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Gilat To Rollout 1300 Public VSAT Station Across Tibet
Petah Tikva - May 29, 2003 Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. has been selected by the China Telecommunications Corp. to provide a large-scale, satellite-based rural telephony network in the Tibet autonomous region of China. China Telecom will make an initial purchase of a DialAway hub, 14 gateways and 1,300 VSAT terminals for public call offices to serve the region's remote villages. The tender indicates that the contract can be extended to a total of 5,000 VSATs. Each DialAway remote site supports up to six toll-quality voice channels on the network, providing as many as 4-5,000 voice lines. The DialAway VSAT provides on-demand voice, fax, and data services to and from fixed remote locations via satellite. It can be deployed quickly in harsh terrain and is designed to perform well in severe conditions where the mountainous terrain and cold weather make it difficult to implement a communications infrastructure. These are important attributes in Tibet, a vast, mountainous territory with altitudes up to 5,000 meters. In such an environment, satellite-based technology provides the most effective, if not the only, means of communication. Gilat's DialAway rural telephony VSATs are used successfully by other major telecommunications agencies around the world, including Telkom South Africa, Peru's FITEL, Colombia's Compartel and India's TATA Teleservices. However, it was the successful deployment of DialAway VSATs in China's Xinjiang region (China's first large-scale, satellite rural telephony network), that was instrumental in the decision to award Gilat the contract in Tibet. The first 300 VSATs have been delivered to China Telecom, while the remaining units are to be delivered in the second quarter of 2003. China Telecom is responsible for the deployment of the system. Gilat provides technical services, training and support to its customers in China through its local Beijing office. Giora Reish, Associate Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Asia, said, "With this agreement, we solidify Gilat's position as the leading provider of satellite-based rural telephony networks in China. Given the fact that several other Western regions of China are interested in similar systems, we have a very positive outlook for our business position in this very important market." Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Gilat Satellite Networks SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express VSAT News - Suppliers, Technology And Applications
SkyTerra Announces Plans To Separate Into Two Public Companies
New York (SPX) Sep 23, 2005SkyTerra Communications announced Thursday that it plans to separate into two publicly owned companies: SkyTerra, which would solely hold SkyTerra's current stake in each of Mobile Satellite Ventures and TerreStar Networks; and a newly formed entity that would own all of SkyTerra's other assets including its managing interest in Hughes Network Systems. |
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