May 16, 2012, post by Artur Nowak
HPI Fleet & Mobility, Europe’s leading independent fleet manager, has one primary objective: bringing people from one place to another in the simplest, most convenient ways possible. In its ongoing effort to blaze new trails in this field, the company is using this year’s European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) to look for innovative ideas for seamless, sustainable mobility concepts that incorporate new technologies.
Oberpfaffenhofen, 15 May 2012: Whether it’s with privately owned or hired cars; public services such as buses, trains, and planes; bicycles or our own two feet – we use myriad means of transportation every day to get where we need to go. Finding the best combination of these options can, however, still be a complicated affair. Considerations of sustainability and the increasing amount of traffic in inner cities are also leading to the need for new mobility concepts. For these reasons, HPI Fleet & Mobility is offering a prize in the area of seamless and sustainable mobility in its search for innovative solutions that use satellite navigation to simplify and improve personal mobility.
“We want to provide our customers with door-to-door mobility that’s both sustainable and fun,” says Steffen Giebler, CEO of HPI Fleet & Mobility GmbH. “With modern smartphones and other mobile, navigation-ready communication devices offering so much potential for the future of mobile management, the ESNC is a fantastic opportunity for us to seek out ideas for innovative applications.”
Ideas for door-to-door navigation applications that integrate different means of transport, service concepts for optimised travel planning, and other sustainable mobility concepts will all have the chance to catch HPI’s eye. Submissions will be evaluated with a particular focus on sustainability and market potential. In addition to a EUR 10,000 cash prize, HPI Fleet & Mobility will provide proactive support designed to help the winner to implement and commercialise their idea.
Ideas can be entered for the Seamless and Sustainable Mobility Prize at www.galileo-masters.eu until 30 June.
About HPI Fleet & Mobility
HPI Fleet is Europe’s leading independent fleet management company. In 16 countries, it offers a unique service portfolio that covers the entire value chain, from vehicle procurement to remarketing. Along the way, it manages all fleet-related activities for its clients and processes their financial transactions. As a result, they benefit from single consolidated reports and invoices that meet their accounting standards.
HPI Fleet’s business strategy is driven by its aim to convert modern fleet management into a holistic mobility management approach. It is centred around the individual’s need for seamless and sustainable mobility. For more information, please visit: www.hpifleet.com
About the European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC)
The ESNC is an international ideas competition that recognises the best ideas in the field of satellite navigation every year. From companies and research institutes to students and other independent individuals, anyone is free to enter. The only thing that matters is your idea! You will be able to submit your innovations at www.galileo-masters.eu from 1 April to 30 June.
The ESNC was inaugurated in three regions in 2004 under the patronage of the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs. Since then, the competition has transformed into a network that embodies innovation and expertise. The new partner regions in this year’s competition are Austria, Bulgaria, Finland, Ireland, Poland, and Portugal, bringing the total to more than 20 regions now competing for the distinction of having produced the overall winner – the Galileo Master. For more information, please visit www.galileo-masters.eu.
May 16, 2012, post by Artur Nowak
Globecomm Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: GCOM), a leading global provider of communications solutions and services, announced today that Showtime Networks Inc. has awarded the company a seven-year contract renewal.
Globecomm will continue providing Showtime Networks with a managed services solution that supports the origination and broadcasting of over 40 channels. These include standard definition, high definition, MPEG 2 and MPEG 4, and video on demand via satellite and terrestrial means. Globecomm broadcast technicians maintain the on air availability of all channels 24/7, along with support of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® and other live events.
Tim DeLaney, Senior Vice President, Network Operations, Showtime Networks Inc., said: “This seven-year contract renewal with Globecomm recognizes their superior performance, high on air availability and technical proficiency.”
Andy Silberstein, Senior Vice President & General Manager of Globecomm Services, said: “We are pleased to have the opportunity to continue offering our managed media services to one of the industry’s premier content providers.”
