Go!nternet powered by ASTRA and Idea New satellite Internet access service available for Poland
SES ASTRA, an SES GLOBAL company (Euronext Paris, Luxembourg and Frankfurt Stock Exchanges: SESG) and Go!nternet, are pleased to announce a new satellite Internet service for Poland via ASTRA 19.2° East. The return path for the one-way satellite service will be provided by PTK Centertel, the operator of Idea Centertel mobile telephony.
The service will be offered under the brand name of Go!nternet. The commercial launch is scheduled for this month. In a first phase the service will be available to customers in Mazovia region and later on in the whole Poland. The satellite downlink will be provided via ASTRA 19.2° East and the return channel will be ensured by GPRS technology provided by PTK Centertel. In addition to satellite Internet access, Go!nternet subscribers will be able to watch more than 250 international digital TV and radio channels transmitted from the most popular European orbital position, ASTRA at 19.2° East.
All the user requires is a DVB PC card or a USB Box, a small fixed satellite dish with a universal LNB and a computer equipped with a GPRS modem. The necessary equipment together with its installation is provided by Go!nternet through its Partners network.
Depending on the chosen package offering various download rates (256 kbit/s – 10204 Kbit/s) and the length of the subscription contract (from 1 to 24 months) the subscription fee including the GPRS return channel will vary from 109 zloty to 259 zloty per month.
Due to the applied state-of-the-art satellite and mobile telephony technologies the service can be rolled out immediately anywhere within Idea’s mobile telephony network.
Commenting on the agreement, Philippe Glaesener, VP and General Manager Sales Broadband and IP of SES ASTRA, said: "Go!nternet is already the second satellite Internet access service via ASTRA offered in Poland but the first to combine two complementary technologies, GPRS and satellite, providing broadband Internet anywhere throughout Poland”.
Bertrand Jasinski, President of Go!internet said: „With Go!nternet powered by ASTRA & Idea we are introducing a product which is the first of this kind on the Polish market. We want to reach thousands of people who so far could not find a solution to enjoy broadband Internet. Thanks to the bundled satellite and mobile telephony technologies we can finally offer a complete product and only one invoice combining two services”.
For further information please contact:
| Yves Feltes Press Relations, SES ASTRA Tel +352 710 725 311 Yves.Feltes@ses-astra.com www.ses-astra.com |
Bertrand Jasinski Prezes Go!nternet Tel. +48 22 545 64 00 bertrand.jasinski@gointernet.pl www.gointernet.pl |
About SES ASTRA
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The ASTRA Satellite System is the leading Direct-to-Home satellite system in Europe, delivering services to more than 94 million Direct-to-Home and cable households. The ASTRA satellite fleet currently comprises 13 satellites, transmitting in excess of 1400 analogue and digital television and radio channels as well as multimedia and Internet services. ASTRA's two prime orbital positions for DTH (Direct-To-Home) services are 19.2° East and 28.2° East. Professional services such as Direct-to cable (DTC), Satellite Newsgathering (SNG) and Occasional Use are offered from the orbital positions of 23.5° East and 5.2° East. SES ASTRA is an SES GLOBAL company (Euronext Paris, Luxembourg and Frankfurt stock exchanges: SESG). SES GLOBAL wholly owns two market-leading satellite operators, SES ASTRA in Europe, and SES AMERICOM in the US. The Company also holds strategic participations in AsiaSat in Asia, Star One and Nahuelsat in Latin America, and NSAB in Europe. Via its WORLDSAT subsidiary it provides unparalleled connections to the premier regional satellite fleets of these SES GLOBAL partners. Americom Government Services provides network solutions and bandwidth to the US government and its contractors. SES GLOBAL can provide outstanding satellite communications solutions via a fleet of 40 satellites across the globe. In addition, SES GLOBAL is a shareholder in ORBCOMM, a provider of wireless data communications services through a low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite network, and in satellite technology companies Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. and ND Satcom. SES GLOBAL is also a founding shareholder in SATLYNX, a Luxembourg-based joint venture with Gilat and Alcatel Space, which has created an unrivalled portfolio of reliable and cost-efficient two-way satellite broadband service solutions to enterprises/corporates, small office/home office (SOHO) users and local communities all over Europe. Additional info on SES GLOBAL at: www.ses-global.com. |
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