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Thrane & Thrane’s EXPLORER 325 Goes Green Travels The Planet By Electric Car
Thrane & Thrane provided an EXPLORER 325, to handle the communications during a ‘green’ expedition in which two electric Nissan Qashquais are driven around the world. The ‘Charge to Change Electric Expedition’, which set off from Copenhagen on Friday, July 25th is the brainchild of married Danish writer and explorer couple Hjalte Tin & Nina Rasmussen, who plan to complete the 36,000km course in just 10 months.
Charge to Change will be the first round the world journey using standard electric cars. The team will drive a gruelling route, while meeting experts and communities, in order to show the world that electric cars are a viable, cleaner form of transport. Already authors of 12 books, stars of a TV series about their travels and famous for designing and building an innovative low energy house in Denmark, the couple’s high-profile is important for insuring the support and coverage that the expedition needs to be a success. As indeed is the EXPLORER 325, which will enable followers to watch the team and get updates regardless of where they are in the world.
The Thrane & Thrane EXPLORER 325 uses the Inmarsat BGAN service to offer data speeds up to 384kbps standard IP and up to 128kbps streaming, and works down to 5° elevation whether stationary or moving at speed across all types of terrain. It provides global voice coverage and Internet access and is suitable for a wealth of applications and user segments from government and military through to NGO, humanitarian and field service use. Its introduction in March 2010 and subsequent first delivery in July 2010 opened up a new low price-point, making cost-effective on-the-move communications a possibility for a wider range of applications, including trains, buses, trucks and sporting events such as cycling or motorsport.
Hjalte Tin is no stranger to satcoms and in particular Thrane & Thrane’s EXPLORER terminals, having used them while leading motorbike tours all-over the world with daughter Ida, for the family’s bike tour company, Moto Mundo: “The route will take us through some very remote areas and over some rough terrain, so based on my previous experience of the robustness and reliability of EXPLORER products, I am delighted to be using them again,” says Hjalte. “We will have global voice communication and broadband internet via satellite, wherever we are, and even when the cars are moving. EXPLORER 325 will be used to deliver photos and footage, to maintain our blog and to talk to and e-mail friends and family.”
The Charge to Change Expedition will travel 36,000 km in sixteen 2-week stages, with the cars completing 200-300 km over 4-5 hours of driving per day. The first stage of the route ended in Moscow at the beginning of August. After Moscow the team started the long journey east and is currently driving through Mongolia. The plan is to reach Shanghai in October, where the cars and the team will play an important role in the Danish pavilion at EXPO 2010. After this, the route crosses the USA from West to East before rising up through Europe to the finish line in Copenhagen on 1st May 2011.
“We are delighted to be part of this important expedition as it has the potential to promote a much greener form of transport to the world,” comments Morten Rishøj, Market Development Manager at Thrane & Thrane. “EXPLORER 325 is the ideal solution for the team and has already proven it’s worth. Hjalte and Nina are able to keep in touch via voice and the internet while the cars are moving even in the most remote areas such as Siberia. At just 35cm in diameter and 13cm high, EXPLORER 325 features the smallest available vehicular BGAN antenna on the market so its size and weight will ensure minimal drain on the car’s battery, helping the team to make better progress between charges. We are excited to play a part in Charge to Change and wish Hjalte and Nina the best of luck for their travels.”
Skyline to Unveil Latest Version of DataMiner(TM) Network Management System at IBC2010
Skyline Communications, the global leader in end-to-end, multivendor network management solutions for the satellite, HFC broadband, broadcast, and IPTV industries, will introduce DataMiner(TM) 6.5 at IBC2010 — the latest version of the company’s award-winning network management system (NMS). This update significantly improves the operator’s ability to manage large, complex networks by introducing innovative UI technology and by further expanding the reach of the platform down to the subscriber home. With this extended reach, DataMiner is the first NMS platform in the industry capable of providing a complete end-to-end perspective for operators.
The DataMiner Cube(TM) UI, introduced as part of DataMiner 6.5, is the industry’s first interface based on user-centric design principles that enable time savings, convenience, and an overall reduction in costly errors. The Cube UI leverages the strong DataMiner data acquisition, processing, and presentation capabilities to provide a web-based, interface that enables the operator to navigate intuitively within even the most complex operational ecosystems. Among the many innovations offered by DataMiner Cube are user-definable drag and drop, intelligent searching, interactive scripting, and user-definable graphing. The system is also multi-touch-enabled for use on the latest generation of displays.
“We’ve designed the DataMiner Cube UI to make it simpler and more intuitive than ever before for an operator to truly own the enormous amount of data that resides within its network,” said Ben Vandenberghe, Skyline’s sales and marketing director. “As networks continue to grow in size and complexity operators need to be able to access and analyze the enormous amount of data quickly and accurately to make critical business decisions and keep customers happy.”
Ship Equip increase satellite capacity in Middle East
Ship Equip, New Wave Broadband and Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) have signed a multiple year agreement for the provision of satellite capacity and iDirect services in the Middle East, which secures Ship Equip future growth in bandwidth usage in this region. TSBc will uplink the iDirect services from their Nittedal teleport in Norway where they have recently installed an iDirect hub.
We are delighted to have signed these contracts with Ship Equip and Telenor Satellite Broadcasting . This continues our growth in strategic areas around the globe and consolidates our position as the fastest growing provider of quality satellite services and capacity for the superyacht industry says Andrew Francis, General Manager at New Wave Broadband
The deal increases reserve capacity considerably in the Middle East where bandwidth demand has been increasing, and comes also as a response to a rise in demand for Ship Equips maritime broadband solution SEVSAT CEO Ivar Nesset says.
We are very happy to have signed a deal with New Wave and Ship Equip and are currently discussing additional connectivity in other regions Mr. Michael Carter, Sales Director Datacomms Services of Telenor Satellite Broadcasting states. We have increased our focus on the Maritime Market recently and this agreement is evidence that our efforts have been timely. This market now accounts for a significant part of our Datacomms business and it is obviously important to us. Ship Equip and New Wave Broadband are some of the fastest growing providers in the maritime market and we are pleased to do business with these leading companies Mr. Carter says.
The increase in satellite capacity serves a number of purposes.
Firstly, it will be utilized to provide existing customers with more bandwidth. Since the launch of SEVSAT in 2003/2004 the demand for bandwidth has been steadily increasing.
Secondly, but equally important, the new bandwidth will be used to accommodate the growing number of SEVSAT customers.
Finally, the coverage area in key regions is increased, with more favourable overlapping of coverage areas making the Ku band coverage more continuous than ever.