iSAT Africa Selects ND SatCom’s SKYWAN 5 for Secure Data Transmission
Friedrichshafen, Germany, March 12, 2019 – ND SatCom announced today its partnership with iSAT Africa, a fast growing fixed-satellite solution service provider in Africa.
Rakesh Kukreja, managing director of iSAT, said the company is establishing new VSAT networks using the highly reputable and reliable SKYWAN 5G technology. ND SatCom FZE, situated in Dubai, UAE, is delivering the product and providing technical support.
In one of its current projects, iSAT is connecting a UK location with multiple stations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Union of the Comoros. This network uses channels for data and Internet traffic segregated at the VLAN level with end-to-end VLAN tagging. The available satellite capacity is pooled, with a restricted bandwidth share for data and Internet for the Comoros, and with the potential for DCR stations to get the entire pool capacity when it is not fully used by other stations. With additional MF-TDMA channels, this shared network can grow in the future.
Kukreja said iSAT selected SKYWAN 5G technology to be able to cater to its customers, which include the leading media and network companies, multinationals, ISPs, Telcos and governmental agencies and entities in Africa.
“We work closely with our partners and service providers to create the best solutions for data, Internet, voice and Video requirements for our customers using satellite and terrestrial infrastructure. Our mission is to transform the way Africa gets and stays connected with the rest of the world through our carrier grade connectivity for voice, Internet, data and video applications increasing business opportunities and improving lives in all kinds of diverse and challenging environments.”
Kukreja explained ISAT wants to continue through its Satellite Teleport Services, to offer solutions that deliver efficient, reliable and affordable data, Internet, voice and video connectivity to enterprises, governments, carriers, media and broadcasting, whilst providing value to its customers through comprehensive end-to-end solutions, turn-key projects, managed network services and network outsourcing. “Through these services, iSAT Africa will continue to set standards for transmission in rural and urban regions of Sub-Saharan Africa.”
Asked why it selected ND SatCom knowing that iSAT already has two satellite modem vendors in place, Kukreja said it’s all about finding the best solution to fit customer requirements.
“ND SatCom’s SKYWAN 5G is not a low-cost modem to be used as a CPE device for best effort internet service. It’s a state-of-the-art modem capable of serving telecom, enterprise, governmental and military customers. When we see requirements for bigger inbound channels we always use the SKYWAN solution. There is no other system with such good return efficiency.”
“iSAT Africa especially like the real pay-as-you-grow concept, where we did not have to invest a great deal to buy a big hub, but we can scale networks as we like, being that any single network node can be upgraded to a hub with just a software license. We were also amazed with overbooking capabilities of the modem, which are in the range of terrestrial systems like MPLS and microwave,” said Kukreja.
“Then, of course, there is the mesh capability, which delivers single hop connectivity between any two stations without limitations, slicing the delay and satellite cost in half. As for ND SatCom, they have an impeccable reputation from decades of serving high-profile customers like governments, air traffic control and the military. Their understanding of the market, their delivery and support are simply first class.”
ND SatCom’s SKYWAN 5G now supports data encryption for security-conscious customers through a hardware module featuring the 256-bit advanced encryption standard (AES-256). SKYWAN 5G customers can simply plug this module into existing VSAT networks to activate the encryption function. Since software release 1.4, this module supports all SKYWAN 5G rack systems delivered to date as well as new SKYWAN outdoor systems.
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