Avanti wins new contract with Novasoft

11th Aug 2011 08:35

Satellite operator Avanti Communications has won a contract with Spain-based Novasoft.The contract provides Avanti with an estimated 1m potential customers who it believes would benefit from a faster satellite broadband product. Novasoft's subsidiary, Novasoft WiFi Extremadura, is an ICT services provider in Spain which is working with the regional government of Extremadura in a project which aims to provide subsidised broadband services to customers in rural areas that cannot access terrestrial broadband. According to EU estimates, approximately 10% of residential telephone lines in Spain are unable to operate an internet connection at speeds of 2Mbps or more.Avanti's chief executive, David Williams, said: "I am pleased to note again that Avanti's successes in working with government funded rural broadband projects can be replicated around Europe."NR