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Apr 06, 2009, post by Satellite News
The deal provides SATLYNX with premium space segment to ensure expansion over the whole of Africa and the Middle East, plus Central Asia.
Satlynx, a GE company and a leading provider of satellite telecommunications, announced today a milestone agreement for the purchase of a significant volume of capacity on the Arabsat-5A satellite available for commercial service early in 2010. The satellite will deliver much needed capacity over the entire Africa and Middle East (MEA) regions, as well as most of Central Asia.
Satlynx’s market position will grow in strength over these key regions, as an ongoing realisation of a long-term strategy to grow through geographical expansion. Through deployment of seamless end-to-end solutions based on satellite communications technologies including SCPC, iDirect and DVB-based technologies, Satlynx will enable and support its customers in delivering connectivity to hard-to-reach locations for both short and long term implementations where a satellite-based network is often the only reliable choice.
Ronny Svang, President and CEO of Satlynx said, Despite the economic environment there is a great deal of inertia in the markets we serve and demand continues apace. It is crucial now more than ever that, as a major international value-added satellite services provider, and as part of the GE group, we secure critical space segment inventory that will enable us to execute on our aggressive geographic expansion growth strategy.
Khalid Balkheyour, President & CEO of Arabsat was also very glad We are very pleased to continue to build a strong relationship with a serious and reputable service provider like General Electric’s Satlynx. Their trust in our forthcoming pan-African Arabsat-5A satellite, soon-to-be the best available option on the market, will guarantee reliable service delivery capability for their customers over the entire African continent.
Satlynx is already actively working with customers today to scope, design and begin the build phase of projects across the MEA region in advance of the launch of the satellite.
Satlynx also sign the agreement with Polish Ministry of Economy in 2008 for about 17 mln Euro.
Satlynx delivery to Polish Armed Forces a mobile satellite dish.
Mar 11, 2009, post by Artur Ślesik
Satlynx, a GE company and a leading provider of satellite telecommunications, announced today a €6.7M business agreement with the Polish Government via its military systems partner WZL (Wojskowe Zakłady Łączności Nr 1) to provide a range of satellite equipment. In addition, Satlynx and GE have entered an Offset Agreement with the Polish Ministry of Economic Affairs as a commitment to invest in Polish business, goods and services to a value of €17M over the next five years.
Satlynx and WZL have been cooperating on a number of different initiatives for some years and this recent contract for satellite antenna equipment and services is a significant milestone in their relationship. Christian Stetter, Vice President Sales for Satlynx said: “I am delighted that we are able to take another step together as this not only strengthens our friendship but shows a growing confidence in our partnership.”
The Offset Agreement details a series of investments from both Satlynx and other GE businesses designed to bring technology, know-how and growth to the Polish economy. Ronny Svang, President & CEO for Satlynx commented: “Satlynx has received strong support from its partner in Poland in the conclusion of this agreement which will be a catalyst to accelerate business opportunities for Satlynx and GE.”
Leslaw Kuzaj, GE’s National Executive for Poland said: “The agreement focuses on strategic areas such as technology transfer, purchase of equipment for the satellite and oil & gas industries as well as providing projects from investment in modernisation. With our industrial business units, we intend to work closely with the Polish government to maximise the benefits to the Polish economy well beyond the lifetime of the offset agreement.”
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Jul 01, 2008, post by Artur Ślesik
Satlynx, a GE company and a leading provider of satellite telecommunications announced today the completion of a 300 site SCADA network for EDF Energy Networks in the UK. The network is part of a larger improvement programme to monitor and control electricity distribution in the South East of England.
In a project already lasting more than 2 years, EDF Energy Networks and Satlynx have been working together to validate the use of satellite technology for the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) application that is used to collect data and control their electricity distribution network. Initially, the network was operated from Satlynx’s state-of-the-art teleport and network operating centre located in Backnang, Germany. The early rollout was a success and Satlynx was called upon to design and build a 7.6m antenna and hub facility at an EDF Energy Networks site in England. Construction was completed on time and the new hub and infrastructure came online at the end of 2007. Satlynx continue to maintain a fully redundant back-up system at their teleport in Germany whilst remotely managing the primary hub in the UK.
Implementing this network via satellite was essential as it enabled immediate coverage across the South East whilst giving EDF Energy Networks the option to extend the SCADA network to other new regions. The technology deployed utilises a TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) access scheme which shares the available bandwidth across hundreds and potentially thousands of sites, thereby giving a cost-effective solution. This choice of technology is also highly scalable, allowing for growth in both number of sites and bandwidth, should the size of the network or the nature of the application change.
Mark Fiske, Operational Telecoms Manager for EDF Energy Networks said: “We are committed to the improvement of our infrastructure and the control of our networks is as important as the switching and distribution itself. We chose satellite as a natural medium of transport for reliable control and monitoring of our network and we have not been disappointed from our experience of both the technical solution and in working with Satlynx.”
Christian Stetter, VP Sales Satlynx, said: “The opportunity to work cooperatively with EDF Energy Networks has been both exciting and rewarding. We have taken a fundamental requirement through all stages of implementation to provide a fully functional and highly reliable system that will ensure EDF Energy Networks can continue to maintain and deliver a reliable and flexible electricity supply and distribution network”.
“We have a very diverse customer base that uses satellite technology to implement a variety of applications, from gas station point-of-sale to government embassies and from commercial shipping to off-shore exploration. It is good to see another successful SCADA network for another satisfied Satlynx customer and on such a large scale”.
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