Intelsat Chooses ETL’s RF Equipment to Upgrade Teleports
ETL Systems, a global designer and manufacturer of RF signal distribution equipment for satellite communications, has been chosen by Intelsat to upgrade its teleport facilities.
Intelsat is the leading provider of satellite services worldwide, operating a fleet of approximately 50 satellites and the IntelsatOne® terrestrial network, featuring eight strategically located teleports and more than 36,000 miles of leased fibre. ETL Systems has supplied Intelsat with specialised RF equipment to monitor and control global satellite traffic at its teleports in the U.S. and overseas.
It is imperative that Intelsat personnel at each teleport are able to monitor the signal strength of each line of communication from the various satellites. ETL Systems’ Enigma routers give operators exceedingly quick switching time that allows continuous cycling through the various channels to prevent any outage going unseen.
“Intelsat’s satellite, teleport and fibre infrastructure is unmatched in the industry, and it is essential that our teleport facilities have the best technology and equipment in order to support our customers around the globe,” said Butch Philbrick, Vice President, Teleport Operations, for Intelsat. “This is why extending our relationship with ETL Systems was the best choice. The addition of the Enigma routers in our operations will enable our personnel to monitor multiple projects with complete confidence.”
The Enigma matrix also has customer settable alarms and thresholds, so that if a signal should weaken in one area, physical and virtual alarms will notify the network operations center that immediate action must be taken.
The equipment comes as a complete system with specially designed software that allows Intelsat’s teleport operators to view up to 32 simultaneous open sessions for carrier monitoring. The 32 x 32 matrix can be modularly expanded as large as 256 x 256 and features dual redundant power supplies. All RF components are fully hot-swappable.
“We are very pleased that Intelsat has chosen our RF equipment to upgrade its teleports,” said Susan Saadat, Vice President of ETL’s North American Sales and Operations. “ETL Systems only produces the most reliable and resilient equipment for the best RF performance and we are confident that Intelsat will be very satisfied.”
For further information about ETL Systems please see http://www.etlsystems.com/.
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ETL Systems:
Kristy Taylor
+44 (0)1981 259020
kristy.taylor@etlsystems.com
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About ETL Systems
ETL designs and manufactures professional RF distribution equipment for satellite ground stations and other microwave users. The product range includes L-Band Routers, Switches, Splitters, Combiners and Amplifiers covering DC-40GHz. Reliability, Resilience, and RF performance are the core customer requirements which drive ETL’s product innovation and development. Adaptability and scalability combine with these to provide future expansion.
About Intelsat
Intelsat is the leading provider of satellite services worldwide. For 50 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 is possible.
