Bentley
Walker
Expands
Infrastructure
July
6,
2010
iDirect
announced
that
Bentley
Walker,
a
major
satellite
operator
headquartered
in
the
UK,
has
purchased
two
iDirect
5IF
Hubs
to
expand
services
via
Eutelsat
SkyLogic’s
teleports
in
Turin
and
Cagliari,
Italy.
Bentley
Walker
will
leverage
iDirect’s
latest
software
release,
iDX
2.1,
to
deliver
a
variety
of
network
services
across
EMEA
and
South
America.
Bentley
Walker
will
use
its
upgraded
network
infrastructure
to
expand
its
satellite
coverage
and
offer
new
services
to
its
growing
customer
base.
The
providers’
EMEA
network
currently
delivers
satellite
broadband
to
small
and
home
office
customers
for
core
business
applications
including
Internet,
VoIP
and
video
conferencing.
The
additional
iDirect
hubs
enable
Bentley
Walker
to
utilize
increased
bandwidth
capacity
on
Eutelsat’s
Premier
W
Series
Satellites
W2,
W6
and
W7,
to
provide
extensive
coverage
over
the
EMEA
region.
With
this
added
capacity,
Bentley
Walker
will
broaden
its
reach
across
Africa
and
introduce
coverage
in
South
America
for
military
and
high-end
enterprise
customers.
Additionally,
the
company
will
offer
leased
capacity
to
Virtual
Network
Operator
(VNO)
providers
who
do
not
own
any
telecommunications
infrastructure.
Bentley
Walker’s
infrastructure
upgrade
is
built
on
iDirect’s
latest
software
release,
iDX
2.1,
as
part
of
the
provider’s
continued
investment
in
next
generation
technology.
The
release
further
enhances
the
DVB-S2
efficiency
gains
of
Evolution
and
iDX
2.0
to
allow
Bentley
Walker
to
deliver
more
bandwidth
at a
lower
cost
to
its
customers.
iDX
2.1
features
several
new
capabilities
including
software
optimizations
designed
to
yield
up
to a
15%
improvement
in
packet-per-second
(PPS)
performance,
a
new
bandwidth
allocation
algorithm
for
iDirect’s
powerful
and
versatile
Group
QoS
technology,
and
scalability
enhancements
that
enable
service
providers
to
support
up
to
5,000
remotes
on a
single
network.
Further,
Evolution’s
built-in
Adaptive
Coding
and
Modulation
(ACM)
technology
continually
adjusts
link
performance
during
bad
weather
to
ensure
that
Bentley
Walker
can
maintain
link
availability
even
during
rain
fade.
“iDirect’s
Evolution
satellite
hubs
give
us
the
flexibility
to
offer
a
variety
of
services
while
maximizing
bandwidth
efficiency
–
especially
critical
for
serving
capacity-restrained
regions
like
Africa.
Further,
the
iDX
2.1
software
proved
to
be
an
obvious
and
seamless
upgrade,
giving
us
additional
performance
and
scalability
enhancements
so
we
can
expand
our
reach
and
target
new
customers.”
said,
Anthony
Walker,
CEO,
Bentley
Walker
Ltd
