[Satellite TODAY 04-05-10] U.K. satellite broadband provider Bentley Walker is upgrading technology to its satellite Internet coverage of the Middle East and Europe, the company announced April 2.
    Bentley Walker added a sixth Hughes HX hub on Eutelsat’s W7 Eurasian beam to provide greater capacity and availability of service. The Eurasian beam has two areas of focus where the signal is strongest, one targeted on Southern Europe and the other on the Caspian Sea area providing coverage in Iraq, Afghanistan and neighboring states.
    The provider said that increased demand in Internet via satellite systems has soared in recent years. “This is particularly true in Afghanistan and Iraq, where coalition military personnel and western contractors expect the services they receive at home despite the remote locations that they serve in,” the company said in a statement.