CapRock Communications Selects Intelsat to Provide Satellite Services in North America.HOUSTON -- Intelsat today announced that in a strategic win for the company, it has signed a new long term contract for capacity on the IA-6(TM) satellite with CapRock Communications, a leading satellite communications service provider A Communications Service Provider or CSP is a company that transports information electronically. The term encompasses public and private companies in the wireline, wireless, Internet, cable, satellite, and managed services businesses. focused on remote industrial markets - including oilfield, construction, maritime, mining, and disaster relief. CapRock has over two decades of experience delivering business class communications, including secure corporate networking and telephony services to companies with operations in hard to reach places. CapRock will provide access to the IA-6 satellite via one of their six international teleports, with fully managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality controlled through their 24/7 global network operations center See NOC. Network Operations Center - (NOC) A location from which the operation of a network or internet is monitored. Additionally, this center usually serves as a clearinghouse for connectivity problems and efforts to resolve those problems. headquartered in Houston, Texas “Houston” redirects here. For other uses, see Houston (disambiguation). Houston (pronounced /'hjuːstən/) is the largest city in the state of Texas and the . While Intelsat is Intelsat I (nicknamed Early Bird for the proverb "The early bird catches the worm") was the first (commercial) communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit, on April 6, 1965. a major global provider of satellite services for the oil and gas industry, the signing of this contract marks its first penetration into the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. energy market. "CapRock has been an Intelsat customer for years, using our network to serve various clients in Africa and the Middle East. It has been our strategic goal to expand that relationship by offering them excellent North American coverage using our new Intelsat Americas Intelsat Americas, was the redesignation given to the several Telstar satellites serving North America following their sale to Intelsat by Loral Space & Communications in 2003. On February 1, 2007, they were renamed under the "Galaxy" brand. (TM) fleet," said Mark Rasmussen Mark Rasmussen, born October 28 1983 in Newcastle, England is a striker currently playing for Northern League Division One side Newcastle Benfield. He started his career at Football League Championship outfit Burnley, who he joined after being spotted by scout Jack Hixon. , Intelsat's Regional Vice President, North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. Sales, speaking at the Offshore Communications trade show in Houston. "As an industry-leading provider of advanced corporate networks, CapRock brings an outstanding portfolio of services to the exploration and production industry and it's our role to help them make that happen." "We rely on Intelsat as one of our primary providers of space segment, a key component of the highly reliable satellite communication solutions we provide to our customers," said David Myers, Vice President, Marketing for CapRock. "Our advanced VSAT (Very Small Aperture satellite Terminal) A small earth station for satellite transmission that handles up to 56 Kbits/sec of digital transmission. VSATs that handle the T1 data rate (up to 1.544 Mbits/sec) are called "TSATs. based networking services enable customers to extend their corporate telephone and data networks to their outer most points of operation - be they in the jungle, desert, or open ocean. Intelsat's robust space segment services help us to provide the advanced communications companies have come to expect, in places that they might not ordinarily expect to find them." About Intelsat Building on 40 Years of Leadership. As a global communications leader with 40 years of experience, Intelsat helps service providers, broadcasters, corporations and governments deliver information and entertainment anywhere in the world, instantly, securely and reliably. Intelsat's global reach and expanding solutions portfolio enable customers to enhance their communications networks, venture into new markets and grow their businesses with confidence. For more information, visit www.intelsat.com. About CapRock Communications Established in 1981 to provide communications services to the most extreme locations, CapRock Communications is the dominant satellite communications provider for the off-shore oilfield industry, with growing service to maritime, construction, mining, forestry and government markets. By offering complete managed telecommunications solutions in the world's harshest and most hard-to-reach environments, CapRock has earned a reputation as the one to call when reliability matters. The company utilizes the latest field proven satellite technologies to deliver highly reliable communication services for broadband networking, real-time video and digital telephony Digital telephony is a technology used in the provision of digital telephone services and systems. Since the 1960s it has almost entirely replaced the old telephone system that used analog telephony. . Strategic partnerships, technical expertise and a robust global infrastructure enable CapRock to deliver on its promise to be the market's reliability leader. More information about CapRock is available on the company Web site at www.caprock.com. Some of the statements in this news release constitute "forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. " that do not directly or exclusively relate to historical facts. The forward-looking statements made in this release reflect Intelsat's intentions, plans, expectations, assumptions and beliefs about future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside of Intelsat's control. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements include known and unknown risks. Detailed information about some of the known risks is included in Intelsat's annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2003 on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Because actual results could differ materially from Intelsat's intentions, plans, expectations, assumptions and beliefs about the future, you are urged to view all forward-looking statements contained in this news release with caution. Intelsat does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. |
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