NewCom Inks Emergency Communications Deal with SES AMERICOM, Adds REDiSat™ to Solutions Portfolio
Global communications provider to serve a broad range of markets with affordable, satellite-delivered crisis connection to Internet and data access-REDiSat™ featured at the Disaster Recovery Event March 25-28, Booth#712/714
March 21, 2007 – PRINCETON, N.J. & ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dedicated to keeping businesses up and running in the face of network outages and natural disasters, SES AMERICOM, an SES company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg stock exchanges: SESG), today announced NewCom International has signed a marketing agreement to add REDiSat to its comprehensive suite of communications solutions being offered to a diverse customer base across the Southeast. REDiSat offers businesses an always-on, satellite-delivered emergency broadband connection to the Internet, capable of supporting voice and data services.
NewCom International, a teleport operator and global communications leader headquartered in Miami, Florida, will offer REDiSat to communications service providers and businesses serving a broad range of markets, including hospitals, banks, hotels, and utilities companies.
“We’ve added REDiSat to our vast portfolio of basic and advanced communications services to offer our diverse customer base across Florida and the Southeast the one connectivity feature they want most of all – peace of mind,” said Jaime Dickinson, president and COO of NewCom International, recently named the Independent Teleport Operator of the Year by the World Teleport Association (WTA). “REDiSat is a must-have emergency communications solution designed to restore a customer’s business communications. SES AMERICOM has truly demonstrated its innovative vision with a product that will serve business and the community well for years to come.”
“By aligning ourselves with communications service leaders like NewCom, SES AMERICOM is able to reach out faster than ever before to large and small companies across the country in need of a real-time emergency communications solution capable of keeping business lifelines intact and operational,” explains Orlando Skelton, vice president of enterprise services for SES AMERICOM. “A growing number of leading companies are signing on with REDiSat to keep their communications networks and customer links open for business.”
Delivered over SES AMERICOM’s AMC-6 satellite, REDiSat offers a low-cost, customized solution and a compelling alternative to land-locked T1 circuits for both small and large businesses. A single pre-installed REDiSat Network satellite antenna can enable a business to mitigate risk and avoid shutdowns due to terrestrial network outages disrupted by physical breaks or extreme weather. The highly reliable REDiSat service leverages SES AMERICOM’s satellite fleet, which carries millions of secure, mission-critical business transactions every day and has been used by U.S. Government agencies and Fortune 500 companies for more than 30 years.
SES AMERICOM offers flexible REDiSat subscription pricing plans, which enable businesses to secure emergency network access. The proactive REDiSat Network delivers high-speed Internet connections in two levels of service.
About AMC-6
Launched in October 2000, AMC-6 is a hybrid C- and Ku-band satellite operating at 72 degrees west longitude. From this position in the eastern part of the U.S. orbital arc, both the C- and Ku-bands of the satellite provide service to government, VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) network and entertainment customers in the continental United States, Mexico, Canada, Central America, and the Caribbean.
About SES AMERICOM
The largest supplier of satellite services in the Americas, SES AMERICOM, Inc. is recognized as a pioneer of global satellite communications services. Established in 1973 with its first satellite circuit for the U.S. Department of Defense, the company currently operates a fleet of 16 spacecraft in orbital positions predominantly providing service throughout the Americas. As a member of the SES family, SES AMERICOM is able to provide end-to-end telecommunications solutions to any region in the world via the SES fleet of more than 40 satellites. With its combined operations, SES AMERICOM serves broadcasters, cable programmers, aeronautical and maritime communications integrators, Internet service providers, mobile communications networks, government agencies, educational institutions, carriers and secure global data networks with efficient communication and content distribution solutions.
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Contacts:
Monica J. Morgan
SES AMERICOM
(1) 609-987-4143