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News January 12, 2005 PolarSat VSAT equipment being installed in
South Asia tsunami relief effort Through Telenor Satellite Services / Corporate Networks (www.telenor.com/satellite) and various NGOs, our VSAT equipment is currently being rushed first to Indonesia and Sri Lanka followed by the other countries affected by the tsunami. Over 30 sites are already en route to the area and needs are currently being assessed for supplementary equipment. These sites will enable emergency voice and data communications facilitating the coordination of relief efforts. Indeed, reconstruction work began within hours of the disaster. “Having experienced technical personnel posted in Jakarta, we were able to respond quickly to repairing and reinstalling much of our equipment already existing in the ravaged areas” proudly declared Moshe Ben-Shach, Executive Vice President Supply Services. Marc Lupien, Executive Vice President Sales and Marketing, added “In addition to our current mandate, we are actively working with the Canadian government to increase our participation in the relief efforts, depending on where their people “on the ground” see the greatest need”. ABOUT POLARSAT PolarSat Inc. is a privately-held company focused on the development and manufacture of satellite communications terminal equipment and systems. The company employs some 94 people. PolarSat offers three distinct product lines of satellite-based networking products. In addition to the VSATPlus II, PolarSat also offers the FlexiDAMA (TDM-SCPC/DAMA) and NANOOK (DVB-RCS) Product lines. FlexiDAMA uses SCPC-DAMA satellite access technology to provide full mesh circuit and packet switched connectivity with dynamic in-circuit bandwidth-on-demand to provide maximum flexibility and bandwidth efficiency. Further, the company’s SkyIP (IP-based technology) offers remote offices simplicity and scalability across a wide range of telecommunications services, including Internet access, LAN/WAN interconnects, voice, data, and on-demand video teleconferencing. The NANOOK product line, including the family of KODIAK remote terminals is based upon the DVB-RCS open standard. Building upon this published air interface (DVB-S forward link, MF-TDMA return link), the NANOOK product line extends the capability and functionality of this broadband access technology through an elegant integrated suite of IP enhancements. Quality of Service (QOS), TCP Performance Enhancements (PEP), IPCompression, IPSec, Firewall, and DHCP form the core of a robust and extensible product line. PolarSat’s head office and manufacturing plant is located at 18105 Trans-Canada Highway, Kirkland, Quebec, Canada. For further information about PolarSat Inc. please contact: Sandra Frosst
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