GT&T LAUNCHES SVNO
New Satellite Virtual Network Operator service launched at CABSAT Dubai and SatCom Africa

Belgian telecommunications operator, Global TT (GT&T) is launching its new Satellite Virtual Network Operator (SVNO) at CABSAT, Dubai, and SatCom Africa, Johannesburg, this spring. This highly advanced web interface enables the company’s resellers to act remotely on the GT&T teleport. Customised for each reseller, down to their own graphical chart, it enables them to act as a teleport operator for their clients, from managing subscriptions, to monitoring and full reporting.

In just over ten years, GT&T has become one of the principal operators of Internet services and telephony by satellite in Europe, the Middle East, central Asia and Africa. Today, GT&T serves more than 2500 end-user terminals, deployed by a network of distributors, via its own teleport located in Belgium.

“Currently, our installed base of terminals is growing at one VSAT every four hours,” says Jean-Louis Garcia, CEO of Global TT. “Our growth has been particularly strong in the Middle East and Africa, and we have reinforced our capacity on two Eutelsat satellites, ATLANTIC BIRD™ 3, in C-band, and W6, in Ku-band, to accompany this progression.”

GT&T’s success is based on the added value they provide their distributors and clients. A private Web interface enables remote management of each VSAT terminal and visibility on its usage (subscriptions, protocols, volume). Prepaid Internet access, with username and password for PCs connected to the satellite modem, has also proved very successful, and the company has recently launched a new type of subscription, enabling modular connection tariffs between primetime and off-peak periods. Rather than being defined in advance, the different periods are indicated in real time on the user’s screen.

The company has also put in place a new e-platform, allowing distributors and clients to directly top-up and reload their subscriptions 24 hours per day, without contacting their operator.