Solaris
Mobile
Announce
Corporate
Partnership
with
Europcar
4
February
2010
Solaris
Mobile
Ltd,
announced
a
major
new
partnership
with
Europcar.
The
new
corporate
partnership
is
another
in
the
long
list
of
Pan-European
businesses
that
are
now
working
with
the
Irish
company
to
evolve
broadband
services
and
develop
superior
quality
mobile
television,
radio
and
broadband
services.
Yet
again
at
the
forefront
of
innovation
both
in
terms
of
technology
and
new
services
made
available
to
their
customers,
Europcar
will
showcase
next
generation
communication
services
installed
by
Solaris
Mobile
in a
small
selection
of
cars
in
Paris.
In a
first
instance,
Europcar
will
be
equipping
a
handful
of
cars
with
TV
and
radio
services
either
via
devices
located
in
the
vehicles
or
directly
in
the
embedded
car
multimedia
systems.
In
addition,
Europcar
vehicles
currently
driven
by
Solaris
Mobile
employees
have
also
been
equipped
with
the
system.
Commenting
on
the
announcement
of
the
partnership,
Steve
Maine,
CEO,
Solaris
Mobile,
said;
“The
partnership
with
Europcar
gives
Solaris
Mobile
the
opportunity
to
showcase
the
potential
of
delivering
next
generation
broadband
and
broadcast
services
to
people
on
the
move.
Solaris
Mobile’s
new
hybrid
network
enables
video,
data
downloads
and
ubiquitous
voice
services,
services
which
have
previously
only
been
available
to
fixed
line
services”.
Eric
de
Saint-Louvent,
Director
of
Sales
&
Marketing
Europcar
France
added:
“Europcar
as
N°1
Car
Rental
Company
is
always
looking
for
ways
to
innovate
its
product
offering
and
improve
its
customer
rental
experience.
This
partnership
with
Solaris
is a
perfect
opportunity
for
Europcar
to
be
at
the
forefront
of
technology,
and
trial
these
new
services
for
&
with
our
customers”.
A
demonstration
of
the
newly
equipped
cars
and
their
communication
capabilities will
be
available
at
the
Solaris
Mobile
stand
in
The
App
Planet,
Hall
7,
Stand
7G4
at
the
GSMA
Mobile
World
Congress
(Barcelona,
15-18
February
2010.
Solaris
Mobile,
a
joint
venture
between
Eutelsat
and
SES-Astra
was
set
up
in
2008
to
develop
next
generation
mobile
communication
services.
The
company
intends
to
deploy
a
hybrid
satellite
and
terrestrial
network
enabling
the
provision
of
mobile
television,
radio
and
data
channels
as
well
as
broadband
and
voice
communication
services
to
be
delivered
to
mobile
phones,
portable
terminals
and
in-vehicle
devices.
In
May
2009,
the
European
Commission
awarded
Solaris
Mobile
the
right
to
operate
satellite
&
terrestrial
services
in
S-Band
in
all
27
EU
member
states.
S-Band
is
spectrum
residing
in
the
2GHz
band
and
is
adjacent
to
UMTS
used
by
mobile
3G
operators.
At
present,
Solaris
Mobile
is
carrying
out
trials
in
Paris,
demonstrating
the
broadcast
of
TV
and
radio
services
to
phones,
other
handheld
devices
and
cars
–
across
the
city
and
surrounding
areas.
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