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August 13, 2001 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — ViaSat Inc. (viasat.com) and Loral Skynet (loralskynet.com) have formed a joint venture, Immeon Networks LLC (immeon.com), to develop and market the Immeon satellite bandwidth-on-demand service.
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Immeon is targeted at enterprises that can benefit from broadband-on-demand,
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have peer-to-peer connectivity needs for remote locations, or need redundant
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connections to restore service during wide area network outages.
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Through monthly service plans similar to cellular telephone service, Immeon
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subscribers have access to bandwidth for point-to-point and multicasting IP
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services based on their monthly usage and data rate requirements. Immeon
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says its turnkey service provides its subscribers with a cost-effective
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alternative to underused fixed circuits.
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ABC News and Haverty’s Furniture are among Immeon’s first customers. A
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number of others including StorageTek are in the trial phase with Immeon
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network connections. ABC News is using Immeon to improve its voice and data
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communications for on-location satellite newsgathering. Haverty’s will back
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up terrestrial Frame Relay and ISDN lines with Immeon services to insure
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reliability for its retailing network.
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StorageTek, is evaluating the Immeon system for implementing possible backup
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services for their terrestrial network from Puerto Rico to its headquarters
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in Louisville, Colo.
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“Loral Skynet’s strategic joint venture with ViaSat allows us to go beyond
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providing capacity to offering value-added products and services to our
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customers,” said Terry Hart, president, Loral Skynet.
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Immeon uses Loral Skynet’s Telstar 4 satellite and ViaSat’s StarWire
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satellite networking terminals to connect users to any location within the
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satellite’s coverage area. The initial service area includes the United
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States plus portions of Canada and the Caribbean.
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ViaSat’s Paired Carrier Multiple Access (PCMA) technology is expected to
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enable Immeon to provide efficient bandwidth use in a mesh network
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configuration, and enables competitive service pricing to its customers.
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The Immeon service allows customers to extend terrestrial network services
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and establish broadband connections to hard-to-reach or temporary sites for
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applications such as oil and gas exploration, newsgathering, emergency
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operations or construction.
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Immeon also serves as a backup to other high-speed networks in areas where
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redundant, geographically-diverse terrestrial coverage is not practical or
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cost-effective. Loral Skynet is providing capacity, planning, and support
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for space segment to Immeon, while ViaSat provides service and equipment,
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network operations and maintenance, installation, integration services, and
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field support. Ground service and support is provided from ViaSat’s
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Atlanta- based network operations center.
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Loral Skynet of Bedminster, N.J., a subsidiary of Loral Space &
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Communications, is a leading satellite communications services provider that
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operates the Telstar satellite fleet. The fleet provides C-band and Ku-band
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coverage over the continental United States, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico,
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and the Caribbean, as well as Europe, Asia, South America, northern Africa
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and South Africa. Loral also provides technical consulting, as well as
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tracking, telemetry, and control of satellite fleets for a wide variety of
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customers.
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