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Thuraya to Launch Satellite Data Service “ThurayaDSL” |
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DUBAI, UAE, April 14, 2005/Satnews Daily/ — UAE-based regional satellite operator, Thuraya, is launching soon a high-speed satellite Internet service branded as “ThurayaDSL”.
As a first step towards an ambitious long-term satellite broadband portfolio, the company said ThurayaDSL is aimed to improve its service offerings to customers in need of reliable high-speed data services in areas lacking adequate terrestrial infrastructure.
The new service will be available across the whole regional coverage of Thuraya spanning more than 120 countries in Europe, North and Central Africa, large parts of Southern Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and South Asia.
ThurayaDSL is a user-friendly service, based on a notebook-sized plug-and-play device that offers a speed up to 144 kbps on a shared channel. Simply, this terminal, which is SIM card operated, needs to be connected via Ethernet to a notebook or a computer for a normal Internet/data usage.
Thuraya's CEO Yousuf Al Sayed said ThurayaDSL will complement the company's existing range of services and solutions geared towards key customers in major corporates, oil and gas operations, NGOs, business travelers, media and other users of data applications.
ThurayaDSL offers a similar experience to that in terrestrial Internet service at office or home, providing a broad range of applications such as Email, Internet, web browsing, File Transfer Protocol, Virtual Private Network and other data facilities.
He explained that the service would be offered on both Post-paid and Prepaid bases. In view of the varying sizes and work nature of customers, Thuraya has come up with four Postpaid service packages: Light, Plenty, Extra and Unlimited, reflecting different usage volumes and price denominations. There is a fixed monthly subscription fee and a service charge per Megabyte on actual usage that includes some free usage Megabytes on a monthly basis.
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