Satellite Link Bonding over Eutelsat’s KA-SAT satellite

Businesses can incrementally increase bandwidth by aggregating multiple satellite links

comBOX multi-WAN services is partnering with Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) to offer its Satellite Link Bonding solution over the KA-SAT satellite to offer businesses the opportunity to incrementally add bandwidth to their Wide Area Networks (WAN) by aggregating multiple satellite links together.

The solution means organisations operating in remote areas across Europe can use high-speed, secure and reliable Internet services for business wherever they are located. comBOX Satellite Link Bonding, is ideal for:

Small to medium companies located in remote areas that access the Internet via satellite broadband connections and need constant access to Cloud Services for their daily operations.
Companies with centrally located headquarters and a number of branch offices located outside urban areas that need security and reliability of data communication between their remote offices and the headquarters.
Companies that require Quality of Service (QoS) and Traffic Shaping for guaranteed bandwidth to critical services or applications.

Aggregated satellite bandwidth

Businesses using the new solution can take existing single Internet connections from Eutelsat Broadband, which deliver download speeds of up to 22Mbps and upload speeds of up to 6Mbps over the KA-SAT satellite, and bond them together to provide a stable and secure increased bandwidth service. For example, by aggregating the bandwidth of four Eutelsat’s satellite links the total speed would reach 88 Mbps for download traffic and 24 Mbps for upload traffic.

The comBOX satellite link bonding technology uses a special algorithm to effectively aggregate the available bandwidth and create a virtual Internet connection with speeds equal to the sum of the individual connections used. The aggregated bandwidth is available even for a single session (e.g. transfer of a single file), as the data is sent simultaneously utilizing all the available satellite links. The algorithm is self-tuning and adaptive to changes in the bandwidth and quality of the individual satellite links.

Designed for business

The solution has been designed to offer businesses the flexibility, security and certainty they need, with real time Data Compression, Performance Enhancing Proxy (PEP), TCP tuning and Packet Order Correction (POC), as well as various Quality of Service (QoS) and Priority adjustments. These features help compress the data transmitted over the satellite to keep costs down, ensure data is transmitted at optimum speeds, bandwidth is managed automatically for data intensive applications and service is maintained even during network outages.

Antonios Chaidemenos, Managing Director at comBOX multi-WAN services, said, “The combination of our comBOX satellite bonding solution and Eutelsat Broadband’s KA-SAT satellite coverage across Europe enables businesses to take advantage of high-speed, stable and secure broadband services from any location, however rural or isolated.”

Olivier Anstett, General Manager at Eutelsat Broadband, said: “This partnership provides organizations using our satellite broadband services with new levels of speed, capability and flexibility unseen before. The comBOX Satellite Bonding solution will provide businesses in hard to reach communication areas with the tools to compete on a level playing field.”

About Eutelsat Communications

Established in 1977, Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL, ISIN code: FR0010221234) is one of the world’s leading and most experienced operators of communications satellites. The company provides capacity on 34 satellites to clients that include broadcasters and broadcasting associations, pay-TV operators, video, data and Internet service providers, enterprises and government agencies. Eutelsat’s satellites provide ubiquitous coverage of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Americas, enabling video, data, broadband and government communications to be established irrespective of a user’s location. Headquartered in Paris, with offices and teleports around the globe, Eutelsat represents a workforce of 1,000 men and women from 32 countries who are experts in their fields and work with clients to deliver the highest quality of service. For more about Eutelsat please visit www.eutelsat.com.

About Eutelsat Broadband

Eutelsat Broadband provides satellite broadband services to residential and professional markets, as well as to broadcasters, across the European continent, North Africa and large parts of the Middle East. Its residential product tooway™ is the best in class satellite broadband solution and a unique cost-effective alternative to terrestrial access technologies in unserved and underserved areas, with download speeds up to 22 Mbps and upload speeds up to 6 Mbps. The connectivity needs of corporate customers and telcos are also catered for through the KA-SAT Access product line and its VNO and VPN solutions. Eutelsat Broadband also provides the latest IP based satellite news gathering solutions, with its NewsSpotter service. For more information, visit: www.eutelsatbroadband.com.