Avanti Communications Group plc and Eurona Telecom announced the full launch of service across Spain and Portugal after signing a 10-year contract with capacity from Avanti's HYLAS 1 Ka-band satellite to provide connectivity across Spain and Portugal. The contract will enable Eurona to grow its business and support Spain's broadband coverage goals set by the European Union in the Digital Agenda for Europe (DAE), as part of the Horizon 2020 programme. The service delivers packages with speeds of 30Mbps using the new Jupiter 2 platform, which can support throughputs of up to 100Mbps. With extensive capacity of Spain and Portugal acquired by Eurona, and exclusivity of consumers in these regions, the leading Service Provider will be able to provide a more preferential service to new and existing customers. This includes providing more than 15,000 consumers across Spain and Portugal with a higher quality and more flexible service from 2017. Consumers and businesses of all sizes across 100% of mainland Spain2 and Portugal will have access to a range of superfast satellite broadband packages based on Avanti services from its HYLAS 1 Ka-band satellite.