Pacific Telecommunications Conference (PTC) 2010 – Antenna
Technology Communications Inc. (ATCi), a provider of commercial
satellite communications systems and Solana HK, a Hong Kong based
co-location facility, today announced from the PTC Conference in
Honolulu its new cooperation agreement to jointly offer affordable,
industry broadband satellite and fiber services to underserved markets
throughout Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The new partnership will
bring together the best of breed of ATCi’s proprietary "Skyway to
Highway" technology to Solana HK’s world class facilities that offer
innovative anywhere-to-anywhere access. Starting March 31, 2010, the
voice, data and video IP services will be provided to numerous key
government and commercial customers throughout the region.
ATCi
will implement DVB S2 ACM-latest generation IP broadcast and signaling
with up to 60% more efficiency than previous platforms. ATCi’s packaged
solution coupled with interlaced RF to digital IP optimizer technology
will enable GSM operators to reduce their backhaul bandwidth
requirements through proven network optimization and voice compression
methods. The solution will allow for comprehensive bandwidth
optimization techniques to eliminate unnecessary data. It will also
suppress silence, compress voice on interfaces that require it, and
packetize traffic for transport over the most cost-effective
infrastructure. The result is a dramatic reduction in bandwidth
requirements across all cellular links without experiencing any
degradation in voice quality or network reliability. Less bandwidth
utilization means lower operating expenses (OpEx) which is critical to
an operator’s financial performance.
"We are thrilled to reunite
with John Madsen and his team at their new leading edge facility in
Hong Kong," said ATCi’s CEO, Gary Hatch. "We believe that the Asia
region has the most dynamic growth opportunity for voice video and data
gateway applications," Hatch added.
"This is an exciting
collaboration," said John Madsen, Managing Director, Solana HK. "ATCi’s
technologies are extremely economical as compared to current broadband
and backhaul networks," added Madsen. "We are extremely well positioned
for growth in this area, the partnership is an excellent fit in that
quality of service is a core ethic for both companies," Madsen
concluded.
The voice, data and video IP services will be available March, 2010.
