Horizon Satellite
Services Boosts Capacity with Eutelsat
(11 July 2005) Eutelsat, one of
the world's leading satellite operators, has announced a new agreement with
telecommunications service provider Horizon Satellite Services for capacity on
Eutelsat's W6 satellite, which supplies a footprint optimised for Europe, North
Africa, the Sahara, the Middle East and central Asia.
Horizon Satellite Services has been using W5 since 2003 and last year also
contracted with Eutelsat for capacity on its SESAT 2 satellite.
Headquartered in Dubai, Horizon Satellite Services specialises in enabling
Internet Service Providers and enterprises to gain direct access to Tier-One
Internet backbones. The company services clients through capacity on Eutelsat
satellites via its wholly owned teleports in Germany and Luxembourg which are
directly connected by fibre to Internet Access Points in Cologne, Luxembourg
and Frankfurt.
"Horizon Satellite Services selected W6 to provide
Internet backbone connectivity for ISPs located in the Middle East and central
Asia, including Afghanistan and Iraq" said Hisham A. Ansari, Managing Director,
of Horizon Satellite Services. "Satellites still remain by far the most
efficient and cost-effective solution for direct connectivity to the Internet
backbone in the regions where we focus our activity. W6 further extends the
high reliability of our offer and complements the service we provide through
Eutelsat's W5 and SESAT 2 satellites".
"Eutelsat is delighted to be
strengthening its partnership with Horizon Satellite Services, a leading
provider of telecommunications and broadband services in the Middle East, Asia
and Africa. This new capacity contract consolidates our presence in regions
with good opportunities for growth for satellite-based services," said Olivier
Milliès-Lacroix, Commercial Director of Eutelsat S.A.
About
Horizon Satellite Services
Horizon Satellite Services (HSS) is a
registered Satellite Space Segment Provider which caters to Middle East, Asia
and African clients for Wide Area Networks and Internet via Satellite
Services.
HSS with its Office in Dubai Internet City, Dubai, UAE,
provides full regional support through its Network Operations Centre for
satellite links located in different parts of the Middle East, Asia and Africa.
The Network Operation Centre in Dubai operates on a 24hrs basis & monitors
all the customers of HSS.
HSS operates its own teleport from
Luxembourg and Germany with Open Transit Internet Backbone Connectivity.
HSS' client base currently includes some of the largest Corporations of
the regions operating in the fields of defence, voice over Ip, distribution and
internet service Providers (ISPs).
Current space segment coverage is
provided through Eutelsat (W5, SESAT 2 and W6) satellites.
About
Eutelsat
With capacity commercialised on 23 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. Its
satellites are used for broadcasting more than 1,500 television and 800 radio
stations to 120 million cable and satellite homes. They also serve requirements
for TV contribution services, corporate networks, mobile positioning and
communications, Internet backbone connectivity and broadband access for
terrestrial, maritime and in-flight applications. Eutelsat's broadband
subsidiary Skylogic markets and operates services through multimedia platforms
in France and Italy that serve enterprises, local communities, government
agencies and aid organisations in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas.
Headquartered in Paris, and with staff of 450 commercial, technical and
operational experts from 25 countries, Eutelsat generated turnover of Euro 760
million for the 2003/2004 financial year.
(source:
Eutelsat)