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SpeedCast International Ltd
(ASX:SDA) and COMSAT Team Up to Deliver
Secured Ku-Band VSAT Services to Government
and Maritime Industries |
May 25, 2017
Speedcast International Limited has signed an
agreement with leading government satellite
connectivity provider COMSAT to establish a common
global service offering of Ku-band very small
aperture terminal (VSAT) services for the government
and maritime markets. The combined network will
leverage Speedcast's greater than 8 GHz of global
satellite capacity and COMSAT's security-cleared
teleports in the United States to deliver a robust,
secure network for customers needing advanced,
resilient connectivity for critical operations.
"The opportunity for collaboration with COMSAT fits
very well with Speedcast's commitment to delivering
robust, reliable, secure global communications
solutions to government and military customers, no
matter where operations take them," said PJ Beylier,
CEO, Speedcast. "COMSAT's experience in the
government segment combined with our unmatched
capacity, global network and customer support enable
us to offer highly reliable and secure solutions to
our customers."
COMSAT will provide teleport and hosting services at
their owned teleports in various U.S. sites, as well
as hands-on technical and engineering assistance to
help interconnect and migrate network segments.
Through over 50 years of serving government
customers requiring critical communications, COMSAT
brings expertise in solution development,
architecture design and service delivery support.
"COMSAT has always been at the forefront of satcoms
technology, innovating to provide enhanced services
and support for our customers' benefit," said David
Greenhill, president, COMSAT. "We recognize the same
passion in the Speedcast team. This collaboration
will allow us to mutually broaden our markets and
better serve our customers."
Through this partnership, government customers will
have access to the largest private iDirect Bandwidth
network accessed from teleports and terrestrial
nodes in NATO/Five Eyes nations. Support staff and
facilities are Information Assurance (IA) certified
and cleared, en! suring necessary security for
government furnished equipment (GFE) baseband.
Commercial customers will benefit from the cost and
operational efficiencies of highly scalable service
plans and access to the world's largest iDirect
network, combined with superior customer support and
network security measures. |
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