IDMI To Launch DVB S2
Broadband Platform On NSS-7
(5 May 2008) SES New Skies, an SES
company, announces that IDMI, the international arm of IDM, Lebanon's leading
ISP with more then 125000 users, has contracted 40 MHz on SES New Skies' NSS-7
satellite to introduce a new DVB S2 SCPC broadband platform serving customers
in the Middle East and Africa.
"We are continuously striving to
stay abreast of technology and to offer our customers the best solution in the
fastest way at a fair price", says Maroun Chammas, Executive Director of IDMI.
"With our strong knowledge and experience in internet and connectivity in the
Lebanese market, and based on our extensive experience in system integration
and VSAT services, IDMI has selected the NSS-7 satellite with its high power to
offer DVB S2 broadband connectivity to customers across a wider geographic
area."
According to Zakie Karam, General Manager of IDMI, "IDMI works
with financial institutions, government organisations and corporate customers
and has the mission of providing customised broadband & telecommunication
services to satisfy connectivity requirements all over the world. NSS-7 not
only offers optimal coverage of our target areas, but its orbital position is
also a major hot spot for internet connectivity into the Middle East and
Africa."
Nigel Gibson, Vice President Sales at SES New Skies, states:
"The ubiquity of satellite broadband access allows us to quickly and
efficiently meet customer demands in areas not covered by terrestrial networks.
SES New Skies is committed to support state-of-the-art broadband access with
reliable, high-quality satellite capacity and looks forward to a fruitful
collaboration with IDMI."
About NSS-7
NSS-7 is a
state-of-the-art, hybrid Ku- and C-band satellite located at 338º East
over the Atlantic Ocean, providing coverage of Europe, Africa, the Middle East,
and the Americas. NSS-7 is one of the world's leading programming contribution
satellites located at one of the hottest orbital locations for Trans-Atlantic
connectivity as well as internet connectivity from North America into Europe,
the Middle East and Africa. IDMI's services are on NSS-7's Europe/Middle East
spot which is capable of reaching the entire European continent as far west as
Moscow, south through the whole of the Black Sea region, and throughout all of
Mediterranean North Africa.
About IDMI:
Born from IDM, Lebanon's
leading ISP representing more than 50% of the residential and corporate market
segment, IDMI integrates all the group's innovative capabilities and expertise
in internet, VSAT Services, Wireless Data transmission, and all kinds of
connectivity: a new business opening up to a wider world. IDMI head office
located in Beirut is able to provide solutions and services to corporations and
end users in the Middle East, Central Asia, and Africa.
About SES New
Skies
SES New Skies is an SES company offering satellite communication
services to a range of customers including telecommunications providers,
broadcasters, corporations and governments around the world. SES New Skies has
a global fleet of seven satellites in orbit, with three additional spacecraft
under construction (NSS-9, NSS-12 and NSS-14) and ground facilities around the
world.
Headquartered in The Hague, the company has offices in Hong Kong,
Johannesburg, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Sydney and Washington, D.C. In addition to
SES New Skies, SES wholly owns the market-leading satellite operators SES Astra
in Europe and SES Americom in North America, 90% of SES Sirius in Europe, and
strategic participations in Ciel in Canada and Quetzsat in Mexico. SES provides
outstanding satellite communications solutions via a global fleet of 38
satellites in 25 orbital locations.
(source: SES New Skies)
