ND SatCom, a leading global supplier of satellite-based broadband VSAT, broadcast and military communication network solutions, announced that the Ministry for Communication and Informatics of Hungary has chosen to use the services of a satellite based communications network utilizing ND SatCom platforms. The contract comprises 500 remote stations as well as one redundant hub station. It will be operated by the Hungarian Service Provider Hungaro DigiTel (HDT) and is going to be implemented in summer 2004.
ND SatCom’s VSAT star network, SkyARCS, is a modular scalable, high performance satellite IP network solution. It is fully compliant with the ETSI/DVB standard DVB-RCS. Due to its ability to support each terminal with up to 2Mbit/s bursts in the return link, it is ideally suited for school applications with a high demand for information exchange of any kind.
“After comparing various vendor’s offerings, we found ND SatCom’s solution to be the most suitable for our prestigious national project and best in terms of cost effectiveness,”said Antonio Felizardo, Deputy General Manager at HDT.”ND SatCom’s expertise in providing customer tailored solutions using various terminal technologies as well as integrating state of the art application packages is only one of the reasons why we choose ND SatCom for this nationwide project. ND SatCom has proven to be a reliable partner for the project management. We are looking forward to a fruitful future relationship.”
“ND SatCom’s SkyARCS platform allows Service Providers such as HDT to serve the growing IP business application markets and is designed to provide optimal network performance whilst guaranteeing minimal cost of ownership. We are excited to be working with Hungaro DigiTel and are proud that HDT has chosen ND SatCom’s quality solutions for the Hungarian nationwide school project” commented Dr. Gerhard Bommas, CTO ND SatCom AG.