...to enhance the company's satellite service offerings in Iraq and Afghanistan. Bentley Walker's new hub will run on Avanti's Ka-band HYLAS 2 satellite, which is set to launch in June, and will open up significant new satellite capacity throughout the Middle East and Africa. The flexibility of the iDirect platform enables Bentley Walker to provide communications solutions to a range of end users in the Middle East, from soldiers who need reliable and secure mobile communications to enterprise users who require on-demand broadband access for streaming voice, video, and data. With its significant investment in Ka-band capacity, Bentley Walker is well positioned to offer high speed, low-cost, two-way data communications to its growing customer base in the region.

Bentley Walker will provide satellite capacity through multiple service models, including a managed service model and a Virtual Network Operator (VNO) model. The former option offers end users a turnkey solution for installing and managing an iDirect network, while the latter option gives Bentley Walker partners the flexibility to manage their own services without the ownership commitment of a complete iDirect hub.