[Satellite TODAY 08-10-10] SES Astra has signed a deal with Starsat to market its Astra2Connect service in Albania, SES announced Aug. 9.
    Starsat is part of an initiative of the Albanian government, which was enacted in 2003 to equip Albanian schools with satellite-based broadband data connections. The company will use Astra2Connect to install a satellite broadband connection for nearly 600 schools in the rural areas of Albania. The project will be administered by the Albanian Ministry of Education and financed by the Albanian government and the World Bank.
     “We today offer Astra2Connect in 20 European countries and large parts of Central, Eastern and Western Africa as well as in the Middle East. The school project in Albania is a further example of how Astra2Connect can deliver broadband connections to remote locations and facilitate modern teaching,” SES Astra Broadband Services Technology Vice President Patrick Biewer said in a statement.