The German Market Leader for Broadband Via Satellite Expands to the UK

The German Market Leader for Broadband Via Satellite Expands to the UK

BERLIN, August 4/PRNewswire/ --

- skyDSL: Highspeed Internet for the Entire UK

The German market leader for broadband via satellite, TELES Wireless Broadband Internet GmbH, expands to the UK. The new subsidiary TELES skyDSL UK Ltd. is based in Birmingham. "The British market is attractive to us as satellite services already have a large established customer base," says Klaas Imgenberg, Managing Director of TELES Wireless Broadband Internet GmbH. "Hence we anticipate a particularly quick acceptance by the market of using broadband internet access via satellite."

skyDSL was developed by the renowned IT company TELES AG from Berlin. It has been successfully established already in Germany with several ten thousands customers gained in the past years. In other European countries, skyDSL is also a welcome alternative to terrestrial broadband offers. "Tieing in with the success of skyDSL in Germany, we want to convince British internet users of skyDSL," says Imgenberg. "skyDSL is aimed at all British internet users who don't have ADSL, but who want to surf the web immediately at high speeds and who want to avail of attractive service features."

skyDSL is available immediately anywhere in the UK independently of terrestrial ADSL infrastructure. In addition to the skyDSL software, TELES skyDSL UK Ltd. also provides a satellite dish and a PCI card or USB box which is connected to the computer. The satellite dish is pointed at the satellite Eurobird 3, 33degreesEast. To upload data to the internet, a telephone line or mobile phone connection is required. skyDSL achieves download speeds of up to 16Mbit/s and offers numerous free service features such as offline download of emails or content, i.e. music or images. Information about the pricing structure and service features can be found at www.teles-skydsl.co.uk. Prospective customers can get advise free of charge by telephone at 0800-4730074. For representatives of the press, TELES skyDSL UK Ltd. offers a press briefing with live demo of the service in London on 18/08/05. Journalists can obtain further details regarding date and location at press@teles-skydsl.com.

TELES Wireless Broadband Internet GmbH, subsidiary of TELES Group, is market leader in the field of broadband internet access via satellite. Its product skyDSL offers highspeed internet access that is immediately available anywhere within the satellite footprint. Internet users require a telephone connection for data transfer.

TELES Wireless Broadband Internet GmbH Maria Dehmer Dovestr. 2-4, 10587 Berlin, Germany Phone: +49-30-39928-185 Fax: +49-30-39928-01 E-mail: press@teles-skydsl.com

Source: TELES Wireless Broadband Internet GmbH

TELES Wireless Broadband Internet GmbH, Maria Dehmer, Dovestr. 2-4, 10587 Berlin, Germany, Phone: +49-30-39928-185, Fax: +49-30-39928-01, E-mail: press@teles-skydsl.com

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