Globecomm and UTStarcom Forge Technology Partnership, Demonstrate Campus Enterprise Mobile Network via Satellite
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HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., Mar 30, 2007 -- Globecomm Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: GCOM), a global provider of end-to-end value-added satellite-based communications solutions and UTStarcom, Inc., announced a technology partnership designed to demonstrate the power of a hosted satellite solution to meet the need for enterprise campus mobile connectivity. The two companies have created a nationwide demonst ration network linking multiple picocells serving their office buildings, with all backhaul and call control provided via satellite through a flexible, cost-effective hosted solution.
UTStarcom, a global leader in the manufacture, integration and support of IP-based, end-to-end networking and telecommunications solutions, has installed a CDMA switch at Globecomm's Mobile Switching Center in Hauppauge, New York, and picocell base stations at its offices in Vancouver, BC, Canada; Alameda, California; Rolling Meadows, Illinois; Kansas City, Missouri; as well as at Globecomm's Hauppauge office.
Globecomm, a leading integrator of satellite into network applications, has deployed the UTStarcom switch with its SatCell HST satellite technology to create a hosted switching solution that handles all call control and billing as well as backhaul of the traffic itself. A terrestrial VPN provides backup to the primary satellite circuit.
"The Globecomm/UTStarcom demonstration network shows how quickly and cost-effectively an enterprise mobile network can be deployed across all of an organization's campuses, regardless of the quality of local telecom infrastructure," said Globecomm vice president Stephen Yablonski. "Our award-winning SatCell IP technology makes it possible to carry traffic and manage the network via satellite, or through a hybrid satellite-terrestrial solution, at an affordable monthly cost."
In 2003, Globecomm received a GSM Association award for the demand-assigned mesh network technology that has become SatCell. This technology optimizes mobile signaling and backhaul traffic for satellite transmission as IP, using a hybrid architecture customized to a network's traffic volumes and patterns. It enables the prioritization of traffic, a dynamic sharing of bandwidth among base stations, and deployment of higher-order modulation where needed. The result is a significant reduction in the bandwidth required to connect base stations.
"UTStarcom is one of the few companies to offer CDMA switching that is compatible with the demands of a satellite IP network," said Brian Caskey, UTStarcom's vice president for worldwide marketing. "Our mSwitch is an IP-based multi-service platform providing IP gateway functionality, broadband applications, provisioning and service management, and operations support systems. We're proud to be collaborating on this demonstration network with an IP convergence leader in the satellite space."
About Globecomm Systems
Globecomm Systems Inc. provides end-to-end value-added satellite-based communication products, services and solutions by leveraging its core satellite ground segment systems and network capabilities, with its satellite communication services capabilities. The products and services Globecomm offers include pre-engineered systems, systems design and integration services, managed network services and life cycle support services. Globecomm's customers include communications service providers, commercial enterprises, broadcast and other media and content providers and government and government-related entities.
Based in Hauppauge, New York, Globecomm Systems also maintains offices in Washington, DC, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates and Afghanistan.
SOURCE: Globecomm Systems Inc.
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