CBM Communications Selects Intelsat to Launch its Global IP Platform

Pembroke, Bermuda, 22 September 2009

Intelsat, the world’s leading provider of fixed satellite services, announced a multi-year agreement whereby Intelsat will supply global Ku- and C-band transmission facilities for CBM Communications LLC (CBM), an affiliate of Marine Technologies, LLC (MT/C-Comm). CBM/MT/C-Comm will launch its Global BroadbandSM IP platform using capacity on eight satellites and Intelsat’s GlobalConnexSM (GXS) Network Broadband managed service, which leverages Intelsat’s global teleport, fiber and satellite network. Intelsat’s global infrastructure will allow CBM to provide secure file transfers, content management and on-demand connectivity applications to its maritime customers through its affiliate MT/C-Comm products and services.

“Seamless connectivity for remote locations needing to communicate with headquarters—or each other—is critical when seeking to achieve operational success. Now, CBM/MT/C-Comm is able to offer an industry-leading IP network that will meet these requirements, all from a single provider,” said Bill McKinnell, Vice President of CBM. “Intelsat’s robust infrastructure offered us the cost-effective, scalable and resilient transmission network we required as we looked to launch our Global Broadband IP platform.”

“Today, the network demand of enterprises requires always-on connectivity and the highest level of availability to support their business-critical applications,” said Jay Yass, Intelsat’s Vice President, Network Services. “Intelsat’s global satellite network, along with its GXS managed services, are designed with the customer in mind, offering robust solutions for a variety of IP applications from a highly flexible infrastructure that enables ready deployment of custom solutions.”

Intelsat's GXS Network Broadband Managed Service

Intelsat Network Broadband service, an offering within Intelsat's GXS portfolio of managed services, provides customers with enterprise-grade, faster-than-DSL connectivity, anywhere in the world via Intelsat’s satellites, teleports and fiber network. Customers gain the ability to establish and manage international and regional networks with ease and speed on land and at sea—meeting virtually any communications requirement for voice, data, corporate networks and government applications. Intelsat’s Network Broadband service is an iDirect-based platform for multi-location businesses that demand a seamless platform for converged applications.

About CBM

CBM and affiliates MT/C-COMM are leading providers of End-to-End communication solutions for remote, mobile assets in commercial, maritime, military and government markets. The CBM / MT / C-COMM global infrastructure of installation, maintenance and service providers support customers to/from any location as well as 24x7x365 support from their Network Operations Centers. The operation of this Global BroadbandTM network will now offer customers the first contiguous global network with single, private, secure IP addressing.

About Intelsat

Intelsat is the leading provider of fixed satellite services worldwide. For 45 years, Intelsat has been delivering information and entertainment for many of the world’s leading media and network companies, multinational corporations, Internet service providers and governmental agencies. Intelsat’s satellite, teleport and fiber infrastructure is unmatched in the industry, setting the standard for transmissions of video, data and voice services. From the globalization of content and the proliferation of HD, to the expansion of cellular networks and broadband access, with Intelsat, advanced communications anywhere in the world are closer, by far.

Contact

Nick Mitsis
nick.mitsis@intelsat.com
+1 202 944 7044

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