Elsacom - a European
Globalstar Satellite Service Provider - to Resell Artera Turbo
(11 July 2005) Elsacom (a
Finmeccanica Company), the leading provider of Globalstar satellite and
Internet services in the European market, to distribute Artera Turbo Internet
acceleration technology to its user base under the name Express Data
Compression.
"We are pleased that Elsacom sees the
benefits of our technology and has decided to distribute Artera Turbo to its
customers," said Michael Parrella, CEO Artera Group, Inc. "We look forward to
the expansion of Artera Turbo distribution throughout the European satellite
Internet market with this strategic partner."
In satellite Internet
field trials, Artera Turbo sped surfing speeds by up to five times and achieved
an average bandwidth reduction of 70%.
Elsacom provides Globalstar
service in 27 European countries: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia &
Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany,
Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova,
Norway, Slovak Republic, Romania, Serbia & Montenegro, Slovenia, Sweden,
Switzerland and Ukraine.
Michael Yates, General Manager of Elsacom,
commented, "The agreement with Artera Group confirms the efforts to provide
high quality data services over Globalstar to Elsacom customers. This
agreement, along with other newly developed data services which will be
announced soon, demonstrates the flexibility of the Globalstar system in
meeting the needs of specific market segments with tailor made solutions."
About Elsacom
Elsacom, a Finmeccanica company, is among the most
important satellite telecommunications companies on the market today. It offers
a comprehensive range of reliable, affordable and competitive fixed and mobile
satellite telecommunications services. Elsacom is a strategic partner of the
Globalstar consortium, the leading provider of global mobile satellite
telecommunications services, offering both voice and data services from
virtually anywhere in over 120 countries around the world.
About
Artera
Artera Group is the developer of software-based technology that
accelerates data transmission over any existing communications link for
Internet-based applications. The technology speeds dial-up, DSL, cable modem,
ISDN, T1/E1, and satellite links. The performance enhancement techniques
employed by Artera Turbo are also effective for private Intranet traffic.
(source: Artera)