[SatNews] There's a new version for the EASTAR(tm) satellite router from this company.

Romantis GmbH provides satellite capacity in Europe as well as hardware and respective support services — their new software version of the EASTAR satellite router was designed, developed and manufactured in-house and one of the innovations of this release is support of the efficient DVB-S2 standard in dedicated SCPC mode of operation. In addition to its network switching function, the EASTAR satellite router can be effectively used as a satellite modem to set up dedicated high-speed communication links or data broadcasting networks. Unlike standard DVB-S2 modems, EASTAR equipment is a full-fledged router that brings together a range of services into a single channel, providing the necessary quality of service (QoS).

This DVB-S2 compliant, inexpensive, and feature rich solution will allow telecom operators to significantly cut their operational costs, or free up some resources to implement their new projects as DVB-S2 allows for efficient use of satellite bandwidth and reduces the amount of required capacity up to 30 percent, compared with DVB-S. EASTAR VSAT platform has proven to be a reliable and cost-effective solution to connect remote base stations of mobile operators, to establish regional networks as well as international long-distance channels. The EASTAR router supports a wide range of speeds from 540 kbps up to 88 Mbps, which are available to users without any commercial constraints. Testing equipment in the SCPC/DVB-S2 mode proved compliance with the industry standard and demonstrated the minimum delay across the link at various speeds. New software can be remotely installed on EASTAR satellite routers that were purchased earlier by users using built-in upgrade tools.