BT Broadcast selects Eutelsat for satellite broadband

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As part of its strategy to meet demand for broadband from corporate clients throughout the UK and continental Europe, BT Broadcast Services (BTBS), the broadcast and media solutions arm of BT, has selected Eutelsat's D-Star service to complement its existing capabilities for two-way broadband.

BTBS' 'Satellite Broadband Enterprise' service will use D-Star to provide IP connectivity to corporate sites at high bit rates up to 2Mbps downstream and 1Mbps upstream, giving their corporate customers a competitive edge even where they are out of reach of terrestrial broadband options, the company said.

D-Star is totally independent from any terrestrial infrastructure and is particularly adapted for LAN to LAN connections, for VPN and MPLS applications including remote access to databases, Internet and Intranet access, corporate business television and distance learning.

The service is provided by Eutelsat through its SKYLOGIC multimedia platform in Turin (Italy) which is directly connected to the Internet backbone and operates through capacity on six of the company's satellites, each optimised to address different geographic regions.