Satellite communications company New Skies Satellites (NSS) has unveiled two new Internet offerings - IPsys Broadband for Asia and IPsys Bandwidth on Demand (Bod) for Latin America. The products are designed to deliver next-generation, two-way satellite broadband services.

A company release says that both the services have been designed so that telecommunication companies, service providers, network integrators, ISPs and other resellers can cost-effectively establish integrated networks. They will use the shared hubs to offer high-quality, cost-effective broadband Internet services virtually anywhere within the area covered - regardless of the physical terrain or the extent of terrestrial communication networks.

The potential applications include virtual private networks and high-speed Internet connectivity, video conferencing, rural telecommunications, VoIP, distance learning networks, etc.

In Asia, New Skies' IPsys Broadband features a Newtec digital video broadcast-return channel by satellite (DVB-RCS) hub installed at the company's partner mediaport facility in Hong Kong. The hub will leverage the NSS-6 satellite's Ku-band coverage of South and North-East Asia. The service is currently undergoing beta testing and will be commercially available later this year.

Meanwhile in Latin America, NSS has launched a new IP broadband network hub provided by Shiron Satellite Communications at the company's Washington DC mediaport. This will offer IPsys Bod to customers throughout Latin America and the Caribbean over the NSS-806 satellite. The service enables the use of small C-band antennas throughout the entire region due to NSS-806's high-powered coverage of the Americas.