XipLink XHO Technology Selected by Operators in Asia

June 21, 2011

XipLink, announced at the annual CommunicAsia show in Singapore that some of Asia’s leading telecommunications providers have selected the XipLink Hub Optimizations (XHO) technology to provide immediate bandwidth optimization improvements on satellite networks. Through the bandwidth savings provided by XipLink’s XHO technology deployed at the satellite network hub sites, satellite service providers will be able to provide a faster and more responsive end-user experience. With this single-sided optimization technology in place, the service providers will see significant bandwidth throughput increases, allowing them to add new and improved services to meet growing customer demand.

SingTel, the leading service provider in Asia, is one such operator that is deploying XHO in their networks. There were a number of key determining factors in SingTel’s decision to select XipLink’s XHO technology, such as the ability to deploy network optimization at the hub side without the need for the deployment of any remote equipment. In addition, the range of features, scalability and the significant bandwidth improvements played heavily into their decision.

“We are very keen to begin utilizing the XipLink XHO technology,” said Lee Foh Cheong, Director, Technology, SingTel Satellite. . “The amount of increased throughput combined with the many beneficial features of this advanced technology will provide immediate user enhancements to our customers and will allow us significantly improved performance of our existing bandwidth usage.”

XipLink’s XA-Series appliances, range in scale from 2 Mbps and 50 connections for use in small office locations to redundant high performance systems operating at 155 Mbps and 30,000 simultaneous connections. XipLink appliances also support key value-added options such as a factory installed dynamic web cache, IPSec integrated security software and XiPix lossy compression for outbound web optimization.

“XipLink is very pleased that SingTel has selected our XHO technology,” said Sasmith Reddi, Asia Sales Director of XipLink. “SingTel’s selection based on factors such as scalability, optimization including QoS, cost effectiveness and efficient implementation characteristics, highlights XipLink’s focus to develop the best technology available.”