PARIS,
January 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Skylogic, Eutelsat's broadband
affiliate, has teamed with ViaSat, producer of innovative satellite and
wireless communications products, to provide in-flight communications to
business jets flying over
Europe. The new service has already been selected
by ARINC, a world leader in aviation communications, which announces that
passengers on over 40 business jets flying over European airspace are now
benefiting from satellite-based in-flight communications. ARINC provides
users with European coverage through Ku-band capacity on Eutelsat's ATLANTIC
BIRD(TM) 2.
The service supplied by ViaSat and Skylogic, called D-Star aero, provides
business aviation passengers with office-in-the-sky communications, including
access to e-mail, the Internet, voice over IP (VOIP), fax over IP (FOIP) and
corporate intranets. On-board access to users through laptops is provided via
a Wi-Fi hot spot installed inside the aircraft. Full service can work during
taxi, take-off, flight and landing.
Through the European and Mediterranean Basin coverage supplied by
Eutelsat's ATLANTIC BIRD(TM) 2 satellite and ground station services in Italy
supplied through Skylogic, the new service supports aircraft-to-ground data
rates of 128 to 256 kbps and ground-to-aircraft data rates varying up to 3.5
Mbps.
The full avionics system weighs less than 20 kilos, including a 30cm
circular antenna which is tail-mounted and fits on larger business aircraft
including Gulfstream GIV, GIV-SP, G400, GV, G500, G550, Cessna Citation X,
Dassault Falcon 900, and Bombardier Global Express and Challengers.
ARINC supplies the service under its SkyLink brand to business jet
manufacturers and is also working to make this high-speed broadband service a
standard option on new business aircraft. The company was selected in October
last year by Dassault Falcon Jet to fit the product on the new Falcon 7X
ultra-long-range corporate aircraft. Due for certification in 2007, Dassault
Falcon has already received more than 90 orders for the Falcon 7X between
2007 and 2010.
Arduino Patacchini, CEO of Skylogic said: "We are very excited about the
cost-efficiency of this highly targeted broadband access solution for
business aviation passengers and believe this new product for the aviation
market truly corresponds to a demand from high-end business users to have
seamless communications in all environments. The development of this service
underscores our objective to expand and diversify our range of D-STAR
satellite broadband products into transport markets."
About Eutelsat Communications
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL, ISIN code: FR0010221234) is
the holding company of Eutelsat S.A.. 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. At 30 June 2006 Eutelsat's satellites were broadcasting
over 2,100 television channels and 970 radio stations, of which over 900
channels were broadcasting via its HOT BIRD(TM) video neighbourhood which
serves more than 110 million cable and satellite homes in Europe, the Middle
East and North 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 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 490 commercial,
technical and operational experts from 27 countries.
www.eutelsat.com
Eutelsat Press Contact
Vanessa O'Connor Tel.: +33-(0)1-53-98-38-88 voconnor@eutelsat.fr
Frederique Gautier Tel.: +33-(0)1-53-98-38-88 fgautier@eutelsat.fr
Eutelsat Investor relations
Gilles Janvier Tel.: +33-(0)1-53-98-35-35
Investors@eutelsat-communications.com
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