Castor Networks is specialized in the provision of highly reliable mission and business critical satellite communication services. Its customers include mobile operators, businesses, large governmental organizations and major broadcasters.

Headquartered in Hilversum, the Netherlands, Castor Networks provides satellite communication solutions in Europe, Africa and the Middle East to government and corporate customers. Castor services are based on a top-grade teleport infrastructure in the Netherlands consisting of two teleports one in Burum and one in Hilversum. Both teleports have datacenters with redundant connectivity to international fiber-optic networks and the global IP-Backbones. Castor also operates a streaming platform on the Amsterdam Internet Exchange with 10 Gbps Internet streaming capacity.

The reasons why Castor Networks is an attractive business partner for businesses and governments include:

• Experience: Castor staff is highly experienced as they have been active in satellite communications since almost 20 years. Many staff members already had a long standing track record in satellite communications when Castor purchased the fixed satellite business from KPN/ Xantic. Some of our key engineers have a hands-on Military and United Nations background employing satellite systems worldwide under the harshest conditions. Our staff consists of a customer oriented, highly motivated support team with the latest RF, IP, VoIP and iDirect knowledge to deliver a high quality service
• Facilities:Castor operates its iDirect hub on its own Teleport where it operates state of the art 9 meter dishes Ku- and C-band dishes. In addition Castor has its own datacenter facility at Amsterdam Internet Exchange including an own AS number and 10 Gbps connectivity ensuring the best Internet connectivity possible.
• Flexibility: Castor specializes in providing customized solutions for large corporate, government and military networks
• Professional 24/7 service: Castor offers 24/7 manned helpdesk support, including remote management and local in-country support.
• Reliability and transparency:with Castor you know what you order is what you get. iDirect VSAT services are offered by many providers, but very few are transparent about the service level the end-customer after implementation of the service. Castor’s transparent service offering is set-out to enable the customer to make an informed choice and to ensure value for money.
• High quality business service provider: Castor is committed to provide high quality business services to its customers and has a quality management system in place to continuously monitor and improve the quality of its services. Castor Networks is one of the few ISO 9001 certified VSAT providers in the world.

Castor Networks offices are located in Johannesburg, South Africa and Hilversum, The Netherlands.