M2 PRESSWIRE-27 February 2003-Research and Markets: Ink Manufacturing in Australia(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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The IBISWorld Ink Manufacturing in Australia report is an in depth study containing statistics, trends, forecasts and competitor information. This Class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing ink.
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M2 PRESSWIRE-1 October 1998-NORTEL: Bay Networks, a Nortel Networks Business Unit introduces ExtraNet Profits program (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Reinforcing its leadership role in the Extranet and VPN market, Bay Networks, a Nortel Networks [NYSE: NT/TSE: NTL] business unit, today introduced its ExtraNet Profits program. This program will enable business-class Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to rapidly capitalize on the growing market demand from carrier-managed VPNs.
As ISPs seek to maximize their return on investments and provide competitive differentiating services, Bay Networks ExtraNet Profits program offers service providers the tools and operational support necessary to enhance their business model with high margin value-added services to attract new and retain existing customers.
Through these value-added VPN services, end-user customers can more easily implement Extranets and VPNs to improve business processes, and increase profits. For example, a VPN enables a corporation to communicate more efficiently with customers, suppliers, and other partners by providing easier access to corporate resources via the Internet. Extranets also allow organizations to save about $1,000 per remote user per year over traditional remote access solutions.
Bay Networks comprehensive ExtraNet Profits program enables ISPs to resell the award-winning Contivity Extranet Switch product line. In addition, Bay Networks will work with the ISPs on market development and lead generation activities, operational support, and sales, systems engineering and support training.
"We have developed this program to offer a clearly defined strategy that assists service providers in rapidly deploying and capitalizing on the emerging Extranet market," said Michael Feinstein, vice president of market development within Nortel Networks. "By teaming Bay Networks technology strengths, operations support and training with a carriers' brand development and marketing strategy, we are lowering both the technological and financial risks involved with entering this rapidly expanding market."
The ExtraNet Profits program has already attracted some of the world's leading ISPs including OzEmail, Australia's largest ISP; Chung-Hwa Telecom Co., owner of Hinet, the largest ISP in Hong Kong; and Eclipse Internet Access, serving New Jersey and New York with affordable personal and business access to Email, WWW, FTP, Newsgroups, and more.
Bay Networks selected service offerings within the ExtraNet Profits program include:
Market Development and Lead Generation
The ExtraNet Profits program delivers the tools necessary to effectively generate sales leads for the service providers' Managed VPN service offerings. Bay Networks will share the costs related to direct mail campaigns, Web-based seminars, and service provider-branded collateral, to allow service providers to quickly create demand and begin selling its VPN services to customers.
Participants in the program must commit to a minimum order of Contivity Extranet Switch products. Bay Networks will then supplement these orders with a free Contivity Extranet Switch 1000 for Web hosting or other internal applications.
Operations Support
Operational support is a necessity for service providers ramping up their own internal infrastructure to manage these new VPN services for customers. To ease the initial deployment of the Contivity Extranet Switch products, Bay Networks will provide a series of support programs to ISPs. These include 90-day support @ Service Link; 90-day free telephone help desk and technical support; and two assisted installations free of charge to provide the necessary educational support to a service provider's staff.
Training
Sales and pre-sales system engineering training is offered free at all provider sites for ISPs taking advantage of the ExtraNet Profits program. Provider education also includes operations and Extranet Switch maintenance training.
"This program sets the stage for service providers to effectively roll out managed services," said Feinstein. "We will use the ExtraNet Profits program as a framework for offering future services that give carriers a required competitive advantage."
About Bay Networks Contivity Extranet Switch Product Family
Bay Networks Contivity Extranet Switch product family enables partners and employees to build Extranet/Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) for private communication, commerce, and collaboration. Bay Networks Contivity Extranet Switch product family includes the Contivity Extranet Switch 4000, 2000, and 1000, each combining market-leading functionality such as support for standard tunneling, authentication, directory, accounting and connectivity protocols, in a single, integrated hardware architecture.
Nortel Networks works with customers worldwide to design, build, and deliver telecommunications and IP-optimized networks. Customers include public and private enterprises and institutions; Internet service providers; local, long-distance, cellular and PCS communications companies, cable television carriers, and utilities.
