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Vizada launches ThurayaIP broadband mobile satellite service

  • United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, July 07 - 2009 at 14:07
  • PRESS RELEASE

Vizada, the independent satellite communications provider, has launched the ThurayaIP broadband mobile satellite service.

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The launch follows an extensive development phase with Thuraya to fine-tune the service and link it to Vizada's network infrastructure.

Vizada, and service provider partner SeaMobile Europe, have combined ThurayaIP with their own applications and solutions to provide a packaged service to the France24 news channel. This enables France24 reporters to perform high-quality live broadcasts, as well as send emails and use internet from remote locations.

France24 reporters use SeaMobile Europe's Media ClipWay end-to-end software solution in order to send live and pre-recorded film over the ThurayaIP terminal.

In addition, a new interconnection between Vizada's IP backbone and the Thuraya network enables Vizada to provide a more user-friendly service through its range of Vizada Solutions. With Vizada's Terralink Data Manager, users can set up personalized firewalls, monitor usage, and better manage access rights on data connectivity services. Vizada's Scratch & Web prepaid cards also provide multiple users fixed amounts of credit in megabytes for private communications, including emails and web-browsing.

During the development phase, Vizada worked closely with SeaMobile Europe and France24 reporters to ensure that the ThurayaIP service closely matched their requirements.

"I broadcast live from the Khmer Rouge trial in Cambodia and the image quality was exceptional, superior to any other system I have used previously,"


said Cyril Payen, South East Asia Bureau Chief with France24.

"The very high transmission speeds gave us a great deal of flexibility to zoom in and out, film movement, and generally provide us with first-class live broadcast. The fact that I can practically fit the terminal in my pocket is also a definite plus. ThurayaIP and the Media ClipWay solution enabled me to be the only reporter to broadcast live from inside the trial compound."
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Notes and media contacts

Vizada
Vizada is an independent provider of global satellite communications services. Vizada offers fixed and mobile connectivity services from multiple satellite network operators through service provider partners throughout the world. The company was formed by the merger of Telenor Satellite Services and France Telecom Mobile Communications. Vizada now works with the broadest range of network providers in the industry, including: Eutelsat, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Iridium, Loral, New Skies, SES Americom, and Thuraya.

Vizada's customers operate in a range of industries, including: commercial business, military and civil aviation, merchant shipping, emergency response organisations, government and military units, global media companies, and telecoms and internet service providers.

Vizada's 200,000 end users benefit from access to satellite communications services wherever they are in the world, based on the widest possible choice of networks, supported by more than 400 partners. These services are delivered through Vizada's Global Teleport Network - five state-of-the-art satellite facilities strategically positioned around the world - and packaged as tailored Vizada Solutions, which add business value to basic connectivity services.

Thuraya
Thuraya provides cost-effective mobile satellite services in more than 140 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Services provided by Thuraya include mobile voice that support dual GSM and satellite mode, broadband, maritime, rural telephony, fleet management and other advanced applications that enable people and businesses everywhere under its coverage to enjoy constant access to communications and information.

Thuraya enhances sectors such as oil and gas, mining, agriculture, NGOs and maritime services through its cutting edge technology.

The Company launched its third satellite in January 2008, which has brought countries of the Asia-Pacific region under its footprint and extended its coverage to nearly two thirds of the globe's population.

Thuraya was founded in 1997 by a consortium of leading national telecommunications operators and reputed investment firms from the region.

Media Contacts:
Annie Hurley
Corporate Press Officer
Vizada EMEAA
Tel: +33 1 48 15 73 04

Mr. Ebrahim K. Ebrahim
Corporate Communications Department
Thuraya Telecommunications Co.
Post Box 283333 Abu Dhabi, UAE
Tel: 971-4-4255544
Fax: 971-4-4255577

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