Skyware
Global
Antennas
Hit
the
Spot
for
Advantech
Wireless
Broadband’s
Contract
with
Leading
Latin
American
Telecoms
Service
Provider
13
April
2010
Skyware
Global
has
been
awarded
a
contract
by
Advantech
Wireless
Broadband
to
design
and
supply
antennas
for
its
recent
multimillion
dollar
contract
win
to
provide
a
new
VSAT
satellite
communications
network
to
the
Venezuelan
national
telecommunications
service
provider,
CANTV.
As
part
of
the
deal,
Skyware
Global,
the
world’s
first
and
only
total-solutions
provider
of
satellite
antenna
systems,
will
design
and
supply
antennas
for
the
use
as
part
of
this
state-of-the-art
telecommunication
project,
which
includes
3,200
remote
VSAT
(Very
Small
Aperture
Terminals)
stations,
designed
to
transmit
Internet,
voice,
video,
data,
videoconferencing
and
television
services.
The
project
also
includes
a
fully
integrated
redundant
satellite
gateway
communications
system
to
be
provided
and
installed
for
the
existing
satellite
network
at
the
customer’s
teleport.
David
Gelerman,
founder
and
Chief
Executive
Officer
of
Advantech
Wireless
Broadband,
comments:
“This
contract
from
this
prominent
Latin
American
telecommunications
company
is
very
important
for
Advantech
Wireless
Broadband,
our
customer
and
ultimately
the
end
user.
As
such
it
is
essential
that
we
work
with
high
caliber
partners
that
can
help
us
deliver
world-class
broadband
satellite
communications
which
is
why
we’ve
chosen
to
partner
with
Skyware
Global
–
the
world’s
leading
supplier
of
VSAT
antennas
–
whose
antennas
as
high
quality,
robust
and
cost
effective.”
David
McCourt,
CEO
at
Skyware
Global,
adds:
“We
aim
to
deliver
high
quality
equipment
that
is
engineered
to
fit
business’
needs
–
and
are
working
hard
to
keep
ensure
that
solutions
are
cost
effective.
Our
antennas
offer
excellent
RF
performance,
combined
with
an
extremely
robust
mechanical
design.
At
the
same
time,
the
Plastic
SMC
Reflectors
used
in
our
Ku
Band
products
also
allow
shipment
to
remote
sites
without
damage
to
the
reflector,
and
even
in
the
most
hostile
environments
provide
many
years
of
service
with
little
or
no
maintenance.”
Skyware
Global
deploys
antennas
and
terminal
equipment
worldwide
for
private
networks,
rural
telephony
and
broadband
applications.
It
manufactures
antennas
-
available
in
sizes
from
0.5m
to
2.4m
in
diameter,
operating
at
either
C
Band,
Ku
Band,
plus
now
at
Ka
Band
-
both
in
North
America
and
the
Far
East,
and
has
distribution
partners
located
throughout
the
world
offering
a
full
range
of
antennas.
