Lepton Global’s new beams. Photo: Lepton Global

[Via Satellite 08-18-2016] Lepton Global Solutions has expanded its Ku-band satellite capacity to four additional beams. The managed services provider has expanded services to three new satellites and is offering shared and dedicated options on the iDirect Evolution 3.3.5 platform. These services are landing at a teleport in the Netherlands.

Of the four beams, one offers full Ku-band coverage of Africa, including South Africa and Madagascar, while the others provide coverage over South America, Central America, and the Atlantic to support government requirements as well as a growing maritime customer base between the Americas and Europe. The company also intends to offer European land-based services, along with coverage in the Norwegian, North, and Baltic seas. Customers can burst up to 10 Mbps x 2 Mbps on the shared services, and Lepton Global is willing to create dedicated inroutes for customers needing higher inbound speeds.

“Lepton’s latest expansion of services is a reflection of
our growing global presence, both from an
infrastructure and services perspective,” said Isabel
Bacon, managing partner at Lepton Global Solutions. “While we support dedicated government links on
our hubs in Europe, these new shared services offer
government and commercial customers immediately-available, cost-effective solutions to short-term or lower rate communications needs. Maritime service requirements are also growing, and our coverage choices are in part a reaction to those market demands.”