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PARIS, January 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) today announced a new range of Tooway(TM) packages delivering the fastest satellite-based consumer broadband speeds in Europe, unlimited data download usage day and night and more competitive pricing. Designed to offer high speed broadband to everyone today, these next generation Tooway(TM) services will satisfy even the most demanding Internet users - further closing the digital divide for...
PARIS, January 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) announces the launch of a new aeronautical mobile service called Eutelsat Air Access designed to accelerate the deployment by commercial airlines operating in Europe of in-flight connectivity for passengers. Delivering speeds of up to 100 Mbps per airliner, Eutelsat Air Access will be available from mid-2013. The new service uses ViaSat SurfBeam(R) 2 technology, the most advanced and...
MADRID and PARIS, December 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Telefonica Global Solutions has announced an agreement with Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL), Europe's leading satellite operator, to provide high quality satellite broadband services to carriers from across Europe through the high-performance KA-SAT satellite. This new range of Internet services provided via KA-SAT will offer European carriers solutions that are as reliable and competitive in price as...
CARLSBAD, Calif., Dec. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ViaSat Inc. (Nasdaq: VSAT) will provide broadband airborne satcom services for a U.S. government customer under a contract award valued at $52 million. The one year contract is a renewal for services already provided using ViaSat ArcLight® technology over a managed private network established in 2009 to support military missions for the War on Terror. ViaSat mobile broadband systems are designed to provide high-speed, beyond...
PARIS, November 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- During the Ukraine's parliamentary elections of October 28, the KA-SAT satellite of Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) demonstrated its unique capacity to deliver massive data bandwidth to multiple sites, allowing real time video monitoring of over 12,600 polling stations. During election day and the following night, KA-SAT managed 25,000 simultaneous videostreams, representing total throughput of 2.5Gbps. This is the...
PARIS, October 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Solid Quarterly revenue performance: Revenues up 6.5% to EUR314.4 million (+3.8% at constant currency) - Video Applications up 9.1%, driven by satellite capacity added in 2011-2012 - Data and Value-Added Services up 2.5%, with strong growth of Value-Added Services (+43.7%) - Multi-usage down 5.8%, reflecting limited capacity in regions of highest demand...
PARIS, October 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) today filed a request for arbitration against SES with the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris. This request is grounded on a breach by SES of the Intersystem Coordination Agreement signed with Eutelsat in 1999, whose object is to coordinate Eutelsat's and SES's respective operations at several orbital positions, including 28.2 degrees East and 28.5 degrees East. The purpose of...
PARIS, October 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) today announced that its satellite broadband service has been chosen by the Albanian Government via the Albanian Postal Service to connect 850 post offices, schools and local government offices in rural areas to the Internet as part of the "Digital Age of Communications Agenda" initiated to increase free public Internet access for Albanian citizens. Eutelsat's Skylogic affiliate has...
PARIS, September 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL), one of the world's leading satellite operators, today announced closure of the transaction to acquire the GE-23 satellite, associated customer contracts and orbital rights from GE Capital, having obtained all required regulatory approvals. The satellite, renamed EUTELSAT 172A, is now part of Eutelsat's fleet, with technical and commercial teams working to ensure a smooth transition...
AMSTERDAM, September 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Danish broadcaster TV2 is diversifying its satellite newsgathering capabilities with Eutelsat's innovative NewsSpotter service. The service was successfully used by TV2 for live reporting of recent key events in France and the UK, and the Danish broadcaster now plans to continue to integrate it into its outside broadcasting infrastructure. TV2 currently operates two NewsSpotter Fly-Away systems with a third to be shortly delivered....
