Canada's Galaxy Broadband Communications Inc. has selected Encore's BANDIT line of industrially hardened routers for their satellite networks, systems and solutions throughout Canada enabling Galaxy customers to create end-to-end VPN's across both satellite and terrestrial networks.

Galaxy Broadband Communications Inc. (GBC) specializes in providing satellite Internet Solutions for consumers, business, government and corporate enterprises. As a national distributor for HUGHES' HUGHESNET, GBC supports and markets its products and services in virtually every market across the country. Galaxy owns and operates the SkyDATA service using its own HughesNet Hub. With its expertise and commitment to customer service, Galaxy Broadband Communications remains a leader in the industry of satellite internet consumer and corporate communication solutions.

Since its inception, GBC has delivered thousands of IPoS (Internet Protocol over Satellite) terminals to meet the networking needs of their clients. Galaxy Broadband Group deployed its first satellite services client in 1992, and has evolved to provide state-of-the-art satellite service solutions by delivering High Speed Data Network connectivity that meets the needs of remote and underserved areas.

"With their integrated teleport, engineering development and customer support, GBC has defined and overcome the challenges of providing converged, satellite-based communications to even the most remote resources based enterprises such as utility sub-stations and oil rigs," said Matt Girard, Encore Networks Senior Director of Market Development. "The BANDIT, with its site-to-site satellite VPN capabilities, is instrumental in Galaxy's ability to deliver bundled broadband VSAT solutions in Canada."

Encore's BANDIT' family of fully featured integrated routers is complete with firewall, terminal server, serial-to-IP conversion, legacy-to-IP conversion and VPN functionalities. They are available in both commercial grade and rugged versions for use in applications with limited environmental controls. Encore's patented Selective Layer Encryption (SLE) feature, U.S. Patent #7,360,083, is an encryption technology that securely connects satellite networks with terrestrial Internet links as part of an end-to-end VPN solution. Its EVDO capabilities can be utilized in either the primary or failover network port and the seamless cellular failover feature is ideally suited for Disaster Recovery applications. Encore Networks is also a Hughes Certified Technology Partner.

"Galaxy's strategic relationship with Encore ensures quality network solutions and services for a wide variety of satellite applications," stated Andy Carnegie, Commercial Group Director of GBC. "The BANDIT is key to our mission to offer competitive pricing and optimum system performance."