Columbia Signs Justice Technology to COLUMBIA-515.WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 1999-- Columbia Communications Corporation announced a new lease of 36 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. West-West capacity on the COLUMBIA-515 satellite to Justice Technology. The Lease will support voice and data, using the IP protocol between the United States and several sites in Latin America. Columbia's Vice-President for Sales, Tim Shea, noted that COLUMBIA-515's coverage and price made it ideal for the Justice applications. "Justice Technology's choice of COLUMBIA-515 provides further evidence that Columbia Communications, and the COLUMBIA-515 are at the forefront of providing economical access to Latin America as well as meeting the requirements of users and service providers for a full range of services from Internet to Voice." Justice Technology, has been rated the No. 1 fastest growing company in the U.S. by the 1998 Inc. Magazine 500. The company is headquartered in Culver City, California Culver City is a city in western Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 38,816. The community is mostly surrounded by the city of Los Angeles but also has a border with unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County. . In other recent signings, Unitel Hellas expanded its service on COLUMBIA-515 and Globecom International has signed for an additional transponder A receiver/transmitter on a communications satellite. It receives a microwave signal from earth (uplink), amplifies it and retransmits it back to earth at a different frequency (downlink). A satellite has several transponders. lease on TDRS-5. Columbia presently has title to COLUMBIA-515 as well as control and operation of the commercial C-Band capacity on board two satellites in NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite A Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) is one of a network of communications satellites of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) used by NASA and other United States government agencies for communication to satellites or the International Space Station. System (TDRSS TDRSS Tracking & Data Relay Satellite System TDRSS Tracking and Data Relay Satellite Services ). Operational since January, 1992, Columbia markets its SkyWay sky·way n. 1. A route regularly used by airplanes; an air lane. 2. An elevated highway. Noun 1. skyway - a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another (TM) family of domestic, international and maritime telecommunications services to a wide variety of commercial and government users throughout much of the world. The Columbia Satellite System serves a geographic area stretching from the Asian Pacific Rim countries; across North, Central and South America; to Africa and Europe, including Eastern Europe. Columbia maintains offices and operations in the Washington D.C. area and in Honolulu, Hawaii. |
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