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SkyCache Expands Service on GE-1E
LONDON, ENGLAND, September 20, 1999
GE Americom, a GE Capital business, announced today that SkyCache contracted for a full transponder on GE-1E, thus expanding its relationship with Americom which began in Europe last year with an SCPC service on GE-1E and in the US earlier this year with service on GE-3.
SkyCache will use the GE-1E capacity to support ISPs and large organizations that require high-speed datacasting systems and the movement of Web content, Usenet News, digital audio and video data streams and the synchronization of distributed data systems.
"In every corner of our market... from Eastern Europe to North Africa... high-speed connections to the Web and other IP content are in demand. SkyCache and others are making that happen, and we're delighted that they have chosen GE-1E to deliver those services," said Michael Agostinelli, Vice President and Managing Director - European Operation, GE Americom.
"We plan to exploit GE-1E's extensive reach and high power to offer our customers a high quality, small dish based, network solution," said Steve Sweeney, Vice President, International Operations, SkyCache. He added, "GE Americom and its parent, GE Capital, offered us a flexible solution that allows SkyCache to realize the enormous potential of this market."
SkyCache is the world's leading global broadband broadcast network that uses the power of high-speed satellite technology to move high-bandwidth Internet data faster and more efficiently to ISPs, corporations and other enterprises. The US.-based company is operating and expanding its global broadcast network to improve movement of Web content, Usenet News and IP audio/video over the Internet, as well as to provide for FTP mirroring and web site replication. SkyCache currently serves over 150 North American and European customers, representing access to over 3 million Internet users.
GE-1E provides high-powered Ku-band service for video and broadband data markets. Operational since January 1998, the satellite has a footprint that covers the Nordic countries, Western Russia, the Middle East and North Africa. GE Americom's European customers include broadcasters, uplink service providers, corporations with private networks, cable programmers and ISPs.
With over twenty years' experience, GE American Communications, Inc., a GE Capital business, 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 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 next year of its first Asia satellite, GE-1A, 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, Time Warner/Turner Broadcasting, Discovery, NBC, NHK, Disney, Deutsche Welle and Merlin.
GE Capital, with assets of over US$300 billion, is a global, diversified financial services company with 28 specialized businesses. A wholly-owned subsidiary of General Electric Company, GE Capital based in Stamford, CT.,USA, provides equipment management, mid-market and specialized financing, specialty insurance and a variety of consumer services, such as car leasing, home mortgages and credit cards, to businesses and individuals around the world. GE is a diversified technology, services and manufacturing company with operations worldwide.
Contact: Monica Morgan
609-987-4143
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