[Satellite TODAY 02-08-11] Teleport and VSAT broadcasting service provider Castor Networks has launched trunking services to the Middle East and Central Asia from its base in The Netherlands, Castor Networks announced Fen. 7.
    The trunking service uses Newtec’s FlexACM technology, which aims to provide the highest level of availability and maximum end-to-end efficiency to the satellite link. Castor’s Internet trunking service, ideal for use on Ku-band links, also operates on the Express AM-1 satellite’s wide Europe beam from the 40 degrees East orbital slot to provide carrier-class IP trunking to service providers across the region. Castor said the new service is able to deliver IP connectivity of at least 140 Mbps on a single transponder.
    “With this state-of-the-art Newtec FlexACM technology with included satellite bandwidth management, we are able to differentiate the used modulation and coding for each remote site depending on the reception capability of the station, in order to avoid a design that is dictated by the weakest station. FlexACM also allows us to deliver a network that is resilient to the effects of severe weather that affects parts of the region we are serving,” Castor Networks’ Managing Director Edwin Cras said in a statement.