Castor Networks is a leading Netherlands based satellite service provider and teleport operator. We provide VSAT and mobile satellite services to companies active in the Mining, Maritime and Energy industries, NGO's and Governments. Broadcasting customers benefit from live audio and video transmission services, downlink and transcoding services and uplinking of TV bouquets. Wholesale customers the satellite industry are served with Teleport services, Virtual Network Operator (VNO) services and Satellite Capacity leasing.
Once the satellite broadcasting division of the national telecom operator KPN, Castor Networks was created in 2005 following a management buy-out. Now privately financed, the company is based in De Meern, The Netherlands and is owner-operator of two teleports and a leased fibre network from which it provides services to an international client base.
Their mission is to be a natural partner for our customers in providing them the high quality services and professional support they need. We focus on creating long-term relationships and some of our key customers have been with us for over 15 years.
Castor Networks strategy is to expand its local presence into key geographical markets. It currently has offices in Johannesburg, South Africa and Juba, South Sudan to serve VSAT customers and in Malta to serve its Superyacht customer base. Recently they decided to open offices in Freetown, Sierra Leone and Congo DRC.
Their mission is to be a natural partner for our customers in providing them the high quality services and professional support they need. They focus on creating long-term relationships with their customers and some of their key customers have been with them for over 15 years.
Castor Networks is one of the leading Satellite Service providers in Europe providing VSAT and Teleport services in Europe, Africa, Middle East, Asia and the Caribbean.
Castor Networks operates two teleports in The Netherlands and an iDirect hub infrastructure in its Teleport Burum. Their headquarters is in The Netherlands and they have a Sub-Saharan Regional office in Johannesburg, South Africa and a Sales Office in Juba, South Sudan.
Castor Networks specializes in providing reliable mission and business critical communication services via satellite. All their services are set-up fully redundant with ready to be deployed spares.
Their services:
- iDirect services: high speed VSAT services for Business, Maritime, Military, and NGO customers requiring reliable Internet, VPN and VOIP services via satellite
- iDirect VNO services with up/downlink services for Satellite Services Providers
- Teleport up/downlink services and collocation
- Satellite capacity lease and Occasional Use
- Support, Monitoring tools, VSAT hardware and Installation services
They operate more than 16 antennas ranging from 3.7m up to 18m in diameter and our iDirect Evolution services are available on 10 satellite footprints covering Africa, Europe and Middle East fully in Ku and C-band and parts of Asia and the Caribbean in Ku-band.
Their in-house developed iDirect monitoring tool provides service transparency by providing up-to-date data-usage and performance status reports.
