iDirect Expands
Satellite Business in Asia Pacific
(18 June 2007) iDirect Technologies
(iDirect), a global provider of satellite-based broadband communications
solutions and the US satellite communications arm of Singapore Technologies
Electronics Limited, today announced it has expanded its presence in the Asia
Pacific region by signing three new contracts for its multi-protocol, bandwidth
efficient satellite hub.
iDirect also announced three new
satellite communications solutions aimed at the Asia Pacific market. These
include new hardware and software that will enable network operators to better
manage and sell satellite bandwidth to extended enterprises, small form factor
Comms-on-the- Move (COTM) technology for commercial and government
applications, and a global satellite network management system for the maritime
industry.
iDirect's new contracts, spanning Southeast Asia, China and
Pakistan, highlight iDirect's rapid growth in the region and the appeal of its
universal satellite communications platform.
"The Asia Pacific region has a critical need
for satellite communications to fuel business growth and social development.
Yet, network operators, businesses and government organisations have diverse
requirements - from rural connectivity to oil and gas exploration - and demand
multiple technologies and communications protocols. At iDirect, we have
engineered our technology to meet a universal set of requirements. Our
customers can support any combination of network applications to thousands of
remote sites serving virtually any mix of customer requirements - all from a
single iDirect platform. This technology differentiator is driving our business
momentum in Asia." Andrew Bond-Webster, Regional Vice President and Managing
Director, Asia, iDirect
iDirect Introduces Diversified Bandwidth
Delivery Model for Network Operators
At CommunicAsia 2007, iDirect is
introducing a new solution, Group Quality of Service (QoS) that enables
satellite network operators to significantly improve the economics of
implementing broadband satellite communications for large enterprises.
iDirect's Group QoS enables operators to dynamically allocate bandwidth across
a diverse range of end user groups and applications, creating tiered service
levels that eliminate under-utilized bandwidth and provide a more affordable
and diversified service package to their customers.
Service levels can
be modified for different groups of remotes, business units, office locations,
technology applications, and other specifications established by the network
operator. As a result, under-utilized bandwidth can be reallocated across a
satellite network, allowing operators to bundle multiple customers with diverse
user profiles onto the same bandwidth.
iDirect Debuts Global Network
Management System for Maritime Industry, New Technology for Small Form-Factor
Comms-on-the-Move
iDirect is also introducing new hardware and software
features that advance Comms-on-the-Move for a variety of commercial and
government applications. iDirect has expanded its Network Management System
(NMS) to include features that enable service providers to track, monitor and
maintain contact with mobile communications units anywhere in the world.
Through industry-first automatic beam switching technology, iDirect's hubs and
routers equip providers with geographic mapping that allows mobile units to
remain connected through multiple satellite coverage. The solution is designed
for the global maritime industry to maintain continuous data connections as
vessels travel across satellite footprints.
In addition, iDirect is
introducing spread spectrum technology over its D- TDMA platform. This
innovation enables commercial and government organisations to spread signals at
a much lower rate than CDMA based solutions. This results in more
cost-efficient use of extremely small reflector antennas or phased array
antennas on aircraft, maritime, and land based vehicles.
ST Electronics
also launches at CommunicAsia 2007, its Agilis 1.2m stabilised C-Band VSAT
(Very Small Aperture Terminal) antenna. The antenna is considered the world's
smallest stabilised C-band antenna in the market currently and is targeted at
providing satellite communications to the large and untapped market base of
smaller vessels. The antenna will provide these vessels with the opportunity to
benefit from efficient and cost effective broadband satellite communications as
it fits perfectly into the confined space of smaller vessels providing them
with an "Always On" connectivity for all their communication requirements. It
provides not only secure transmission, but also a fast 512 kb/s inbound
transmission rate and up to 2 Mb/s for outbound transmission. Users can expect
this cost-effective compact system to provide them with continuous on-board
communications through a high performance network.
iDirect Technologies,
a company of VT Systems Inc, designs, develops, and markets satellite-based
broadband access solutions targeted at the enterprise, government, carrier and
educational sectors that have the need for fast, flexible, and geographically
dispersed two-way internet/intranet access. The company has developed
technology solutions that combine high performance, world-wide availability,
ease of installation, high reliability, and low cost to end customers. In
addition, iDirect solutions offer unprecedented efficiencies, increased revenue
opportunities and higher per customer gross margins to satellite network
operators. iDirect was awarded the 2005 World Teleport Association Teleport
Technology of the year, the Innovation & Technology of the Year by The ISCe
Advisory Board, and named number one in the Deloitte & Touche Virginia
Technology Fast 50 list of the fastest-growing U.S. technology companies.
iDirect operates its corporate headquarters in Herndon, Virginia and has
regional offices in Europe, Asia, and covering Latin America.
VT Systems
Inc and its subsidiaries are preferred providers of engineering solutions,
products, integrated systems, and services in the Americas across the core
business areas of marine, aerospace, electronics and land systems.
Headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, VT Systems operates throughout North
America and offers a broad range of proven innovative services to both the
commercial and government sectors. VT Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd. Please visit
www.vt-systems.com.
ST Electronics, the electronics arm of ST
Engineering, delivers innovative system solutions to government, commercial,
defence, and industrial customers world-wide. It specialises in the design,
development and integration of advanced electronics systems, such as broadband
radio frequency and satellite communication, e-government solutions,
information communications technologies, rail and traffic management, realtime
command and control, training and simulation, intelligent building management,
and information security and mobile commerce solutions.
(source: iDirect
Technologies)