[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-29-11] Eutelsat’s broadband subsidiary Skylogic signed an initial five-year contract worth 3 million euros ($4.22 million) with SkyDSL to market its Tooway broadband service provided by Ka-Sat, the operator announced March 28.
    Under the SkyDSL2 Plus brand, SkyDSL will offer consumers and small businesses download speeds of up to 10 Mbps and upload speeds of up to 4 Mbps via its sales channels. The companies will launch SkyDSL2 Plus in mid-2011 following Ka-Sat’s entry into service and will be provided on an international basis in Germany, Spain, France, Italy and Ireland.
     Eutelsat’s Director of Multimedia and Value-Added Services Arduino Patacchini said that Ka-Sat’s entry into service will change the operator’s business model and that a slew of take-up contracts could make a second Ka-band satellite launch a reality.
    “We don’t know what will happen with the take-up of capacity on Ka-Sat. We are assuming the consumption of bandwidth will increase,” he said. “If the capacity fills very quickly, the option to create the second Ka-Sat is there. The speed is comparable for ASDL2. But, we would look to a second satellite. We have the orbital position. One of the advantages is Ka-Sat is that it covers all of Europe. We need to make sure the business works, before we make another investment.”

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