Hughes
Europe
Signs
Up
Bentley
Walker
for
Additional
19
July
2010
Hughes
Europe,
has
announced
the
sale
of a
sixth
HX
broadband
satellite
hub
and
an
additional
2,000
HX
broadband
terminals
to
Bentley
Walker,
a
leading
international
satellite
Internet
services
provider,
who
is
expanding
its
service
footprint
and
extending
its
solutions
to
military
personnel
in
Afghanistan
and
Iraq.
With
this
purchase,
Bentley
Walker
now
will
have
taken
delivery
of
over
12,000
Hughes
broadband
satellite
terminals
for
delivering
services
across
the
Middle
East
and
Afghanistan,
Africa,
and
South
America.
By
adding
an
additional
HX
hub
on
the
Eutelsat
W7
satellite,
the
new
agreement
provides
additional
capacity,
responding
directly
to
the
rapidly
increasing
demand
for
voice
and
data
services
in
the
region.
“Many
soldiers
club
together
in
small
groups
to
take
advantage
of
this
service,”
said
Anthony
Walker,
CEO
of
Bentley
Walker.
“With
Hughes’
simple-to-use
equipment,
they
can
either
install
it
themselves
with
our
help,
or
use
their
more
experienced
communications
engineer
colleagues.
And
the
recent
addition
of
turbo
software
delivering
industry-leading
broadband
performance
means
that
soldiers
can
access
a
wide
range
of
Internet
voice
and
data
services
at
an
affordable
cost.”
In
order
to
encourage
maximum
adoption
of
the
service,
Bentley
Walker
is
providing
free
satellite
systems
with
many
of
its
service
packages.
Other
commercial
support
includes
the
provision
of
subsidised
shipping,
flexible
contract
terms,
live
24/7
technical
support,
and
a
wide
range
of
solution
packages,
from
single
user
to
large
multi-user
LANs.
As a
result,
U.K.
and
U.S. soldiers can stay in
regular
touch
with
family
and
loved
ones
during
their
tours
of
duty
in
Afghanistan and
Iraq. Testimonials from the front-line
endorse
the
importance
of
this
support.
As
one U.S. soldier deployed in Iraq said, “Regular
communication
with
home
and
the
convenience
of
having
Internet
in
your
room
or
tent,
with
speeds
you
are
accustomed
to
and
at a
price
you
can
afford,
help
to
raise
your
spirits.”
“As
the
success
of
this
initiative
demonstrates,
not
all
satellite
Internet
services
are
the
same,”
said
Christopher
Britton,
managing
director
of
Hughes
Europe.
“As
the
demand
for
military,
commercial
and
domestic
use
in
Afghanistan
and
Iraq
continues
to
grow,
the
combination
of
Hughes’
robust
and
flexible
technology
backed
by
Bentley
Walker’s
unrivalled
quality
of
commercial
and
technical
support,
are
ideally
suited
to
meet
the
unique
demands
of
such
tough
environments.”
