Comtech Mobile Datacom Selects Telenor Satellite Services to Provide Satellite Data Link for Armed Services Data Communications.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers OSLO, Norway & ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2003 Partnership Allows Comtech to Offer Real-Time Tracking And Messaging Services Via Satellite To Armed Services The Constitution authorizes Congress to raise, support, and regulate armed services for the national defense. The President of the United States is commander in chief of all the branches of the services and has ultimate control over most military matters. and Commercial Customers Telenor Satellite Services today announced an agreement with Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. to provide satellite and land earth station services. The deal is for a minimum of one-year. Under terms of the agreement, Telenor Satellite Services will provide Comtech with dedicated capacity on Inmarsat satellites and the necessary land earth station services required to support Comtech's real-time asset tracking and messaging services for its customers. The agreement is significant because mobile satellite communications is typically available on a "pay-as-you-go" basis, where customers access the satellite and transmit voice, data, or multimedia communications as needed as needed prn. See prn order. . However, the Comtech agreement is a dedicated lease, providing assured satellite capacity exclusively for Comtech and its customers. Additionally, Telenor Satellite Services will "telehouse" dedicated receiving/transmitting equipment for Comtech in Telenor's earth station - Eik, the ground facility that links the satellites in space to the terrestrial communications networks. "Comtech is committed to providing the specialized communications services that Government and commercial customers require," said Fred Kornberg, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Comtech Telecommunications Corporation, the parent company of Comtech Mobile Datacom. "To fulfill our commitment to customers, we sought a satellite communications partner we can rely on with a proven global network of earth stations, a willingness to make technological adaptations to meet our service requirements, and a customer support operation that is accessible 24 ours a day. Telenor Satellite Services meets our needs and is an innovative company that is easy to work with. We are pleased to be doing business with them." "Telenor Satellite Services is dedicated to partnering with reputable, value-added integrators such as Comtech Mobile Datacom to provide mobile IT solutions for Government and industry customers," said Tore Hilde, chief executive officer of Telenor Satellite Services. "Telenor is committed to leveraging our assets in ways that enable our distribution partners to offer their customers unique and required communications solutions. Our willingness to do so is another demonstration of why Telenor Satellite Services is the preferred provider of global communications via satellite." About Telenor: Headquartered in Oslo, Norway, Telenor is an international provider of high quality telecommunications, data and media communication services. Telenor is one of Norway's largest companies with 2001 revenues of approximately NOK NOK In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Norwegian Krone. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 46 billion (approximately U.S. $5 billion) and a workforce of 21,000 located in Norway and abroad. Telenor is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange Oslo Stock Exchange An exchange founded in 1819 and trading stocks, bonds, and stock options that is considered the options market of Norway. (TEL TEL Telephone TEL Telegram TEL Telugu (langauge) TEL Terrorist Exclusion List TEL Technology-Enhanced Learning TEL Transporter-Erector-Launcher TEL Tetra-Ethyl Lead TEL Team Deutsche Telekom ) and the NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of (TELN). Telenor Satellite Services is the world's preferred provider of global communications via satellite for customers on land, at sea, and in flight. Telenor delivers high-speed data, voice and video communications and offers an innovative portfolio of value-added services including, prepaid calling solutions, easy Internet access See how to access the Internet. with e-mail and direct calling to Inmarsat terminals. Telenor also offers The Source(sm), a web-based account management system available exclusively to Telenor Service Providers. Telenor Satellite Services owns and operates a global network of land earth stations located at Eik (Norway) and Southbury (Connecticut) and Santa Paula, California Santa Paula is a city within Ventura County, California, United States. The population was 28,598 at the 2000 census. It has been dubbed the "Citrus Capital of the World." As the initial headquarters of the company that became Unocal, it was one of the early centers of , in the United States, and uses the satellite systems of Inmarsat, Intelsat, and Iridium iridium (ĭrĭd`ēəm), metallic chemical element; symbol Ir; at. no. 77; at. wt. 192.22; m.p. about 2,410°C;; b.p. about 4,130°C;; sp. gr. 22.55 at 20°C;; valence +3 or +4. for its services. Telenor is the largest single shareholder (15 percent) of Inmarsat Ventures plc. About Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp.: Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp., (www.comtechmobile.com), a Germantown, Maryland-based company, is engaged in the provision of satellite-based packet data communication systems and services for the land transportation, remote sensing, utility and aviation markets. |
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