November
2012 will witness the launch of SES Broadband Service (SBBS,) a
Ka-band satellite broadband service that will offer up to 20Mbit/s
downloads and up to 2Mbps upload.
Right
now, the ASTRA 2F platform is waiting for September 21, 2012. Once
successfully launched, the SES satellite will be parked at the
orbital position 28.2 degrees East, the first of four Ka-band
satellites that will support SES Broadband'sInternet-by-satellite
services.
A
cooperation agreement between SES, Gilat Satellite Technologies, and
Newtec created both SBBS' hub infrastructure and the means to deliver
the end-user terminals to SES' customers.
“With
ASTRA 2F and the subsequent launches of ASTRA 2E, ASTRA 5B and ASTRA
2G in 2013 and 2014, we will be able to further expand our satellite
broadband service in Europe with the additional Ka-band capacity on
our fleet,” said Patrick Biewer, Managing Director of SBBS.
SES’
long-term partners NordNet, Vivéole, and WIBOX will distribute the
new satellite Internet service to end-consumers in France.
Representatives from those three service providers were excited for
the Ka-band satellite broadband service.
“The
new service will further increase the attractiveness of satellite broadband,” said Francis Piet, CEO of NordNet, who added that
satellite Internet is now 500% faster while costing only half the
price it did in 2008.
“Vivéole
has been committed to bridging the digital divide since 2005,”
Alexandre Séménadisse, CEO of Vivéole, said. “As a long-standing
partner of SES, we will soon be able to offer even better solutions
to a larger customer base.”
“The
fact that satellite technology has constantly developed allows us to
meet the growing demand for broadband services in the regions,”
agreed Thomas Gassiloud, President of WIBOX. “We can now offer
services close to the speed of ADSL connections and traffic volumes
offering unprecedented freedom of choice for our customers.”
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