Data networks: Essential corporate information

Satellites are increasingly called on to connect
remote networks to the main Internet arteries and
cellular infrastructure. They are frequently the only
technology able to immediately secure and restore
communication.
VSAT terminals, installed next to thousands of GSM
transmitting stations, Internet access platforms and
corporate network headends, have doubled in five
yeas to almost two million . Easily and quickly deployed,
these two-way terminals establish telecom
and broadband connectivity with no dependency on
terrestrial networks. Data and broadband services,
Eutelsat's second main business, account for nearly
20% of the Group’s activities.


A CRITICAL CONTRIBUTION TO FAST AND SECURE
INTERNATIONAL DATA EXCHANGE
Many of the world's leading telecom operators work hand-in-hand
with Eutelsat to combine terrestrial and satellite technologies for
turnkey applications that streamline the performance of international
networks, ensure network redundancy and remote storage, and
connect isolated sites such as oil and gas platforms as well as nomadic
sites set up on a temporary basis
PERMANENT CONNECTIVITY AT ALL POINTS OF THE
GLOBE
Eutelsat’s satellites meet three types of underlying business objective:
guaranteeing permanent communications at all points of the globe
including the most remote sites; establishing or restoring communications
in an emergency situation (civilian safety, humanitarian operations);
delivering content simultaneously to wide audiences (newswires, stock
market data, point-of-sale animation).
 MOBILE SERVICES FOR NICHE MARKETS

To meet the specific communications requirements of the road-haulage
industry, Eutelsat and Qualcomm offer the EutelTRACS service
in Europe, which combines position-finding and data
transmission within an entirely secure proprietary system. For professional
communications at sea, Eutelsat has joined forces with
SpeedCast to provide automatic switching facilities between Kuband
satellites serving Europe and Asia so that a ship can pass from
the coverage area of one satellite to another with no need for any
manual adjustment to an antenna. In rail transport, a service developed
by a consortium uniting Eutelsat, Alstom, Orange and Cap
Gemini provides Internet connectivity in high-speed trains. Following
a trial period in 2009, the service was launched at the end of2010 on all lines in the TGV East European network
by France’s national railway company (SNCF).