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AMOS
an Israeli company offering direct, high-power links between
the US, Europe and the Middle East has announced that its
new AMOS-2 satellite will be available for pre- launch sale
at this year's National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)
trade show in Las Vegas which kicks off on 6 April.
The
new capacity on AMOS-2 is scheduled for launch in the first
quarter of 2003, an official release informs. US customers
requiring immediate access to AMOS' unique coverage in Europe
can take advantage of a packaged service on sale at the
Vegas convention. This includes access to AMOS-1 space segment
and fiber between Washington and Europe. AMOS also offers
uplink services through agreements with a number of teleports
in Eastern Europe.
Co-located
at 4 degrees West longitude with AMOS-1, the AMOS-2 satellite
will offer hot beam coverage of Europe and the Middle East,
cross-strapped to accommodate direct access from the Eastern
United States. This connectivity is ideal for broadcasters
and programmers with material originating in the U.S. but
destined for distribution in Europe and or the Middle East
in DTH quality the release states.
MD
& CEO of AMOS David Pollack said: "The configuration of
this satellite provides all the advantages of high power,
regional distribution - without the need to purchase a backhaul
satellite or terrestrial feed from the US. We believe this
is the first time a company outside the US or Europe has
offered connectivity that was specifically designed and
placed in orbit to link these three key markets."
The
AMOS Ku-band satellites feature up to 54 dbW at beam center,
for state-of-the-art digital TV distribution to cable headends,
DBS and direct-to- home TV. AMOS broadband services also
include IP connectivity, distribution to local ISPs and
business data transmissions for private and public networks.
Since
the satellites are co-located, customers will have redundancy
built-in, as well as the option for AMOS-1 customers to
extend their contracts on AMOS-2 the release states.
AMOS
is owned and operated by Spacecom, Ltd. a joint venture
of Israel Aircraft Industries Ltd. (IAI), Eurocom Group,
General Satellite Services Co. (GSSC), and Mer Services
Group Ltd.
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