Elara Comunicaciones scores second highest growth for Teleports in 2012

Elara Comunicaciones, S.A. de C.V. reportedly enjoyed the second highest and fastest growth among satellite Teleport operators in 2012. The Company also made it to the 19th place of the “Independent Top Twenty” ranking based on its total revenue.

In addition, Elara is the only teleport in Mexico and Latin-America to make it to WTA’s 2012 ranking.

Based in Mexico, Elara Comunicaciones is a Mexican Public Network dealer and the most experienced satellite operator in the Latin American region. It offers customized and innovative satellite telecommunication services to customers in the mobile operator, oil and gas, and maritime sectors.

The World Teleport Association (WTA) annually publishes rankings of the Top Teleport Operators. It bases its rankings on the operators' revenue in the most recent fiscal years.

According to the WTA publication, the top independent satellite Teleport operators invested an average of around 40% of their annual revenues on satellite capacity. That's $830 million in US currency. (Independent operators are companies that do not own or operate their own satellites.)

WTA ranks CETel as fastest growing Teleport in Germany, third fastest worldwide

The World Teleport Association ranked Central European Telecom Services GmbH as the third “Fastest growing Teleports in the World” and, by extension, the fastest-growing Teleport based in Germany. This is the fourth time the Teleport and satellite service provider has been recognized for achieving rapid growth in its home country.

In addition, CETel GmbH is also on the list of the Independent Top Twenty Teleport operators for the third time. This is due to the German Company's diverse service portfolio, which continues to develop new services for a steadily-growing customer base.

The World Teleport Association recently published this year's rankings for its annual Top Teleport Operators report. According to the WTA, the Independent Top Operators are companies that do not own and operate satellites. Independent Top Operators like the aforementioned Teleport operator CETel grew more than 9% compared to last years, and have total revenues of USD 2.3 billion for 2012.

WTA releases Top Teleport Operators of 2012 annual rankings

In its recent announcement of the annual rankings of the Top Teleport Operators of 2012, the World Teleport Association (WTA) once more provided a unique insight into the diverse global sector of satellite teleport companies.

The WTA compiles its Top Teleport Operator rankings through surveys regarding the facilities, services, and business results of teleport operators worldwide.

The “Fast Twenty” of 2012 ranks all satellite teleport operating companies based on year-on-year revenue growth during their latest fiscal years. Meanwhile, the Independent Top Twenty of 2012 bases its judgement of independent teleport operators on said companies' revenue from all sources. The lists excludes companies who primarily operate a satellite fleet or terrestrial network.

Australian satellite communications company NewSat, for example, ranked 5th in the “Fast Twenty” of 2012 list and secured tenth place in the Independent Top Twenty of 2012 list.

Globecomm Systems wins second year for satellite teleport services with US government agency

A US Government agency awarded Globecomm Systems Inc. with the optional second year of a five-year, $6.8 million contract for satellite teleport and other satellite communications services.

Globecomm Services Maryland, Globecomm Europe, and Cachendo combined their efforts for the contract. All three companies are subsidiaries that are completely owned by Globecomm.

Previously, Globecomm reported that it had secured several contracts worth $6.0 million from the aforementioned US Government agency. Factor in the second year option, and Globecomm has secured a cool $12.8 million.

As per the second recently-secured year of its current contract, Globecomm will provide IT services via its satellite teleport facility, plus network connectivity, VoIP, and satellite TV. It will also extend WAN optimization, program management, operations and maintenance, storage, and distribution services. The Company's In-Country Field Engineers will be on call to handle any technical issues.

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RRsat teleport in Israel serving as EBU hub between Asia and Europe

RRsat Global Communications Network announced on November 12 that they will be serving as the main Eurasian teleport hub of the European Broadcasting Union Network (EBU) for the next few years. On behalf of the EBU, RRsat will distribute both standard and high definition footage of sports news, special events, and other digital media content delivery services

The EBU Network is an alliance of European and international public service media organizations with members in 56 countries. It operates Eurovision, the leading distributor and producer of entertainment, culture and music content for the media industry.

In addition to setting up bi-directional fiber connectivity between the RRsat-operated teleport in Israel and EBU Network's headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, RRsat will also handle its client's occasional use of satellite-to-satellite transmissions and traffic monitoring of the three separate satellites that provided capacity for EBU.

According to Paolo Pusterla, Head Of Procurement for EBU, RRsat was selected after a careful evaluation of its capabilities, such as its teleport services, fiber network, master control room (MCR), engineering team, and coordination/booking skill. In addition, EBU Network representatives paid a visit to RRsat's new teleport in Israel.

ViaSat will assist US DoD rollout of interoperable SATCOM network

ViaSat Inc. will be producing more than $11 million worth of satellite communications equipment for the US Department of Defense. The equipment will be used to generate interoperable network services for American warfighters all around the world.

The DoD placed a number of production contracts with ViaSat for the Company's Joint IP Modem Network Control Centers (NCCs) and remote modems. They have also tasked ViaSat with additional development of the Joint IP Modem technology to increase its global network footprint and improve the efficienty of its regional connectivity.

The DoD's Joint IP Modem program intends to engender interoperability between warfighters and service networks, to utilize satellite bandwidth more efficiently, and finally to seamlessly unite disparate networks and technologies.

The interoperable satellite communications network will leverage teleports and Strategic Tactical Entry Points (STEPs) for fast and secure SATCOM services.

WTA: Teleport operators experiencing delays in occasional-use access of satellites

The World Teleport Association (WTA) recently released a study, Delays in Occasional-Use Satellite Access, that reported satellite teleport operators were experiencing delays when attempting to access occasional-use satellite capacity.

For its report, the WTA performed a survey of teleport operators and discussed the matter with satellite operators. Delays in Occasional-Use Satellite Access identifies the issues and offers both preliminary conclusions and potential solutions.

According to the report, towards the end of 2011, WTA‐member satellite teleport operators began reporting delays in obtaining occasional‐use access to satellite capacity in time for their needs.

Teleport executives reported that they were encountering more and more delays in completing access procedures. They expressed their belief that the delays were casting doubts in the minds of their customers regarding their companies' capabilities to satisfy OU service demands in a timely fashion.

In order to get a better hand on the situation, WTA investigated the root causes, frequency, and severity of the delays plaguing satellite teleport operators providing OU services.

The WTA reported that 70% of respondents have experienced unexpected delays in accessing OU capacity. However, it also pointed out that those delays only occurred four times or less on an annual basis for more than half of the sample. And while 39% called the delays “a serious problem,” it was only “somewhat serious” or even “not a problem” for the vast remainder of the participants.

In addition, the WTA determined the two biggest causes of delays during standard occasional-use procedures. Both are related to third parties. The first reason is third party interference on the transponder. The second reason is that the end-user was trying to access capacity that had earlier been secured by a third party for full-time use.

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