Spacenet introduces new digital telephone service
over satellite for business continuity and emergency response
applications
McLean, VA, July 9, 2007 – Spacenet Inc.
today introduced Connexstar Digital Phone, a carrier class telephone
solution available as part of the company’s high-performance
Connexstar satellite service. The new Digital Phone service enables
customers to make clear digital telephone calls, in addition to
receiving business class Internet access, and real-time video
over the same high-performance satellite link. Designed for remote
locations, mobile command centers or as a backup to existing landline
phone services, Connexstar Digital Phone completes a converged
communications solution of voice, video, and secure data available
in a rapidly deployable satellite package.
Spacenet Senior Vice President of Marketing & Corporate Development
David Myers said, “Connexstar Digital Phone is different
from traditional VoIP based services that leverage the open public
Internet to provide inexpensive long distance calls. By contrast,
the Digital Phone service is designed with mission critical businesses
and emergency response personnel in mind. Our services are optimized
to provide carrier quality calls over a privately owned and operated
satellite infrastructure and connect directly to the public switched
telephone network.”
With a focus on being the high-performance choice in satellite
communications, Spacenet’s Connexstar Digital Phone employs
the latest generation in satellite optimized voice technologies.
Customer voice calls are separated from Internet, data, and video
traffic on the network, through special “voice only”
channels to ensure call throughput and quality. Spacenet’s
Connexstar services are based on technology developed by Gilat
Satellite Networks Ltd., a leading VSAT satellite telephony provider.
Features of Connexstar Digital Phone include: toll-quality voice
performance, integration with existing networks, local phone number
assignment and phone number portability, as well as support for
mobile 911 services. Customers pay a per-line monthly fee in addition
to competitive per-minute charges for calls terminating outside
the Connexstar Digital Phone network. Connexstar Digital Phone
service can be used either with Spacenet’s standalone SkyEdge
VSAT terminals or with the Cisco IP Satellite Network Module.
The service is deployable in fixed or transportable configurations
and is available in full-time or on-demand (part-time) packages.
About Spacenet®
Founded in 1981, Spacenet Inc. is a leading provider of high-performance
satellite and hybrid terrestrial networking solutions for business,
government and home/small office customers in the United States
and worldwide. Spacenet has a longstanding tradition of industry
leadership and innovation, and today serves more than 100,000
network endpoints for customers including many Fortune 500 companies
and major government agencies. Spacenet's services include its
custom satellite/hybrid network solutions for enterprise and government;
Connexstar TM VSAT services for primary, backup and disaster recovery
networks; and StarBand® broadband Internet by satellite. Spacenet
is based in McLean, Virginia, and operates its own end-to-end
services infrastructure including network management, field services
and teleport facilities in McLean; Atlanta, Georgia; and Chicago,
Illinois. Spacenet is a wholly owned subsidiary of Gilat Satellite
Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT). Visit Spacenet at www.spacenet.com.
Spacenet Media Contact:
David Myers
Senior Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Development
(703) 848-1200
david.myers@spacenet.com |
