Eutelsat
Satellite
Broadband
To
Transform
Service
At
300
Poste
Italiane
Offices
25 June 2015
Services
in
300
of
Poste
Italiane's
most
rural
locations
are
set
to
be
transformed
following
signature
of a
contract
for
high-speed
satellite
broadband
connectivity
between
the
broadband
affiliate
of
Eutelsat
Communications
and
Poste
Mobile,
the
network
infrastructure
provider
for
Poste
Italiane.
The
agreement
will
enable
Poste
Italiane
offices
located
beyond
terrestrial
broadband
to
provide
the
public
with
the
same
level
of
service
as
in
branches
in
major
towns
and
cities.
Staff
will
also
gain
improved
office
IT
and
telecommunications
services
that
will
benefit
their
customers.
Using
its
powerful
KA-SAT
satellite,
Eutelsat
Broadband
has
been
selected
by
Poste
Mobile
to
install,
manage
and
maintain
a
high-speed
satellite
communications
network
between
post
office
locations.
The
first
120
locations
will
be
connected
by
the
end
of
2015
with
the
additional
180
post
offices
to
follow
in
2016.
The
agreement
is a
game-changer
for
Italian
post
offices
limited
to
ISDN
connections
that
will
now
benefit
from
accelerated
download
speeds
of
up
to
22Mbps
and
upload
speeds
of
up
to 6
Mbps.
The
vastly
increased
performance
will
enable
Italy’s
national
postal
service
to
enhance
postal,
insurance
and
banking
services
to
the
public
as
well
as
back-office
operations.
Using
the
increased
reliability
and
capacity
of
Eutelsat's
broadband
service,
Poste
Italiane
has
also
successfully
tested
additional
public
and
back-office
services
that
can
be
rolled-out
in
the
future.
These
include
public
wi-fi
access
in
post
offices,
security
surveillance
options
and
videoconferencing
facilities.
Fabrizio
Virtuani,
CEO
of
Poste
Mobile,
said:
“Whether
in a
major
city
or
the
remotest
rural
village,
ensuring
Poste
Italiane
customers
have
universal
access
to
our
postal,
banking
and
insurance
services
is a
key
objective
for
us.
By
using
Eutelsat
Broadband’s
satellite
communications
we
can
achieve
this
goal
and
propose
further
benefits
and
services.”
“This
national
deployment
programme
will
step
up
service
for
Poste
Italiane
customers
and
staff
working
in
the
most
rural
offices
and
underlines
the
quality
and
reliability
of
our
connectivity
solutions,”
said
Jean-Francois
Fenech,
General
Manager
of
Eutelsat
Broadband.
“Our
high-speed
satellite
services
play
a
vital
role
in
bringing
the
essential
benefits
of
digital
communications
to
users
trapped
in
the
Digital
Divide
and
we
are
delighted
to
have
the
opportunity
to
demonstrate
this
value
with
a
significant
deployment
initiative
across
Italy.”
Connectivity
services
provided
by
Eutelsat
Broadband
are
designed
to
meet
the
needs
of
SOHOs
and
businesses
within
the
footprint
of
the
KA-SAT
satellite
that
covers
Europe,
North
Africa
and
large
parts
of
the
Middle
East.
Services
are
optimised
for
users
in
locations
where
fixed
line
connectivity
is
slow
or
unavailable
and
also
for
businesses
that
need
an
alternative
to
fixed
line
broadband
for
critical
applications
such
as
disaster
recovery
or
back-up.
Eutelsat
Broadband
offers
a
wide
range
of
data
allowances
up
to
200GB
a
month
and
a
host
of
flexible
B2B
features
including
Public
IP
addresses,
Business
Hour
Protection
and
a
range
of
customisable
options
including
guaranteed
bandwidth
speeds.
