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Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Announces Thuraya
Partnership and New Advanced Shipboard Terminal Suite
Mar 29, 2010 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX
News Network) -- The Comtech Marine Terminal Suite
Delivers User-Friendly, Price Competitive Broadband
Services Over the Thuraya Network to the Maritime Market
MELVILLE,
N.Y., March 29, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Comtech Telecommunications
Corp. (Nasdaq:CMTL) announced today that its Maryland-based
subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation, in
partnership with Thuraya Telecommunications Co. is
developing an advanced, broadband satellite transceiver
for the commercial maritime market. The new shipboard
terminal suite complies with all maritime standards,
and features leading market technology such as an advanced
antenna that ensures high-quality connectivity to the
satellite regardless of vessel movements. This terminal
will be used to conduct business while a vessel is
at sea, as well as for private use by crew members.
Comtech expects to formally launch this new product
in September of this year.
The Comtech maritime terminal
will provide high-quality voice services as well as
a broadband service with connection speeds of up to
444 kbps. Additionally, users will also be able to
access high-speed video-streaming at speeds of 384
kbps at sea. The competitiveness of the new solution
lies in its compact size and cost-effectiveness to
meet the needs of the maritime market.
Fred Kornberg,
President and Chief Executive Officer of Comtech Telecommunications
Corp., said, "We
are very proud of this exciting partnership with Thuraya
and it creates a new growth area for our mobile data
communications products and services. Our new maritime
terminal suite represents the success of our dedicated
engineering staff incorporating advanced commercial
technology to deliver a superior marine grade solution.
Thuraya's satellite and high quality network ensure
reliable service throughout Thuraya's coverage area
and we are very excited about the compelling opportunities
in this new market."
"The Comtech broadband solution has the strengths
and features of both Thuraya's superior and congestion-free
satellite network along with Comtech's technology and
product development know-how," said Thuraya's
Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Yousuf Al Sayed. He also
added that this new terminal was designed following
diligent market research, to ensure an extremely practical
and user-friendly maritime solution for crew-calling,
pushing data as well as streaming services.
Thuraya
covers the Arabian Gulf, Red Sea, Mediterranean, Arabian
Sea, North Sea, Baltic Sea, large parts of the Atlantic
and Indian Oceans and international waters in the Asia
Pacific.
About Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation
Comtech
Mobile Datacom Corporation, a Germantown, Maryland-based
company, is engaged in the provision of satellite-based
packet data communication systems and location and
messaging services through the use of advanced communication
and network technology. To learn more about Comtech
Mobile Datacom, please visit the company's website
at www.comtechmobile.com.
About Comtech Telecommunications
Corp. (www.comtechtel.com)
Comtech
Telecommunications Corp. designs, develops, produces
and markets innovative products, systems and services
for advanced communications solutions. The Company
believes many of its solutions play a vital role in
providing or enhancing communication capabilities when
terrestrial communications infrastructure is unavailable,
inefficient or too expensive. The Company conducts
business through three complementary segments: telecommunications
transmission, mobile data communications and RF microwave
amplifiers. The Company sells products to a diverse
customer base in the global commercial and government
communications markets. The Company believes it is
a market leader in the market segments that it serves.
About
Thuraya Telecommunications Company (www.thuraya.com)
Thuraya
provides cost-effective mobile satellite services in
more than 140 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia
and the Middle East. Services provided by Thuraya include
mobile voice that support dual GSM and satellite mode,
broadband, maritime, rural telephony, fleet management
and other advanced applications that enable people
and businesses everywhere under its coverage to enjoy
constant access to communications and information.
Thuraya enhances sectors such as oil and gas, mining,
agriculture, NGOs and maritime services through its
cutting edge technology.
The Company launched its third
satellite in January 2008, which has brought countries
of the Asia-Pacific region under its footprint and
extended its coverage to nearly two thirds of the globe's
population.
Certain information in this press release
contains statements that are forward-looking in nature
and involve certain significant risks and uncertainties.
Actual results could differ materially from such forward-looking
information. The Company's Securities and Exchange
Commission filings identify many such risks and uncertainties.
Any forward-looking information in this press release
is qualified in its entirety by the risks and uncertainties
described in such Securities and Exchange Commission
filings.
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SOURCE: Comtech Telecommunications Corp.
CONTACT: Comtech Telecommunications Corp.
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Michael D. Porcelain, Senior Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
Jerome Kapelus, Senior Vice President,
Strategy and Business Development
(631) 962-7000
Info@comtechtel.com
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