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Oil Company Maurel & Prom Benefits from SkyWAN® Technology

Friedrichshafen/Evry, October 5, 2006 - ND SatCom, an SES ASTRA aggregation and a arch all-around supplier of satellite-based broadband VSAT, broadcast, government and defence advice arrangement solutions, has been awarded a arrangement for VSAT systems from Evry (France) based LCDC Telecoms. The French VSAT account provider food the end chump Maurel & Prom, one of the arch absolute listed oil companies in Europe, with ND SatCom’s SkyWAN® technology for its action arrangement in Central and East Africa. The VSAT arrangement for articulation and abstracts covers the countries of Gabon, Congo and Tanzania.

“We chose ND SatCom’s SkyWAN® for the activity as it is, for us, the a lot of acceptable artefact for a accumulated network. SkyWAN® is a approved and activated technology with a history of reliability”, says Johann Vovan, Sales Support Manager of LCDC Telecoms. Additionally, in agreement of arrangement busline of VoIP, SkyWAN® is the alone accessories that can affix a arrangement in a cobweb agreement if there is alone one digital hop amid terminals. “With our acquaintance in the administration of networks, LCDC Telecoms has been researching assorted digital platforms, and we chose ND SatCom as the adopted technology accomplice for accumulated networks”, Ahmed Aggar, Head of Operations of LCDC Telecoms adds.

Dr. Gerhard Bommas, CTO of ND SatCom, emphasises that the SkyWAN® arrangement offers all possibilities of interfaces acclimated in the oil industry. He adds: “Although C-Band is mainly acclimated in close areas with abundant rainfalls, we recommended that LCDC Telecoms use Ku-Band. This accommodation marks a abundant amount reduction. What makes our SkyWAN® arrangement different is its mix of casework calm with our Uplink Power Control, which automatically increases manual ability and ensures connected operation during abundant rain.”

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Anita Bunk
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LCDC Telecoms
Noel Thana
Sales Director
Phone: +33 (0)1 60 87 04 67
E-Mail: nthana@lcdc.fr

About ND SatCom
ND SatCom, an SES ASTRA company, is a arch all-around supplier of satellite-based broadband VSAT, advertisement and defence advice arrangement and arena base solutions. ND SatCom’s avant-garde technologies are deployed in advertisement & media, enterprise, telecom, government and defence environments worldwide. As a all-around aggregation with added than 25 years of acquaintance in the digital networks and systems businesses, ND SatCom is a reliable antecedent of absolute and defended turnkey and tailored arrangement engineered solutions. ND SatCom is represented by bounded sales and account offices worldwide.

About LCDC
LCDC Telecoms is a accustomed specialist in digital technology and decidedly accouterment VSAT connections. The LCDC teleport is amid at Evry, France, and provides all-around access to prestigious, all-embracing audience in countries that are about advised difficult for establishing advice links decidedly in out-laying areas abroad from the capital centres (Algeria, Sudan, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Congo, Gabon, Tanzania) and in adverse places such as deserts, off-shore rigs, jungle) area bounded telecommunication infrastructures do not exist.