Nortel Networks' common shares are listed on the New York, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, and London stock exchanges. Nortel had 1997 revenues of US$15.5 billion and Bay Networks, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nortel, had revenues of US$2.4 billion during its most recent fiscal year. The combined company's workforce totals approximately 80,000 employees worldwide.
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Investors mixed on fate of stocks Investors are still cautiously optimistic about private equity activity in the Middle East and North Africa this year, according to a Deloitte report released yesterday. "Irrespective of global challenges, MENA continues to attract investors. In fact, 75 per cent of respondents expect an increase in investor appetite for MENA funds as a result of the continued underlying economic growth of the region, the significant financial resources here and, as yet, the wealth of untapped opportunities in the region," said Chris Ward, CEO of financial advisory services, at Deloitte Middle East. "This does not mean that investors are being reckless, however, thorough due diligence will once again come to the fore," he added. Almost two thirds of respondents, who were senior executives at private equity (PE) firms, said that they expect private equity investment activity in the MENA region to increase, or at least maintain, existing levels in the next 12 months, the report showed, with the consumer, power, and healthcare industries the most active sectors for the year. However, the global downturn has not left the region unaffected, the study added, with 53 per cent expecting returns to decrease - reflecting the reduced values of existing investments - and a further 83 per cent expecting entry multiples (ratios such as price to earnings) to decrease. "The dramatic global events of the past six months have had an impact on the region... PE firms are likely to hold onto their investments until multiples improve, but those with capital to deploy will be looking to pick up what they see as bargains," Ward added.
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Australian incumbent telecommunications service provider Telstra announced that it has upgraded its fixed-line broadband services in the cities of Saddleworth and Coffin Bay in Southern Australia. This is a significant achievement for Telstra, as it now provides ADSL Internet offerings in the region. Telstra also declared its plan to set up a new store in Northcorte Plaza, Melbourne. This is one of the approximately 100 stores being planned by the company over the next three years.
The Empire District Electric Company (NYSE:EDE) will hold a conference call on Wednesday, June 1, 2011, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (12:00 p.m. Central), to discuss the stipulated agreement filed in their Missouri rate case. An 8-K with details of the agreement was filed earlier today.
Participants in the call should dial 877-941-2332, no passcode required. A replay of the call will be available for two weeks by dialing 800-406-7325 and entering the passcode 4445878#.
A live webcast of the call can be accessed via the Internet on Empire's web site at www.empiredistrict.com. The webcast will be available for replay for one year.
Based in Joplin, Missouri, The Empire District Electric Company (NYSE: EDE) is an investor-owned, regulated utility providing electricity, natural gas (through its wholly owned subsidiary The Empire District Gas Company), and water service, with approximately 215,000 customers in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. A subsidiary of the Company also provides fiber optic services. For more information regarding Empire, visit www.empiredistrict.com.
Keywords: Empire District Electric Company, Energy, Gas Company, Natural Gas, Oil & Gas.
This article was prepared by Energy Weekly News editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2011, Energy Weekly News via VerticalNews.com.
Youku.com Inc., an Internet television company in China ("Youku"), has announced that its follow-on public offering of 12,310,000 American depositary shares ("ADSs") by the Company and certain of its pre-IPO investors was priced at $48.18 per ADS.
Each ADS represents 18 Class A ordinary shares of the Company. In connection with this offering, the Company reported that the underwriters have been granted the option to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,800,000 additional ADSs from certain selling shareholders at the public offering price less underwriting discounts.
Youku said that it will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the ADSs by the selling shareholders. The gross proceeds to the Company will be approximately US$400 million. Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. acted as the sole bookrunner, and Allen & Company, Barclays Capital Inc., Piper Jaffray & Co. and Pacific Crest Securities acted as co-managers for the offering.
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BEIJING, May 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical Care Technologies Inc. (OTCBB: MDCE), a children's healthcare service provider, today announced the geographical location for its proposed children's health and wellness center. The City of Dongguan in southern China has been selected as the region of choice to establish the Company's first flagship pediatric clinic.
