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Marlink Boosts Its Smart Network Solutions for Maritime and Enterprise

Customers with Starlink

The global leading managed service provider for business-critical services globally. Under the agreement, Marlink and OmniAccess
communication networks and digital solutions adds Starlink’s will act as global “authorized Starlink integrators” for maritime and
high-speed, low-latency solution to its services Oslo, Paris, Palma enterprise customers. Marlink’s integration of Starlink with existing
de Mallorca, 22 September 2022. Marlink, the smart network highly reliable VSAT, LTE (4G/5G) and terrestrial connectivity
solutions company, has added SpaceX’s Starlink service to its solutions will result in a seamless user experience. Marlink and
offerings, strengthening its connectivity solutions portfolio for OmniAccess will orchestrate the different connectivity paths to
maritime and enterprise customers. As experts and pioneers in provide their extensive global customer base with unmatched
satellite communication solutions, Marlink and OmniAccess will communications network solutions that will substantially
leverage Starlink – a high-speed, low-latency broadband internet improve customers’ business-critical applications, passenger
service enabled by a constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit communications, and crew and remote workers’ welfare. “This
– to complement their portfolio of smart network solutions and ability to utilize Starlink is giant step in our strategy to provide
our customers with the best-in-class user experience, combining
our industry-leading GEO satellite connectivity solutions with the
next generation LEO high-speed, low-latency services,” said Erik
Ceuppens, CEO, Marlink Group. “We are looking forward to working
with SpaceX to integrate Starlink as part of our smart network
solutions, creating a superior global connectivity service for our
extensive maritime and enterprise customer base across the
world.” “Adding Starlink to its offerings will bring a new dimension
of connectivity to Marlink’s global customer base,” said SpaceX
Vice President of Starlink Sales Jonathan Hofeller. “This low-
latency, high-bandwidth broadband experience will allow enterprise
and maritime customers to manage their remote businesses more
efficiently than ever before.”

Xtendnet to Offer Satellite Broadband for UK and Europe

A multi-national group of satellite and telecom veterans from the and television now rely on broadband connectivity,” said Mooney,
US, UK and mainland Europe have launched a challenger satellite who hinted that a resolution is finally at hand. “Our service uses a
broadband service Xtendnet for underserved businesses and satellite download to immediately remedy this challenge for users
consumers in Europe. The UK service is to be officially launched at throughout the UK and Ireland; simply point a dish, install a router
trade show Connected Britain as the start-up targets mobile network and we can provide almost anyone an immediate upgrade, bridging
operators, internet service providers and a significant percentage the digital divide,” said Mooney. The success of Xtndnet hinges on
of the population that fixed lines cannot reach. The service is its ability to create a sales channel to fulfil the latent demand. “We
connected to Arabsat’s BADR-7 high-throughput satellite and are excited to show easy it can be for ISPs to extend their service
based on Forsway’s Xtend system. XtndNet promises users 50 Mb offering to rural, underserved areas – with no investment required,”
download speeds. The XtndNet service is available now in the United said Mooney. Xtendnet is offering ‘zero-Capex access’ platform,
Kingdom and Ireland, and will expand to Germany, Scandinavia, the available immediately and it will back its channel with marketing,
Baltics and Africa in 2023. According to UK market regulator Ofcom technical and operational support to launch their local services.
there are at least 100,000 under- connected locations in the British XtndNet provides individual wholesale satellite broadband internet
isles, with under three Mbps and no other options for an affordable, access services to resellers, such as DSL providers, which can be
fast and reliable broadband connection. Many say this could be a white labelled. BADR-7, also known as Arabsat-6B, was produced
very low estimate, as homes in urban areas are underserved by by Airbus Defence and Space-led consortium EADS Astrium, with
Britain’s two main broadband providers. There is a widespread Thales Alenia Space designing and building the spacecraft’s
suspicion that the number of town dwellers who live too far from communications payload. The satellite was the 6th satellite within
a BT exchange is an unreported story. The alternative broadband the Arabsat fleet and its 15 year life expectancy comes to an end
supplier is one of the most complained about service providers in 2030. It operates at the orbital position of 26 degrees East. The
in Britain. There are more than 100,000 households throughout satellite uses several gateway locations, which are all based in
the UK without an adequate broadband connection, according Europe. The Gateways bridge terrestrial broadband services with
to Travis Mooney, CEO at XtndNet. “Those people are left behind the satellite via ground stations using Ka (18-40 Ghz spectrum)
as everything from government services to grocery shopping and Ku band (of 12-18 GHz).

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