[SatNews] Turkey based satellite service provider, Balkan Telekom, has signed an additional contract with Avanti Communications to extend its reach across Middle East and Turkey.

The services will be deployed immediately to enterprise users, via Avanti’s HYLAS 2 Ka-band satellite.

Hüseyin AktaÅŸ, CEO at Balkan Telekom, said, “The flexibility of Avanti’s network has given us the opportunity to increase our addressable market with a range of new packages. Delivering a range of SLAs, these are leading broadband satellite internet solutions for businesses that remain uncovered by the terrestrial providers. Avanti’s HYLAS 2 satellite provides extensive coverage of the major countries that we want to target.”