EUTELSAT COMMUNICATIONS (EPA:ETL) EUTELSAT ANNONCE UN NOUVEL ACCORD COMMERCIAL ENTRE SA FILIALE SKYLOGIC ET AVONLINE POUR DISTRIBUER LE SERVICE D’INTERNET HAUT DEBIT TOOWAY™ SUR LE SATELLITE KA-SAT AU ROYAUME-UNI.
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PR/19/11
EUTELSAT ANNOUNCES NEW COMMERCIAL CONTRACT BETWEEN SKYLOGIC AND AVONLINE TO
PROVIDE TOOWAY(TM) BROADBAND SERVICES TO THE UK VIA THE KA-SAT SATELLITE
Paris, 20 April 2011
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) today announced a new contract
between its broadband subsidiary, Skylogic, and UK satellite communications
specialist, Avonline, to sell broadband services in the UK via KA-SAT, the first
European High Throughput Satellite. The contract, valued at up to EUR5 million,
will allow Avonline to sell Eutelsat's next generation Tooway(TM) satellite
broadband service. With download speeds of up to 10 Mbps and upload speeds of up
to 4 Mbps, Tooway(TM) satellite broadband will bring fast, reliable and
affordable Internet access across the UK, including rural not spots and areas
with poor ADSL and mobile broadband coverage. Currently more than one in ten UK
households is unable to receive a 2 Mbps broadband connection - the minimum
target requirement set by the UK Government.
Avonline is one of the UK's leading digital and broadband installation
companies, with a team of approximately 400 engineers delivering high quality
services across the UK and Ireland. The company has been involved in satellite
broadband for almost a decade and has been the UK's largest provider of
Tooway(TM) services in the UK over the past two years.
The next-generation Tooway(TM) service will be delivered via Eutelsat's
innovative KA-SAT satellite, which was launched in December 2010 and is on track
to go into full commercial service mid-2011. With its total capacity of more
than 70 Gbps, KA-SAT ranks as the world's most powerful spacecraft and, as
Europe's first High-Throughput Satellite (HTS), will usher in a new era of
competitively-priced satellite-delivered services for homes and small businesses
across Europe and the Mediterranean Basin. The satellite forms the cornerstone
of a new European satellite infrastructure which includes eight main satellite
gateways across Europe connected to the Internet by a fibre backbone ring.
Mark Wynn, Avonline Managing Director, said: "Avonline has been at the forefront
of UK satellite communication solutions for the past ten years, and we are
delighted to be the first major UK satellite services provider to sign a
contract for the next-generation Tooway(TM) satellite broadband service. With
speeds of up to 10 Mbps covering 100% of the UK, this service will ensure that
everyone who wants a fast and reliable broadband connection can now get
connected. This is great news for people living in rural areas without a decent
broadband connection or for people who are too far from the exchange to get a
fast, consistent broadband service. It will also be a great boost to small
businesses and for those who work from home. With Tooway(TM), they will now be
able to take advantage of broadband services with similar speeds and prices to
their urban counterparts."
Arduino Patacchini, CEO of Skylogic added: "KA-SAT brings a new era of European
satellite communication services which will challenge traditional perceptions
about the speeds and cost of satellite broadband services. We are delighted to
be working with Avonline to help bring our enhanced Tooway(TM) services to UK
homes."
Eutelsat's Tooway(TM) broadband solution consists of a small satellite dish and
a modem connected to the PC via the Ethernet, giving customers immediate
broadband access following a simple installation. In addition, the Tooway(TM)
service has the ability to deliver Voice over satellite telephony services and
Direct-to-Home television using the Tooway(TM) dish.
For further details on the Tooway(TM) service from Avonline visit:
www.toowayonline.co.uk
About Avonline plc
Avonline plc is one of the UK's leading Installation and Business Services
companies. Established in 1981, the company employs around 400 engineers
installing and supporting broadband and digital services to customers across
Europe. Avonline has a specialist division deploying broadband satellite
solutions to consumers and business customers. Avonline's Satellite Broadband
services span from individual satellite broadband connections through to high
speed networks supporting VPN, VoIP, video and broadband data for enterprise
customers. Avonline actively supports the UK Government's Digital Inclusion
policies, is a partner of the Race Online 2012 initiative and is supporting the
Welsh Assembly's Broadband Support Scheme.
About Eutelsat Communications
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL, ISIN code: FR0010221234) is the
holding company of Eutelsat S.A.. With capacity commercialised on 27 satellites
that provide coverage over the entire European continent, as well as the Middle
East, Africa, India and significant parts of Asia and the Americas, Eutelsat is
one of the world's three leading satellite operators in terms of revenues. At 31
December 2010, Eutelsat's satellites were broadcasting more than 3,700
television channels to over 200 million cable and satellite homes in Europe, the
Middle East and Africa. The Group's satellites also serve a wide range of fixed
and mobile telecommunications services, TV contribution markets, corporate
networks, and broadband markets for Internet Service Providers and for
transport, maritime and in-flight markets. Eutelsat's broadband subsidiary,
Skylogic, markets and operates access to high speed Internet services through
teleports in France and Italy that serve enterprises, local communities,
government agencies and aid organisations in Europe, Africa, Asia and the
Americas. Headquartered in Paris, Eutelsat and its subsidiaries employ 683
commercial, technical and operational employees from 28 countries.
www.eutelsat.com
www.tooway.com
For further information
Press
Vanessa O'Connor Tel. : + 33 1 53 98 37 91 voconnor@eutelsat.fr
Frédérique Gautier Tel. : + 33 1 53 98 37 91 fgautier@eutelsat.fr
Mark Wynn Tel : +44 117 902 2058 mark.wynn@avonline.co.uk
Investors & Analysts
Lisa Sanders Finas Tel. : +33 1 53 98 35 30
investors@eutelsat-communications.com