Satellite Communication Technology Ltd. Selects Encore Networks To Provide Temporary Remote Site VPN Solutions.

DULLES, Va. -- SCT Implements Encore's VSR-30(TM) Router To Provide Secure Satellite Connectivity For Remote Construction Sites Throughout the United Kingdom

Encore Networks, a developer of Virtual Private Network (VPN) security solutions, today announced that Satellite Communication Technology Ltd. (SCT), an authorized airtime distributor for Eutelsat, has selected Encore Networks to provide secure, site-to-site satellite connectivity at remote construction sites in the United Kingdom. SCT has deployed Encore's VSR-30(TM) IP VPN router for Skanska, the European construction giant, at sites where temporary and secure communications is required immediately and where installing terrestrial circuits would cause unacceptable time and logistical constraints.

"Satellite broadband enables Skanska's communication system to be up and running the day they arrive on site and provides the flexibility to transfer all network equipment and services to a new construction site when the current project ends", stated Steve Chilver, SCT Chief Executive Officer. "Encore's VSR-30 allows Skanska to retain complete control of their network and provides the freedom to run all existing applications without modification."

Encore's VSR-30(TM) provides high performance, end-to-end VPN solutions and includes features such as IP routing via Selective Layer Encryption, advanced QoS capabilities, a stateful packet inspection firewall, embedded address management capabilities such as NAT and PrAT, in addition to VPN flavors such as IPsec, and GRE. All functionality can be managed both in-band and/or out-of-band either remotely or locally via intuitive terminal access over a secure connection. Also, interoperability with standards and proprietary based methods of TCP acceleration ensures smooth deployment across multi-vendor satellite/terrestrial networks.

SCT, an Authorized Encore Networks Reseller, recommended the Encore solution for two reasons. First, Encore's industry leading Selective Layer Encryption technology that enables satellite operators, systems integrators and enterprises to securely connect satellite networks with terrestrial Internet links as part of an end-to-end VPN solution. Second, competing vendors required Skanska to subscribe to a support service that required information on their applications and routing be divulged. The Encore solution is application agnostic.

"The competing products we evaluated required a detailed knowledge of Skanska's application infrastructure, which for security and support reasons, the Skanska IT organization was understandably unwilling to accept. When security is paramount, no IT manager is willing to provide such information to anyone outside the company." Chilver continued, "We were able to introduce the Encore appliances using SLE operating in conjunction with the TCP acceleration provided by ViaSat LinkStar modems, ensuring that applications could be run in a VPN environment with no modifications and without any of the performance degradation normally associated with IPSec implementations over satellite."

About Encore Networks

Encore Networks www.encorenetworks.com is a market leader in developing manageable equipment for secure, converged, and broadband solutions for carriers and enterprises. Customers currently rely on Encore's innovative VPN and security solutions for wireless, satellite, and terrestrial networks that support both legacy devices and the latest Internet routing standards. Encore products facilitate the migration from legacy data networks to broadband IP connectivity. Advanced signaling and voice inter-working solutions support circuit-to-packet migration of voice services, on premises or in the central office. Encore is a member of the Virtual Private Network Consortium (VPNC), United States Telecom Association (USTA), Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), Global VSAT Forum (GVF), and the United Telecom Council (UTC).

About Satellite Communication Technology Ltd.

SCT www.sct-ltd.com is a provider of spontaneous Internet and VPN connectivity solutions. Focusing on supporting companies where fast, business-grade broadband connectivity is essential to their core business, SCT applies its experience and can-do philosophy to deliver the right networking solution. For Skanska, and other construction companies who frequently operate vast projects beyond the reach and timescales of conventional Telco's, SCT solutions are a vital part of their business.