Sponsors
With capacity commercialised on 24 satellites that provide coverage over the entire European continent, as well as the Middle East, Africa, India and significant parts of Asia and the Americas, Eutelsat is one of the world's three leading satellite operators in terms of revenues. At 31 March 2008, Eutelsat’s satellites were broadcasting almost 3,000 television channels and 1,100 radio stations. More than 1,100 channels broadcast via its HOT BIRD™ video neighbourhood at 13 degrees East which serves over 120 million cable and satellite homes in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
www.eutelsat.com
European leader in satellite systems and a major player in orbital
infrastructures, Thales Alenia Space is a joint venture between Thales
(67%) and Finmeccanica (33%). Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio embody the
two groups' "Space Alliance". Thales Alenia Space sets the global standard
in solutions for space telecoms, radar and optical Earth observation,
defense and security, navigation and science. The company has a total of
7,200 employees and 11 industrial sites, with design and manufacturing
facilities in France, Italy, Spain and Belgium.
Astrium, a wholly owned subsidiary of EADS, is dedicated to providing civil and defence space systems and services. In 2007, Astrium had a turnover of €3.5 billion and 12,000 employees in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain and the Netherlands.
Astrium provides a total satellite communications system capability in-house, from spacecraft and payload design, manufacture, test and launch to complete ground control and communications infrastructure, in-orbit operation and services. A long standing supplier of Eutelsat, Astrium has built most of the HOT BIRDTM satellites
Arianespace is the world’s leading launch Service & Solutions company, delivering innovative services and solutions to its customers since 1980. Backed by 23 shareholders and the European Space Agency, Arianespace offers an unrivalled launcher family, comprising Ariane 5, Soyuz and Vega, and an international workforce renowned for their culture of excellence. As of October 1, 2008, Arianespace had launched a total of 263 payloads, including more than half of all the commercial satellites now in service worldwide. It has a backlog of nearly 25 Ariane 5 and 10 Soyuz launches, equal to more than 3 years of business.
Tooway™ is a Eutelsat project to navigate the Internet via satellite high-speed and to use VoIp and IpTv services. It is made up of a satellite dish and a satellite modem that utilise a bi-directional signal on KA band and it does not require any phone line.
Tooway™ is an ideal solution in all digital divide areas. Thanks to Eutelsat’s satellites, connecting from any Italian location is now possible. By 2010, a satellite devoted to broadband and the Tooway™ system, KA-Sat, will widen resources and accessibility of services to Europe and the entire Mediterranean basin, with a total capacity higher than 70 Gigabits per second.
www.open-sky.it