About Showtime
Showtime Networks Inc. (SNI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CBS Corporation, owns and operates the premium television networks SHOWTIME®, THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ and FLIX®, as well as the multiplex channels SHOWTIME 2™, SHOWTIME® SHOWCASE, SHOWTIME EXTREME®, SHOWTIME BEYOND®, SHOWTIME NEXT®, SHOWTIME WOMEN®, SHOWTIME FAMILY ZONE® and THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ XTRA. SNI also offers SHOWTIME HD™, THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ HD, SHOWTIME ON DEMAND® and THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ ON DEMAND, and the network’s authentication service SHOWTIME ANYTIME®. SNI also manages Smithsonian Networks, a joint venture between SNI and the Smithsonian Institution, which offers Smithsonian Channel™. All SNI feeds provide enhanced sound using Dolby Digital 5.1. SNI markets and distributes sports and entertainment events for exhibition to subscribers on a pay-per-view basis through SHOWTIME PPV®.
About Globecomm Systems
Globecomm Systems Inc., or Globecomm, is a leading global provider of satellite-based managed network solutions. Employing our expertise in emerging communication technologies we are able to offer a comprehensive suite of system integration, system products, and network services enabling a complete end-to-end solution for our customers. We believe our integrated approach of in-house design and engineering expertise combined with a world-class global network and our 24 by 7 network operating centers provides us a unique competitive advantage. We are now taking this value proposition to selective vertical markets, including government, wireless, media, enterprise, and maritime. As a network solution provider we leverage our global network to provide customers managed access services to the United States Internet backbone, video content, the public switched telephone network or their corporate headquarters, or government offices. We currently have customers for which we are providing such services in the United States, Europe, South America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.
May 14, 2012, post by Artur Nowak
Satellite specialist Newtec’s IP traffic enhancement and shaping technology Cross-Layer-Optimization™ has been implemented in the flagship EURO HAWK® Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) which detects and collects information. The Newtec technology is required in order to secure the downlink via satellite. EURO HAWK is a joint programme between Cassidian, an EADS company, and Northrop Grumman. It is a UAS which signals a new era for Germany’s Federal Armed Forces – the debut of the largest unmanned aerial system in German airspace.
“It’s a milestone for us,” said Rüdiger Knöpfel, the head of the unmanned project department at the German Federal Office of Defence Technology and Procurement (BWB). “It represents nearly 10 years of concept preparation and development. At 15 metres long, a wingspan of 40 metres and take-off weight of approximately 15 tons, the Euro Hawk by far outstrips other UAS types.”
The EURO HAWK can stay airborne for more than 30 hours and fly more than 20,000 km before needing to refuel. Technicians have equipped the EURO HAWK with German sensors and intelligence technology.
From an altitude of 20,000 metres – which is above the altitude at which civil aircraft fly – the EURO HAWK’s SIGnals INTelligence (SIGINT) system detects and collects information from ELectronic INTelligence (ELINT) radar emitters and communications emitters. It then transmits this information to the ground stations in real-time for analysis and dissemination.
In order to secure the downlink of the recorded data, satellite communication leader Newtec provided its IP traffic enhancement and shaping solution: Cross-Layer-Optimization, www.newtec.eu/cross-layer-optimizationtm.
The Newtec Cross-Layer-Optimization solution seamlessly enhances the TCP communication and at the same time includes comprehensive shaping and compression techniques. All technologies interact in order to optimize the communication link. The system can be tailored to provide the maximum availability and bandwidth efficiency to any application running for the EURO HAWK interaction and data transmission.
“The EURO HAWK is an important asset for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance operations for Germany and its partner states and has Newtec technology at its core,” said Serge Van Herck, CEO of Newtec. “Key to this project was providing expertise and the right solution to ensure the satellite link for Beyond-Line-of-Sight communications. Newtec technology allows the most data and video as possible through the satellite link whilst providing optimal availability to assure mission critical communications.”
Newtec has a track record of installations on both manned and unmanned intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft. The company has 27 years’ experience dealing with high data rates and video transmissions over satellite.
