[Satellite TODAY 03-13-13] Eutelsat Communications and OneAccess have announced a partnership to offer a new performance-enhanced platform for businesses, designed to deliver services operated on Eutelsat’s Ka-Sat High Throughput Satellite in a secure VPN environment. According to the companies, the new service makes satellite communications even more affordable for businesses by delivering DSL-like service at DSL-like prices.

   For this, OneAccess and Eutelsat have developed a dedicated One1520 satellite router that incorporates integrated traffic acceleration, IP routing and IP-VPN secure transport to deliver 20Mbps download and 6Mbps upload. The platform is designed for delivering Internet access to businesses with dispersed networks of offices where maintaining a high-speed, secure, inter-branch communications network is critical. The high-speed broadband enables private networks for fast implementation of integrated backup or traffic offload solutions in highly secure environments, while lowering the total cost of ownership for both users and operators. 

   The solution widens the scope of enterprise services through Ka-Sat, and is set to launch this month.