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and similar enterprises that require highly secure
networks to handle advanced encryption or VPN
solutions without compromising TCP performance.
AFGHANISTAN
TS2 SATELLITE COMPLETES SATELLITE
PROJECT FOR US ARMY
TS2 Satellite Technologies has completed the
tender documentation for JCC-I/A and a satellite
network project for the Marines bases in Afghanistan.
The government contract concerns establishing
and maintaining full communications in new
locations for all soldiers stationed there during
next two years. The USA is going to transfer 4.500
Marines from Iraq to Afghanistan as early as at the
beginning of 2009. TS2 specializes in providing
global satellite communication services in areas
with poor telecommunications infrastructure. TS2
communication among the bases is possible thanks
to the simultaneous lease of bands on the Intelsat
10-02, Intelsat 901 and ArabSat Badr-4 satellites
and it additionally equips its customers with Thuraya
and Iridium satellite telephones, which are often the
only means of communication in remote locations.
INDIA
VTU INSTALLS VSAT EQUIPMENT
The Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU),
which is the first in the country to adopt EDUSAT
facility of Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO) for 50 of its affiliated institutions,
in October signed a second MoU with ISRO to
bring 100 more colleges under the programme.
Under the EDUSAT project, the VTU has set up
studio to transmit expert lectures for all affiliated
colleges through DTH reception system. In
the first phase, 50 institutions have received the
VSAT equipment from the ISRO in two batches.
TATANET TO OFFER VSAT
EQUIPMENT ON LEASE
Tatanet India has decided to offers its VSAT solution
for SME customers in smaller towns and remote
areas, especially those that are surrounded by
mountains or are on higher ground, where connectivity
is still not as easily available, specifically for
last mile connections. In such a scenario, VSAT can
ensure ready broadband access on a continuous
basis and Tatanet officials claim that their product
offers an uptime of 99.97 per cent. Tatanet is now
offering its product on lease to customers. The
deployment charges for the rented equipment are
Rs 30,000 and there is a monthly rent of Rs 2000.
C&W SIGNS MOU WITH BSNL
FOR VSAT DEPLOYMENT
Cable&Wireless India and Bharat Sanchar Nigam
(BSNL) have signed a MoU TO leverage each other’s
strengths by sharing their networks and other
telecom infrastructure. While Cable&Wireless India
will help BSNL expand its footprint globally and
provide more competitive services to its customers,
in return BSNL will support Cable&Wireless India
spread its tentacles across the country. Additionally,
the two parties will share with each other
their portfolio of telecom services including basic,
leased line and local lead services, Multiprotocol
Label Switching (MPLS), Virtual Private Networks
(VPN) services, Internet, Very Small Aperture
Terminal (VSAT), mobile and broadband services
on a preferred client basis, said the companies.
MIDDLE EAST
CETEL TAKES CAPACITY ON
NSS-12 SATELLITE
SES New Skies has signed a new capacity deal with
CETel on the upcoming NSS-12 satellite to serve
what CETel perceives as growing demand in the
Middle East and Africa for VSAT services and corporate
networks. SES New Skies’ NSS-12 satellite
is scheduled for operational service in the second
half of 2009 and will replace the existing NSS-703
satellite at the orbital location of 57 degrees East.
CETel, a teleport and satellite service provider in
the Middle East, Africa and Europe, already operates
teleport services on the NSS-703 satellite via
a 7.6m antenna. From their teleport facilities, CETel
is offering dedicated VSAT services for corporate
and governmental networks, GSM backhaul
services as well as hosting and managed solutions.
PAKISTAN
SUPERNET SIGNS ONLINE DEAL
WITH MCB AND MNET
Supernet, MCB and MNET have signed the
first ever tripartite agreement to provide online
purchase of internet hours via MCB Virtual Banking
facility. The product packages that Supernet
offers to MCB are exclusively for the MCB Virtual
Banking customers. Supernet, Pakistan’s leading
Data Network Operator and Internet Service
Provider (ISP), offers a wide range of networking
solutions to its customers which include Transit
Internet; GSM Backhaul via satellite; Broadband
VSAT; WiMax wireless access for Metropolitan
Area Networks; inter city data connectivity on
Fiber Optic as well as digital microwave radio
networks to establish enterprise networks.
AFRICA
AIMS TEAMS UP WITH TCIL FOR
E-NETWORK PROJECT
An MoU has been signed between the All India
Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and Telecommunication
Consultant of India Limited (TCIL) for
the latter’s Pan-African e-Network project. The Pan-
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