COMSAT and Avanti Communications plc Sign Seven Year Master Distribution Agreement
August 28 2018 - 1:10AM
Business Wire
COMSAT, a leader in satellite connectivity to the US DoD, has
announced a seven year Master Distribution Agreement (MDA) with
London‐listed Avanti Communications plc (AVN.L).
COMSAT will benefit from the Avanti advanced satellite fleet and
particularly from the Hylas 4 satellite, a High‐Throughput
Satellite (HTS), focused on the Middle East and Africa. In turn,
Avanti will gain immediate access to US global governmental and
military activity that may otherwise take multiple years to gain
approval to serve. Hylas‐4, with four uniquely steerable HTS beams
and a further 64 Fixed beams, will enter service in September,
2018.
The agreement will allow COMSAT to offer advanced, complete
service packages to its customers, with focus on Africa and the
Middle East and on particular high‐value deployments currently
planned or underway.
Comments David Greenhill, President of COMSAT: “With Avanti, we
have found a well‐balanced partner to better‐serve our customers.
Our decades of experience and technical capability will blend with
their state‐of‐art, WGS‐compatible, Hylas‐4 satellite, built by US
manufacturer, Orbital ATK. We look forward to delivering great
performance and value for our customers.”
Kyle Whitehill, CEO of Avanti observed: “Our partnership with
COMSAT is disruptive in the most positive way. It takes us into new
markets, with our highly capable satellite fleet paired to a global
leader in Satcom innovation. We are delighted to create shareholder
value through new opportunity. Avanti advances on.”
Notes to Editors:
About COMSAT:
COMSAT, Inc. is a leading operator of customized, secure
end-to-end satellite communications services. We deliver a full
portfolio of fixed satellite solutions (C-Band, Ku-Band, Ka-Band,
X-Band and UHF) and mobile satellite solutions (Inmarsat, Thuraya
and Iridium) to aeronautical, land-mobile and maritime users in
multiple markets, including U.S. government and military, global
governments, educational institutions and commercial maritime.
COMSAT owns and operates two teleports located in Southbury, CT and
Santa Paula, CA that provide various communications and data center
services to commercial, government and educational institutions
worldwide including end-to-end connectivity, co-location and
research efforts, critical data backup and recovery, satellite and
terrestrial network data center, cloud and cybersecurity
services.
About Avanti Communications:
Avanti connects people wherever they are – in their homes,
businesses, in government and on mobiles. Through the HYLAS
satellite fleet and partners in 118 countries, the network provides
ubiquitous internet service to a quarter of the world’s population.
Avanti delivers the level of quality and flexibility that the most
demanding telecoms customers in the world seek. Avanti is the first
mover in high throughput satellite data communications in EMEA. It
has rights to orbital slots and KA-band spectrum in perpetuity that
covers an end market of over 1.7bn people. The Group has invested
$1.2bn in a network that incorporates satellites, ground stations,
datacentres and a fibre ring. Avanti has a unique Cloud-based
customer interface that is protected by patented technology. Avanti
Communications is listed in London on AIM (AVN:L).
www.avantiplc.com
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7397 8902mhartley@cenkos.comorRedleaf:Ralph Anderson, +44 7917
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