Dongguan, located in Guangdong Province, was chosen because of its progressive economics, recording 10.3% GDP growth for 2010 and; for 2011, the city's government is expecting an 8.5% GDP growth (Dongguan Today News). Dongguan forms part of China's "MegaCity" project where nine (9) cities will be formed into one. The MegaCity will consist of over 42 million people and this integrated system will allow residents to travel freely and use the health care system of all the connected cities.
Medical Care's scouting team is currently sourcing prime areas in Dongguan to erect a 3,000 - 5,000 square foot children's healthcare facility. It is expected that the planned health clinic will serve a community and broader metropolitan area of 10 million people, including more than 1 million children. The health center will also directly serve the two (2) neighboring municipalities of Guangzhou and Shenzhen, home to over 25 million residents. Management expects to decide on a final location for its first children's health clinic before the end of its second quarter.
"It was evident early in the citing process that the City of Dongguan was a perfect choice to establish our flagship pediatric center," stated Luis Kuo, Chief Operating Officer of Medical Care. "Our scouting team has received immeasurable assistance from the Dongguan community, as well as significant support from a host of medical professionals and civic leaders. There is a deep-seated dedication to taking care of people here."
About Medical Care Technologies Inc.
Medical Care Technologies Inc. is traded under the symbol MDCE on the OTCBB and is headquartered in Beijing, China. The Company's planned products and services constitute children's health clinics and a healthcare delivery and wellness site; dedicated to helping Chinese consumers live healthier, more balanced lives. MDCE plans, through a Chinese subsidiary, to develop a network of children's health facilities in the larger urban areas throughout China. Services are geared towards the advancing economic middle-class and upper class Chinese families. In addition, MDCE provides advanced connectivity, internationally standardized and secure business, technology and information systems to assist the Chinese health industry - physicians, pharmacists, medical institutions, consumers - access medical resources, health services, education, and health products throughout China. MDCE will also distribute a diverse range of industry-leading product lines in three segments: Medical Devices, Pharmaceuticals and Nutriceuticals. It is the Company's goal to become a health care leader in children's health. Information on the Company can be found at www.sec.gov and the Company's website at www.medicaretechinc.com.
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All statements contained in this press release, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements, including those regarding: MDCE's products, services, capabilities, performance, opportunities, development and business outlook, guidance on our future financial results and other projections or measures of our future performance; the amount and timing of the benefits expected from strategic initiatives and acquisitions or from deployment of new or updated technologies, products, services or applications; and other potential sources of additional revenue. These statements are based on our current plans and expectations and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual future events or results to be different than those described in or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include those relating to: lack of operating history, transitioning from a development company to an operating company, difficulties in distinguishing MDCE's products and services, ability to deploy MDCE's services and products, market acceptance of our products and services; operational difficulties relating to combining acquired companies and businesses; our ability to form and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with customers and strategic partners; changes in economic, political or regulatory conditions or other trends affecting the healthcare, Internet, information technology and healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, and our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel. Other risks and uncertainties may include, but are not limited to: lack of or delay in market acceptance and fluctuations in customer demand, dependence on a limited number of significant customers, reliance on third party vendors and strategic partners, ability to meet future capital requirements on acceptable terms, continuing uncertainty in the global economy, and compliance with federal and state regulatory requirement. Further information about these matters can be found in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings. We expressly disclaim any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
For Further Information: Contact: Don Griffin Tel: (480) 251-1449 Fax: (810) 222-5453 Email: don@virmmac.com Web: www.medicaretechinc.com
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"Recent energy saving and environmental protection highly demand the development of new technology such as superconducting applications. At Chubu University, we have developed direct current (DC) superconducting 20 m transmission lines as a working trial system for the actual applications," scientists in Aichi, Japan report.
"Our parameter is promising for long distance transmission with low pump power. On the other hand, superconducting DC distribution is also useful in green internet technology such as the energy saving in the internet data center. However, such short length superconducting applications require special thermal designs because the heat leak into the system is comparably larger than the energy reduction in superconducting cables. From the viewpoint of cryogenics, high performance current lead is in high demand such as the Peltier current lead (PCL)," wrote T. Kawahara and colleagues.
The researchers concluded: "With the improvements of current leads, we can reduce the heat leak to reach the very low loss systems required for the small superconducting application systems as the cost-effective ones."
