21/04/2006

SWE-DISH Suitcase gets AMOS-SPACECOM Type Approval

The SWE-DISH Suitcase has been awarded an AMOS-SPACECOM type approval. This type approval reaffirms and strengthens the Suitcase’s position, and is also a confirmation of its performance.

Effective April 21 2006, the Israeli satellite operator Space-Communication Ltd (Spacecom), granted the SWE-DISH Suitcase a type approval certificate as a standard AMOS-SPACECOM earth terminal. The AMOS Satellite system, with its multiple service-area coverage, including the Atlantic bridge linking the US east coast to the Middle East, offers a wide range of solutions to corporate & government networks. AMOS-Spacecom operates AMOS-1 and AMOS-2 in orbit (Ku-band), and intends to launch AMOS-3 (Ku- and Ka-band) in the near future.

The SWE-DISH Suitcase has proven its performance and reliability, and is recognized for its ease-of-use, compactness and small size. Typical users are governmental organizations, using satellite communication for disaster relief or defense applications, as well as broadcasters using the equipment in breaking news and coverage of major events around the world.

 The SWE-DISH Suitcase has now been awarded type approvals from:
- Intelsat (IA097AA0)
- Eutelsat (EA-V042)
- Europe*Star (ES-ME-39)
- Hispasat
- IPStar certificate, Shin Satellite
- AsiaSat type approval
- FCC license
- AMOS-SPACECOM

Lars Jehrlander, CEO of SWE-DISH, says “The Suitcase had been awarded type approvals from a large number of satellite operators, which proves its performance. With AMOS satellites bridging the Middle East and the USA east coast, this simplifies our users, giving easy access to satellite capacity with global coverage.”
The Suitcase family has grown and now consists of four members: the fully fledged IPT Suitcase with integrated satellite modem, the lower cost DVB Suitcase without internal modem, the military spec IPT Mil Suitcase, and the IPT-i Mil Suitcase with integrated iDirect modem.

ABOUT SWE-DISH
SWE-DISH Satellite Systems is a world-leading supplier of mobile satellite communications equipment and related services for broadband applications. The company supplies major broadcasters, armed forces and disaster relief organizations amongst others, with compact and quick-to-air satellite terminals for live transmission of video, data, internet and voice content from anywhere in the world. The customer base includes disaster relief organizations and military organizations such as United Nations, NATO, Danish Defense, the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration (FMV), the US Department of Defense as well as broadcasters such as CNN and BBC. SWE-DISH was established in1994.
http://www.swe-dish.com. 

ABOUT SPACECOM
Space-Communication Ltd (Spacecom), the AMOS satellites operator, traded at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE), was established in Israel as a private company, equally controlled by IAI (Israel Aircraft Industries), Eurocom, GSSC and H. Mer group, as the exclusive marketer and service provider of the AMOS-1 satellite, developed and launched by IAI in May 1996.   The AMOS satellites, collocated at the prime orbital location of 4W, provide high-quality broadcasting and communications services to Europe, the Middle East and across the Atlantic bridge to the US east coast. The high-powered satellites create an attractive Hot-Spot for DBS and DTH operators and offer digital TV channels distribution, internet, voice and data communications services to a wide range of broadcasters, ISPs, telecommunications operators, government agencies, business entities and network integrators.
http://www.amos-spacecom.com
 

Corporate Contact

Lars Jehrlander                                    
CEO                                                                    
SWE-DISH Satellite Systems AB              
Phone: + 46(0) 8 728 50 07                  
Fax: + 46(0) 8 728 50 50                       
Mobile: + 46(0) 70 590 24 32                 
E-mail: lars.jehrlander@swe-dish.se         

Sofi Westerblom Fernström
Marketing Manager
SWE-DISH Satellite Systems AB
Phone: + 46 (0)8 728 50 62
Fax: + 46 (0)8 728 50 50
Mobile: + 46 (0)70 605 54 20
E-mail: sofi.westerblom@swe-dish.se