17 May 2012
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Advantech wins Aramco satellite oil exploration contract

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Advantech has announced its wholly owned subsidiary Advantech Satellite Networks Inc has been awarded a contract to provide a new VSAT satellite communications network for Saudi Aramco in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The DVB-RCS VSAT Satellite Communications System will include redundant hubs with geographic diversity and provisions for hundreds of fixed, maritime and auto-tracking terminals.

The terminals will be used to support Saudi Aramco operations and, in particular, exploration of new oil reserves in the Saudi Arabian desert. The satellite system will also provide disaster recovery capabilities and backup communications services to remote areas.

Saudi Aramco has been deploying VSAT systems since 2001 and has awarded the contract to Advantech via a competitive bidding process. The contract is for an end-to-end turnkey data transmission system that is intended to be ideal for oil exploration. The system will enable timely use of information from rigs and field crews.

Advantech will be responsible, in conjunction with the Saudi company Noviasat Ltd, for the installation of the equipment as well as for the deployment and commissioning of the solution. Applications supported by the system include advanced VoIP, secure communications, and high-rate data transfer.* Advantech Satellite Networks is a wholly owned subsidiary of Advantech AMT Inc, and provides solutions employing broadband satellite communications systems and ground terminals and hubs. The international open standard DVB-RCS is key to this. The solutions are also designed to enable two-way broadband access for a wide range of networking applications.

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