Good news for Canadians who reside in the Central and Eastern part of the country. Satellite communications company Galaxy Broadband recently announced that it is planning to introduce a new Ka-band beam using its SkyDATA Enterprise class service. Regions included are Northern Ontario, Northern Quebec and the western areas of Labrador and Newfoundland.
Scheduled for an April 15 launch, the new service will use Telesat’s Ka-band spot beam on Anik F3. The Canadian company initially launched its Ka-band SkyDATA platform in 2012 using four Ka-beams to offer service on the Western half of Northern Canada, and now are aiming to extend its service to Eastern Canada.
Rick Hodgkinson, Galaxy Broadband founder, CEO and president noted, “We offer a truly world class managed service on a reliable yet cost effective platform. Our customers are seeking more and more bandwidth to support mission critical applications, morale services to work camps and reliable quality VoIP communications. The additional Ka-spot beam will expand our coverage area to the resource rich areas of Eastern Canada. We have shown the market that our SkyDATA Managed Ka- service is both reliable and cost effective. Leveraging the cost efficiencies of Ka- with some really interesting technology, we deliver to our customers a fast, predictable service for an affordable price.”
