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News
March 31, 2005
PolarSat and GPTC solidify their long-standing
relationship by signing strategic agreement
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, March 31, 2005 – PolarSat
has entered into a long term strategic agreement with GPTC (General
Post and Telecom Company) of Libya. This multi-phase accord will
bring PolarSat’s state-of-the-art satellite-based communications
VSAT (very small aperture terminal) technology to GPTC clients throughout
Libya.
“PolarSat values the relationship we have built over the years
with GPTC and looks forward to a long term partnership in bringing
advanced satellite technology to Libya” says Marc Lupien,
Executive Vice President, PolarSat.
Initially PolarSat will deliver its high performance FlexiDAMA Star
& Mesh VSAT solutions to GPTC addressing the immediate telecommunication
needs of the country’s oil companies and subsequently address
special needs in other enterprise sectors. PolarSat already enjoys
a substantial presence in the oil industry in Libya.
In selecting PolarSat as a partner for providing VSAT solutions
to GPTC, we feel confident that the country will benefit from superior
satellite communication technologies for its immediate and future
needs.
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.
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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.
In addition to FlexiDAMA, PolarSat also offers the VSATPlus II product
line. 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 satellite communications terminal
offers multiservice capability, using Time Division Multiple Access
(TDMA) with Frequency Hopping (FHOP) technology.
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 :
sandra.frosst@polarsat.com
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