Radyne ComStream has announced that it has completed the installation of IP services via satellite for Nigerian telecommunications Limited (NITEL) in the key cities of Abuja and Lagos. Service is provided to NITEL over the Radyne ComStream IPSat platform and Intelsat's new Internet Trunking service, one of the company's recently launched end-to-end GlobalConnex Solutions.

The launch of the service in Nigeria comes immediately after successful roll-outs in Tanzania and Mozambique and the installation of HUB facilities for worldwide operations in Fuchsstadt, Germany. Launch of the NITEL sites brings the total value of IPSat sales for Intelsat services to over US $2 million.

Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation with more than 110 million people, will benefit greatly from the service products offered. Fast, high quality Internet access for e-mail browsing and e-commerce applications, voice over IP (VOIP), video conferencing for distance learning and corporate training, multicasting, and streaming are a few of the services that are available.

An official release informs that Intelsat selected Radyne ComStream's IPSat after an extensive evaluation of products because of its ability to handle the high bandwidth required by the forward and return satellite channels, as well as to provide a high quality of service for the implementation of real time protocol applications.

Radyne ComStream designs, manufactures, sells, integrates and installs products, systems and software used for the transmission and reception of data and video over satellite, microwave and cable communication networks. The company also has sales and/or service centres in Bangalore, Rio de Janeiro, Shanghai and Moscow.