Avanti Communications, InSat and Newtec today confirmed that they successfully completed their joint tests of Newtec\u2019s Ka-band hub infrastructure in Cyprus. Additionally, Managed Service Provider (MSP) InSat announced that the first Afghan ISPs have started testing their service.<\/p>\n
InSat is providing services for Afghan telecom providers based on Newtec\u2019s Broadband platform (Sat3Play\u00ae<\/sup>) which provides IP access services for consumers and business under InSat\u2019s brand name Hi-Stream\u00ae<\/sup><\/a>.<\/p>\n M<\/strong>a<\/strong>tthew O’Connor, Chief Operating Officer for Avanti<\/strong>, said: \u201cAvanti would like to welcome InSat as one of our newest HYLAS 2 partners and congratulate Newtec on completing a speedy installation of its first Ka-band hub, in just three days.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n InSat CEO Valentine Gurinovich<\/strong> said \u201cOn site in Afghanistan we have installed control stations and some customer terminals at Afghan Internet service providers to run tests of our broadband satellite Internet access Hi-Stream designed especially for regions like Afghanistan and other emerging countries. I announced the launch at CABSAT in March 2012. The results are very impressive and confirm our choice in favour of Avanti\u2019s Ka-Band satellite HYLAS 2 and Newtec\u2019s Sat3Play technology. I kindly invite further Afghan ISPs to become a partner and to participate in the tests to convince themselves of the performance and the competitiveness of our new service.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n Newtec will be the exclusive technology partner for all InSat services, providing two-way satellite broadband technology.<\/p>\n Serge Van Herck, CEO of Newtec<\/strong>, said: \u201cNewtec\u2019s broadband technology has a proven track record of being highly reliable and efficient with well over 100.000 terminals deployed today. We are providing a solution that matches today\u2019s and future needs of InSat\u2019s ISPs by providing download speeds up to 22 Mbps on our MDM2200 broadband terminals<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"