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Satellite, Disaster Management, Exploration, Saudi Arabia: 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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Date: 17-18 September 2008