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News
January 14, 2004
PolarSat concludes VSAT deal with Navigation
Aeronav International for the DRC
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, January 14, 2003
– PolarSat, a privately-held Canadian company focused on the
development and manufacture of satellite communications equipment,
is pleased to announce that it has received a contract from Navigation
Aeronav International of Pointe-Claire, Quebec for a complete VSAT
Plus II satellite communications system. This initial network will
link six airports (Kinshasa, Lubumbashi, Mbuji-Mayi, Mbandaka, Ilebo,
Kamina) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. All points will
be set up to support voice communications (ATC controllers to ATC
controllers and ATC controllers to pilots via VHF radios) and data
communications (AFTN messaging, Intranet LAN). All of these services
will use a standard frame relay protocol. The network will be expanded
to more than 15 stations.
“We have chosen VSAT PlusII technology from PolarSat
because of it’s unique distributed architecture with no single
point of failure which is essential for Air Traffic Services related
applications”, states Michel Roy, Vice-President, of Aeronav.
The VSATPlus II provides a full mesh, hubless network with no single
point of failure and offers the greatest ease of network configuration
and expansion. It supports the most demanding network applications
including high quality voice, low and high-speed data, video conferencing
and fax - all in a single low-cost, integrated platform. Combined
with the unique direct E1 telephony and Frame Relay interface, the
VSATPlus II is the most cost-effective satellite communications
solution for multi-line and/or multi-application networks in the
world.
PolarSat also offers their FlexiDAMA using 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.
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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’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
Manager, Sales and Marketing
Telephone : (514) 694-2244
Facsimile : (514) 694-5288
Email : sfrosst@polarsat.com
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