Loral CyberStar today announced that it has been awarded a multiyear contract to provide very small aperture terminal (VSAT) services to Global Crossing, one of the world¿s largest telecommunications service providers.
In support of Global Crossing¿s contract to develop a virtual private network (VPN) for British embassies worldwide, CyberStar¿s two-way VSAT network will deliver secure voice, data, and Internet services to embassies in hard-to-reach and infrastructure-deficient regions of the world.
Global Crossing will implement and support the UK government¿s Foreign and Commonwealth Offices¿ (FCO) telecommunications network (FTN) and provide managed voice, data, and messaging services to approximately 10,000 users in 240 British embassies, consulates, high commissions, and diplomatic missions worldwide.
To ensure universal access to broadband, integrated and flexible communications, CyberStar¿s VSAT solution will allow all British embassies to have the same high-quality, secure and reliable communications.
“VSATs were the only solution for many embassies where local telecommunications is either nonexistent or unsuitable for the sensitive nature of the traffic embassies send,” said Martin Lea, UK managing director, Global Crossing.
“We won this contract because of our ability to provide the FCO with a variety of options based on the needs of each individual embassy. CyberStar¿s global presence and experience in operating large managed data VSAT networks are the perfect complement to our own extensive terrestrial communications and Internet Protocol network.”
CyberStar¿s flexible and reliable multiplexed network provides secure, resilient, and cost-effective connectivity for both point-to-point and point-to-multipoint communications with no intervening terrestrial links.
Its high rate of availability ensures support for critical communications and its dedicated bandwidth can be increased from 64Kbps to 320Kbps without expensive and time-consuming equipment changes.
CyberStar¿s easily installed VSATs will give the UK FCO the flexibility to quickly deploy, redeploy and upgrade sites as its networking needs change around the world.
“The addition of VSATs to this network will allow the FCO to create a single, online global organization with the most up-to-date communications available to all,” said Chris Chaney, vice president and general manager, Loral CyberStar.
“CyberStar offers Global Crossing a rapidly deployed solution and quality of service that will help its customer achieve a global and consistent communications for data, voice, intranet, fax, email, and Internet services to all British FCO locations.”
