The Tooway™ broadband service operated by the Skylogic affiliate of Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) has been selected by Brennercom, the principal telecom operator in the South Tyrol, to deliver broadband across the Italian-German-speaking province. Brennercom is deploying Tooway™ in partnership with Raiffeisen OnLine, a leading ISP, and Run, a network infrastructure manager specialized in serving banks in the South Tyrol.

Brennercom, Raiffeisen OnLine and Run will each leverage the universal coverage of the Tooway™ satellite service to deliver broadband to local authorities, businesses and consumers currently deprived of broadband. The satellite kit and user costs, subsidised through public funds, will be made available on request to homes located beyond range of ADSL and terrestrial wireless networks, principally in remote towns and the many hamlets of the mountainous province. Enabling download speeds of up to 3.6 Mbps and uploads of up to 384 Kbps, Tooway™ is the most advanced satellite service in Europe for delivering two-way broadband connectivity with no dependency on telephone lines. The service already available today will be supplemented by Eutelsat’s all Ka-band multi-beam satellite, KA-SAT, which will be launched at the end of 2010. Tooway™ is provided by Skylogic using its Turin teleport, while Brennercom, Raiffeisen Online and Run will each manage their own distribution and commercial strategies.