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GE Americom Introduces IPConnect tm ? for High-Speed Internet Access
PRINCETON, NJ, September 1, 1999
GE American Communications (GE Americom) announced today that it is providing global customers with high-speed broadband access to the U.S. Internet backbone using a new service called IPConnect tm.
IPConnect utilizes the latest in Internet-over-Satellite technologies to permit the transmission of wideband data and Internet services at rates as fast as 45 Mbps. "We believe that satellite technology, especially when coupled with customized bandwidth solutions, has tremendous value in delivering broadband Internet service to customers around the world. We are extremely pleased that the new IPConnect service allows GE Americom to serve the Internet needs of a global community with the quality service for which GE Americom is known," says Emmett Hume, GE Americom's Senior Vice President, Marketing. Adding " IPConnect is just one of the value-added solutions in the Streaming Solutions tm suite of services developed to satisfy the growing needs of our customers worldwide."
"For ISPs that need high-quality access to the US Internet backbone, IPConnect offers both significant cost savings and custom tailored bandwidth options when compared with existing terrestrial solutions," says Paul Andrews, GE Americom's Product Manager for Internet Solutions.
Through IPConnect, GE Americom is the sole provider of broadband access into the U.S. Internet backbone for the country of Greenland. TELE Greenland Inc., an ISP based in Nuuk, Greenland, has implemented IPConnect to enable Greenland's 59,000 people high-speed access to the World Wide Web. Customers of TELE Greenland have access to a full time, asymmetrical satellite channel on the GE-2 satellite between GE Americom's New York City Metro gateway and TELE Greenland's Sondrestrom Earth Station.
"The technical resources of GE Americom complements our Internet service expertise in Greenland to offer a powerful new service to all of our customers, most of whom are looking for direct access to the U.S. Internet backbone," says Anton Christoffersen, Managing Director of TELE Greenland.
TELE Greenland Inc. is the national telecommunications provider of Greenland offering all types of national, regional and international telecommunications services including standard and mobile telephony, data and ISDN communication services, internet services, transmission of broadcast radio and television programming and IT business solutions. Founded in 1925 as a governmental operation, today as a private company, TELE Greenland offers global connection services to all areas of Greenland through a combination of satellite and microwave technologies.
With over twenty years' experience, GE American Communications, Inc. is recognized as a pioneer and a leading provider of global satellite communications solutions. These solutions primarily provide the distribution of broadcast and cable television programming and digital/Broadband Data Services over satellite. GE Americom currently operates twelve satellites providing satellite-based solutions to North America. In Europe, GE-1E provides high-powered Ku-band service for European and Middle Eastern television markets. With the late 1999 launch of GE-4 and as an owner of Argentine satellite operator NahuelSAt, GE Americom is committed to the delivery of satellite-based communications services throughout South and Latin America. And with the launch of its first Asian satellite, GE-1A, as a joint venture with Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications, GE Americom's satellite interests will reach more than 90% of the world's population. Some of GE Americom's key international customers include Viacom, TimeWarner/Turner Broadcasting, Discovery, NBC, NHK, Disney, Deutsche Welle and Merlin.
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