Newtec’s
FlexACM
Doubles
Capacity
for
Gateway
Communications
on
Their
Africa
IPJetDirect
Service
28th
January
2010.
Newtec
announces
today
that
its
unique
award
winning
FlexACM
technology
–
which
on
average
doubles
satellite
link
capacity
– is
the
system
behind
Gateway
Communications’
flagship
continent-wide
Internet
backbone
service,
Africa
IPJetDirect.
Gateway
Communications,
which
has
the
largest
pan-African
communications
network
with
customers
in
40
countries,
successfully
launched
IPJetDirect
last
year
using
C
band
and
Ku
band
satellites
to
deliver
IP
services
to
mobile
phone
operators
in
Africa.
Newtec’s
DVB-S2
VCM
and
DVB-S2
FlexACM
technologies
have
been
deployed
on
several
platforms
across
the
African
continent
to
ensure
maximum
bandwidth
efficiency
and
allow
Gateway
to
make
best
use
of
the
scarce
satellite
capacity
over
Africa.
"Gateway
has
always
been
a
pioneer
of
high
quality,
cost
effective
voice
and
data
connectivity
across
Africa.
By
using
FlexACM
it
can
now
reach
out
even
further
to
satisfy
Internet
demand
–
and
without
unnecessary
further
satellite
capacity
investment,"
said
Newtec
CEO
Serge
Van
Herck.
"FlexACM’s
unique
ability
to
dynamically
optimize
an
end-to-end
satellite
transmission
is
ideal
in
this
situation
and
we
are
delighted
to
be
playing
a
part
in
supporting
Gateway’s
drive
to
deliver
truly
world
class
communications
solutions
across
Africa",
Van
Herck
added.
FlexACM®
combines
a
range
of
cutting
edge
technologies
for
implementing
Adaptive
Coding
and
Modulation
(ACM),
traffic
shaping,
payload
compression
and
IP
acceleration
in a
highly
efficient
way
for
IP
trunking
and
IP
backbone
satellite
links.
In
addition
to
doubling
the
capacity
of
an
existing
link,
on
average,
it
also
guarantees
100
per
cent
availability
of
link
reception,
even
when
all
other
systems
are
down
due
to
heavy
rain
fade.
FlexACM®
can
be
used
in
point-to-point
and
point-to-multipoint
systems,
in
one
way
(with
terrestrial
return
channels)
as
well
as
two
way
configurations
(with
the
return
channel
also
over
satellite).
It
can
be
used
to
upgrade
existing
satellite
links
without
changing
other
elements
of
the
transmission
chain,
such
as
the
antenna
or
HPA.
"Newtec’s
technology
gives
us a
highly
efficient
method
of
delivering
large
quantities
of
data
into
small
antennas
and
the
Variable
Coding
and
Modulation
(VCM)
functionality
allows
the
same
platform
to
address
many
different
sized
antennas
in
the
same
footprint,"
explained
Gateway
CTO
Chris
Young.
"FlexACM®
is
optimizing
the
transmission
dynamically
and
automatically.
It
is
helping
us
in
our
drive
towards
easy
and
cost-effective
Internet
access
and
to
make
sure
Africa
leads
the
way
global
communications
are
moving".
FlexACM®
is
available
on
Newtec’s
Elevation
product
family,
which
consists
of
DVB-S2
IP
Satellite
Modulators,
Demodulators,
Modems
and
Satellite
IP
appliances.
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