Hellas Sat To Fill Broadband Gaps In Greece Using Newtec’s Sat3play®

Greek consumers to benefit from low cost easy to install satellite broadband

Newtec, a world-leading innovator in the satellite and communications industry, today announced a deal with Greek-Cypriot satellite operator Hellas Sat, to deploy its 2-Way Satellite Multimedia Broadband System, Sat3Play®, to residential users throughout Greece and all remote islands, much in lack of terrestrial DSL.

The new service from Hellas Sat will be provided via Ku-band capacity on the Hellas-Sat 2 satellite, positioned at 39 degrees East. It is set to dramatically improve the availability of broadband services in Greece, where only 19 percent of people currently have access to fast terrestrial broadband services. Sat3Play®’s advanced modulation scheme and easy to install patent pending “Point&Play(tm)” capability make it an extremely cost effective system for both the operator and the end user.

Hellas Sat CEO, Christodoulos Protopapas said, “Hellas Sat understands the importance of broadband connectivity as the only method available today that is capable of establishing cheap internet connectivity anywhere in Greece. Hellas Sat is continuing to enhance the existing satellite broadband services by awarding Newtec the contract for a Sat3Play® hub and terminals and continuing to bridge the broadband gap for home users located in rural areas and islands”.

Newtec CEO, Serge Van Herck said “Hellas Sat’s selection of Sat3Play® as its technology of choice for the implementation of its Satellite Broadband Services across Greece, demonstrates that our technology is recognised as the optimum solution available for consumer satellite broadband. Sat3Play®’s small size, low cost and easy installation makes it consumer friendly – a quality that is very attractive to an operator such as Hellas SAT.”

This latest deal with Hellas Sat comes just three months after Newtec was awarded the Frost and Sullivan European Innovation award for Sat3Play®, recognising the company’s extensive work in combining industry standards to create an industry leading product.

Sat3Play® is part of a broad portfolio of Newtec products for which it has built up a strong reputation for exceptional customer service and product quality. Its range includes high-speed DVB and DVB S2 modulators, Next Generation DVB RCS-based IP Broadband Access Networks, digital TV and radio distribution networks and IP Software.

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For more information please contact:
Max d’Oreye
VP of Marketing
Tel: +32 3 780 65 00
E mail: mdo {at} newtec(.)eu

About Newtec

Newtec is one of the market leaders in Satellite Communications, offering highly reliable products and solutions including DVB modulators, Digital TV & Radio Distribution networks, interactive TV networks and IP Broadband Access Networks to customers worldwide.

With its ambitious policy of re-investment in R&D, Newtec is recognized as a forerunner in several innovative satellite communication technologies, which have been published as industry standards (DVB, DVB-S2, DVB RCS and iSatTV Cenelec pr EN50478).

Established in 1985, and headquartered in Belgium, the company has regional offices located in Stamford (US), Singapore (Singapore), Beijing (China), Dubai (UAE), São Paulo (Brazil) and Johannesburg (South Africa).

More details are available at www.newtec.eu

About Hellas Sat

Hellas Sat (www.hellas-sat.net) is a leading satellite operator offering services in Europe, Middle East and Southern Africa. Hellas Sat offers capacity on its high-power Ku-band beams of the Hellas-Sat 2 satellite at 39º East. Hellas Sat’s value combines high quality services at affordable prices and professional business practices with understanding of different customer needs. Hellas Sat individual solutions are based on a wide portfolio of services offered in all regions.