. The economic model of KA-SAT now positions us to offer a highly competitive range of broadband services to consumers in France, Belgium, and Spain who are unable to access the Internet via terrestrial networks."

Arduino Patacchini, CEO of Skylogic said: "We are delighted with the extension of our commercial agreement with Sat2Way, a longstanding partner and one of the top 10 distributors of Tooway in Europe. This new contract, and the interest that our new service is already generating, is further proof of the demand for competitive, high speed satellite broadband services across Europe, and the viability of our KA-SAT program."

Sat2way specializes in the distribution of high-speed satellite Internet access packages in France and Europe.

Eutelsat Communications is the holding company of Eutelsat.

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