RSCC
Teams
Up
with
Romantis
to
Boost
Satellite
Services
Sales
in
EMEA
24
February
2010
The
Russian
Satellite
Communications
Company
(RSCC),
the
Russian
state
satellite
operator,
and
Romantis
GmbH,
a
European
provider
of
satellite
capacity,
hardware
and
support
services,
jointly
announced
that
they
will
cooperate
to
develop
joint
business
packages
for
the
EMEA
based
on
RSCC
satellite
capacity
and
Romantis
hardware
products
and
solutions.
The
two
companies
will
develop
a
commercial
cooperation
to
make
joint
efforts
with
promotion
and
sales
of
RSCC
satellite
capacity
for
the
Middle
East
and
Europe
and
specifically
Express-AM44
that
was
deployed
at
11°
West
in
February
2009.
The
parties
also
agreed
to
develop
customized
packages
combining
a
new
IP
based
unified
satellite
communication
VSAT
hardware
platform
(UHP-1000),
produced
by
Romantis
in
Germany
with
satellite
capacity
of
RSCC.
Such
packages
will
include
“turn-key”
solutions
for
corporate
networks,
broadband
access,
GSM
backhaul
and
etc.
The
broadcasting
and
communications
Express-AM44
satellite
is
produced
by
ISS
Reshetnev
company
(former
NPO
PM)
jointly
with
Thales
Alenia
Space
and
equipped
with
payload
operating
in
C,
Ku
and
L
bands.
The
two
high-power
Ku-band
spot
beams
provide
uniform
coverage
of
Europe
and
the
Middle
East
enabling
high-quality
video,
voice
and
data
services
throughout
the
EMEA
region.
“EMEA
region
is
one
of
the
most
important
markets
for
RSCC,
-
said
RSCC
Acting
Director
General
Yuri
Prokhorov.
-
This
partnership
will
allow
both
companies
to
penetrate
further
into
the
satellite
communications
market
of
Europe
and
the
Middle
East,
providing
customers
with
turn-key
solutions”.
Dr.
Harald
Stange,
Managing
Director
of
Romantis
GmbH
said,
"Express-AM44
is
the
cost-effective
and
reliable
satellite
to
serve
the
EMEA
region
and
the
leading-edge
hardware
platform
we
produce
is a
universal
and
all-sufficient
tool
to
deploy
various
VSAT
networks
of
any
topology.
Romantis
has
strong
local
presence
and
service
capabilities.
Together
with
Express-AM44
capacity,
we
can
offer
one
of
the
most
competitive
solutions
in
the
Middle
East
as
well
as
in
Europe
and
North
Africa
in
the
region
both
for
government
and
enterprise
customers."
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