Galaxy Broadband expands Ka band network in central and eastern Canada

MISSISSAUGA, ON – Canadian satellite communications company Galaxy Broadband Communications announced that it will be launching a new Ka band beam on its SkyData enterprise class service for central and eastern Canada. The new service will launch April 15, 2013 from Galaxy’s facilities in Toronto using Telesat’s Ka band spot beam on Anik F3. The coverage area includes northern Ontario, northern Quebec and the western areas of Newfoundland and Labrador. “We launched our SkyData platform on 4 Ka band beams last year to that cover the western half of Canada’s north. The service has worked very well so we wanted...