ComStream Ramps Up To Meet Increasing Demand For Satellite Communications In Asia And The Pacific.SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 26, 1997-- Pat Wong to lead the effort as VP of Sales for the region After winning several multimillion dollar contract awards in the Asia-Pacific region, ComStream Corp., a major supplier of satellite-based communications systems, is strengthening its position in the region with several new staff appointments, including the promotion of Pat Wong to vice president of Sales, Asia-Pacific. In his new position, Wong is responsible for all ComStream sales activities in China and North Asia North Asia or Northern Asia is a subregion of Asia. The most common definition of the term is;
Recent developments in satellite-based technologies are making 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. (very small aperture terminal (communications) Very Small Aperture Terminal - (VSAT) A kind of ground station used to contact a communications satellite such as INMARSAT. ) systems a cost-effective, quick-to-implement communications solution for both emerging and developed countries. Industry analyst Simon Bull of Communication Systems Ltd., said, "I believe the Asia-Pacific market will continue to grow stronger as demand for VSAT systems increases. The potential is simply huge, but the region has not really taken off as strongly as perhaps we could have expected six or seven years ago. I suggest this reflects the fact that the technology was not able to focus in on the region's specific needs, but I believe that is beginning to happen now." ComStream is world-known for its wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. systems, which include full-mesh VSAT satellite terminals as well as single/multiple channel per carrier satellite modems and fully equipped satellite earth stations. ComStream products are used to rapidly deploy advanced digital services in rugged or underserved areas, and can be used to extend the reach of cellular or paging systems until the wire-based systems can be constructed. ComStream counts among its customers private businesses and national telephone companies worldwide. Recent ComStream activity in Asia includes three large network projects: a $6.2 million contract with China National Instruments Import & Export Corp. to supply the Ministry of Railways of The People's Republic of China with ComStream's VSATPlus II technology to expand its national communications network; a $3 million contract with the Radio Communications of the Philippines Inc., a BayanTel Co., to provide VSATPlus II network equipment to the Carrier's Carrier, a cellular communications company, and Public Calling Office (PCO PCO 1 Patient complains of 2 Polycystic ovaries, see there ), a privately owned public telephone company; and a multimillion dollar contract with Samart Corp. to supply VSATPlus II technology to the Telephone Organization of Thailand (TOT) for a 1,000-node time division multiple access (TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) A satellite and cellular phone technology that interleaves multiple digital signals onto a single high-speed channel. For cellular, TDMA triples the capacity of the original analog method (FDMA). ) VSAT satellite rural telephony network. ComStream is an international provider of digital transmission solutions for voice, data, audio, and video applications. In addition to its VSAT products, satellite modems, and earth stations, ComStream's radio distribution and commercial music distribution products, and data distribution products deliver real-time, high-value data and multimedia services. Its satellite broadband PC receiver cards are on the leading edge of new products to speed Internet, Intranet, and Extranet "push" technologies. With headquarters in San Diego, ComStream maintains business development and customer support offices in Mexico, Colombia, Indonesia, The People's Republic of China, Russia, the United Kingdom, Amsterdam, and the United States. ComStream is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Spar Aerospace Ltd. Spar, a leading Canadian advanced-technology company, is in the communications, space, aviation and defense, and software industries. Operations are located in North America, Europe, and the Pacific Rim, and nearly 70 percent of revenues are derived outside Canada. It is listed on the Toronto and Montreal stock exchanges Montreal Stock Exchange See Bourse de Montreal, Inc. (Canadian Derivatives Exchange) . Stock symbol: SPZ SPZ Schützenpanzer (German; armoured personnel carrier) SPZ spätzle (dorsoventral patterning, genetics) SPZ Simplified Planning Zone SPZ Socionet Personal Zone SPZ South Park Zone . Web site URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.spar.ca . CONTACT: ComStream Gwen Carlson, 619/657-5780 Holly Bertz, 619/657-5327 Fax, 619/657-5167 Web site: www.comstream.com |
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