ASTRA to provide broadband connectivity to EuroSkyPark.INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS SES ASTRA, an SES company (Paris:SESG SESG Systems Engineering Steering Group SESG Software Engineering Support Group SESG System Engineering Sub-Group )(LuxX:SESG) today announced an agreement which will see it providing broadband connectivity to EuroSkyPark, an operator of mobile and fixed satellite communication solutions, which will allow EuroSkyPark to offer a low-cost and bi-directional satellite communication service to the energy, transport, and security markets. The company said that the service on offer from EuroSkyPark will allow these businesses to implement so-called SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) A process control application that collects data from sensors and machines on the shop floor or in remote locations and sends them to a central computer for management and control. (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (application) Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition - (SCADA) Systems are used in industry to monitor and control plant status and provide logging facilities. SCADA systems are highly configurable, and usually interface to the plant via PLCs. ) solutions, which are typically used to collect, monitor and control data, using the satellite broadband connection for M2M (machine-to-machine) communication, an option that will be especially useful in remote or rural areas with no (or limited) terrestrial Internet infrastructure. ASTRA ASTRA Ancient Instruments Sound/Timbre Reconstruction Application ASTRA Australian Strategic Air Traffic Management Group ASTRA Arab Supply and Trading Corporation ASTRA Automatic System for Transport Analysis ASTRA Automatic Satellite Tracking Research Antenna will be supplying the connectivity through its ASTRA2Connect service, which was launched in April 2007, as a fully satellite-based broadband service enabling households and businesses in regions without terrestrial broadband connections access to the broadband internet. Customers from the industrial market using the new ASTRA2Connect-based service for SCADA applications are provided with an enhanced satellite dish resistant to wind load, anti-tampering and severe environmental conditions as well as specific technical support. Pricing for the service was not disclosed. ((Comments on this story may be sent to info@m2.com)) |
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