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Honolulu - Oct 11, 2001 USAsia Telecom LLC (USAT), a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation, and China Telecommunication Broadcast Satellite Corporation (ChinaSat), announced that the two satellite carriers will jointly provide satellite internet service, IPLC and VPN services between the China and the US. USAT will provide its SkyTiger.net Satellite Internet Services direct to ChinaSat operated VSAT's in all parts of China. ChinaSat will also deploy VSAT's at customer premises for IPLC and for VPN services, which will connect to the US Internet backbone via USAT's new SuperPOP located in Kapolei, Hawaii. The USAT SuperPOP located near Honolulu, Hawaii consists of three satellite earth stations, a fiber optic head end, tandem toll telephony switching system, Internet BGP-4 routing, DVB-MPEG-2 broadcast system and co-location facilities all managed by a 24/7 Network Operations Center. Leveraging Hawaii's unique mid-Pacific location, the confluence of undersea fiber optic cables and access "all Asia" satellites, USAT's SuperPOP can link VSAT's in any part of China directly to the First Tier Internet and via VPN's directly to a customers LAN. Stuart Browne, USAT's President/CEO commented, "One-hop" access from the US direct to any VSAT in China will now be possible through our agreement with ChinaSat. "ChinaSat which already operates a large domestic satellite network and a fleet of satellites is an experienced network operator and USAT is honored by our new alliance with them". "This is a synergistic network alliance that will enable the fulfillment of an array of affordable, broadband services directly between China and the US." Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links ChinaSat SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Satellite-based Internet technologies
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Chicago (UPI) Jan 09, 2006Though Apple Computer has reported remarkable success with its iPod - sales rose by 250 percent during the last fiscal year - there is some competition coming this week for the developer of the world's most famous, legitimate music downloading network, experts tell United Press International's Networking. |
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