Loral Skynet, Remote Work Central Team Up For Telecommuters

Bedminster, N.J.-based Loral Skynet and Remote Work Central, a provider of telecommuting and teleworking solutions, agreed to provide secure telecommuting and remote access connectivity services to small and medium enterprises worldwide.

The target market would include SoHos (small and home offices), as well as government and non-government organizations (NGO). The featured technology would be the SkyReach i200 IP-based service of Loral Skynet, the satellite operating unit of New York-based Loral Space and Communications [LRLSQ].

Remote Work Central would use SkyReach to offer its customers Internet and e-mail access, as well as file transfer applications. Using VSAT satellite technology and Loral’s satellite fleet, SkyReach offers two-way Internet connectivity at speeds of 2 Mbps on the forward link and 512 Kbps on the return link. Remote Work Central end-users will have access to a selection of on-site equipment and various bandwidth options to meet specific networking needs.

For further details about this new partnership, please see the Oct. 25 issue of Satellite News. For more information on subscribing to Access Intelligence’s satellite industry publications, please visit us on the Web at https://www.satellitetoday.com. To sign up for a free trial subscription to Satellite News, go to the Web site: http://www.telecomweb.com/cgi/catalog/trial?SN.