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EMS Satellite Networks Obtains SatLabs <nobr>DVB-RCS</nobr> Certification of Compliance |
 ATLANTA,
18 October, 2005: EMS Satellite Networks, a division of EMS
Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has obtained a DVB-RCS
Certificate of Compliance from SatLabs, the DVB-RCS standardization
group.
This verifyies that its broadband satellite terminal product complies
with the DVB-RCS standard and can interoperate with other DVB-RCS-based
satellite equipment.
EMS is the market leader in the sales of
DVB-RCS VSAT equipment. EMS was able to obtain its certification within
one month of the commissioning of SatLabs’ DVB-RCS certification
facilities located at Cetecom, Germany.
“EMS’s DVB-RCS
certification marks yet another achievement in the commercial
development of the DVB-RCS standard”, says Xavier Lobao, chairman of
the SatLabs Group. “Interoperability between terminals and systems is
one of the key advantages of the open standard, DVB-RCS, and the main
driver for continuously lowering the cost of broadband via satellite
equipment and solutions. It allows customers to choose freely between
multiple vendors instead of being tied to a proprietary or
single-vendor technology. Three DVB-RCS terminal vendors have obtained
certificates of compliance and more are expected prior to year-end.”
The
SatLabs Group is an international, not-for-profit association of
service providers, satellite operators, system integrators, terminal
manufacturers and technology providers, with the aim of ensuring
interoperability between DVB-RCS terminals and systems. To that end,
the SatLabs Qualification Program was launched earlier this year to
provide an independent certification process.
“We are proud of
the DVB-RCS heritage that we have built over the years, ever since the
very conception of the standard. DVB-RCS interoperability is one of the
core benefits of the DVB-RCS open standard and we believe that
customers will greatly benefit from the choices available from
alternative, competing vendors,” says Mr. Don Osborne, senior vice
president and general manager of EMS Satellite Networks. “This means
that customers are no longer required to make significant and often
long-term commitments to proprietary systems for two-way broadband
access via satellite. EMS has been demonstrating its systems’
interoperability for the last two years, and the SatLabs certification
formally recognizes this capability.”
About EMS Technologies, Inc.
EMS
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELMG) is a leading innovator in the design
and manufacture of wireless, satellite and defense solutions, and
focuses its unique range of advanced technologies on the needs of
broadband and mobile information users. The Company is headquartered in
Atlanta, has approximately 1,800 workers worldwide, and operates
manufacturing facilities in Atlanta, Montreal, Ottawa and Brazil.
The
Satellite Networks Division of EMS Technologies has played a critical
role in the development of the DVB-RCS international open standard for
high-speed bi-directional Internet communications via satellite, and is
a leading provider of broadband satellite communications ground
terminal and hub solutions. EMS’s DVB-RCS product and technology
solutions enable two-way broadband access for a wide range of
networking applications. Applications range from Internet access and
simple web browsing, to more sophisticated virtual private networks,
videoconferencing and voice-over-IP. EMS’s DVB-RCS solutions are the
only multiple-access solutions capable of delivering data transfer
rates of up to 45Mbps for downloads and up to 4Mbps for uploads at each
remote terminal, or enough bandwidth to support anything from a small
business to an entire community from a single remote terminal.
For additional information, visit EMS on the World Wide Web at www.ems-t.com.
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