Intelsat General Corp. (IGC) said it would launch its new GlobalConnex Network Broadband service today (March 8) at the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association‘s TechNet Tampa trade show. The service uses a bundle of satellite capacity, teleport facilities and hubs through fixed and portable VSAT dishes to create virtual private networks (VPNs) carrying voice-over-IP (VoIP), video and other data applications. With this service, IGC’s military and government customers can communicate and transmit information from remote environments, where ground based infrastructure may not exist, may be unreliable or must be bypassed for security reasons. IGC said the data rates will reach up to 5.25 megabits per second (mbps) outbound and 2.25 mbps inbound per site, with aggregation available for high rates. The company did not disclose pricing of the service, saying that it would depend on the number of sites and other factors.

“We expect to attract both new users and channel partners with Network Broadband,” IGC President Susan Miller said in a prepared statement.