Kawahara and colleagues published their study in Physica C - Superconductivity and Its Applications (Estimation for the performance of superconducting DC transmission lines with cryogenics improvements. Physica C - Superconductivity and Its Applications, 2010;470(Suppl. 1):S1011-S1012).
For additional information, contact T. Kawahara, Chubu University, Center Applied Superconduct & Sustainable Energy Research, Aichi 4878501, JAPAN..
The publisher's contact information for the journal Physica C - Superconductivity and Its Applications is: Elsevier Science BV, PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Keywords: City:Aichi, Country:Japan, Physics, Technology
This article was prepared by Ecology, Environment & Conservation editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2011, Ecology, Environment & Conservation via VerticalNews.com.
The Landing Page Success Summit is a live web conference designed to help Marketers increase their online marketing profits. Leading industry Conversion Rate Experts will teach Marketers how to save tme and increase sales with cutting-edge website and landing page optimization techniques. The summit covers these hot topics: Online Customer Conversion Rates; Search Engine Optimization; Web Page Analysis; Copywriting; Web 2.0 Strategies; Social Media - Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin; B2B and B2C Case Studies, Search and Social Media Marketing Resources, Tools, Trends and more. The online conference runs from November 3-23, 2010--three weeks of solid, expert-led training completely online.
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) October 8, 2010 -- The Web's first and largest online conversion conference--Landing Page Success Summit--is a brand new live web conference designed to help Marketers increase their online profits with the #1 conversion strategy, customized landing pages. The Conversion Experts will teach Marketers conversion techniques and web page optimization tactics proven to increase search and social media marketing results. The conference runs from November 3-23, 2010--three weeks of solid, expert-led training completely online. Participants can register now and take advantage of discounted tickets currently 50% off for a limited time only. The Summit offers a special Free Preview Live Webinar on October 13, "Killer Facebook Landing Pages--What Works and Why". The free preview webinar will teach Facebook landing page strategies to get more users to convert to customers. Dennis Yu (CEO, BlitzLocal) will teach the Top 7 Most Effective Landing Page Techniques to Convert More Clicks into Customers.
The focus of the Landing Page Success Summit is to provide Marketers with expert insights, resources, tools and strategies to develop and deploy customer-converting landing pages. The Summit's Founder Mary O'Brien, search marketing (pay per click) industry leader, has trained thousands of Marketers how to drive their bottom line profits using search marketing: Google AdWords/Yahoo Search Marketing/Microsoft AdCenter and other online advertising platforms.
This online interactive conference is drawing Marketers from around the world to learn new insights on maximizing online customer conversion rates. These online classes will teach Marketers how to incorporate conversion and optimization best practices to gain better results across all search and social media marketing channels. It is conveniently held online to cut down on attendee costs and time away from the office.
"There are plenty of Search Marketing conferences, but there has never been anything like this online Landing Page Success Summit focused purely on conversion optimization strategies. We are pleased to introduce a leading panel of Landing Page Experts willing to share their knowledge and teach the power of landing page optimization," said Founder Mary O'Brien. "The conversion opportunities are unlimited when Marketers apply these customized landing page tactics."
Session topics include: Online Customer Conversion Rates; Search Engine Optimization; Web Page Analysis - Testing and Tuning; Copywriting - Headlines and Call to Actions; Web 2.0 Strategies; Social Media - Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin; B2B and B2C Case Studies, Search and Social Media Marketing Resources, Tools, Trends and more. Each online session offers practical lessons in an easy to follow along format with the live instructor.
Attendees will be able to speak to the experts via live chat and get immediate answers to their most pressing issues and common challenges. Marketers will learn new techniques for increasing conversion rates, as well as get real-world case studies for increasing online sales.
The Conversion Experts will show Marketers how to tap into the power of landing page optimization. Attendees will hear from 20 industry authorities including Brian Clark (Founder, Copyblogger), Bryan Eisenberg (Co-author, New York Times bestselling books Call to Action and Always Be Testing), Brian Massey (Founder of Conversion Sciences and Author, The Conversion Scientist), Byron White (Founder of ideaLaunch), Jay Baer (President of Consultancy Convince & Convert and Co-author, The Now Revolution), Jim Sterne (Producer, eMetrics Marketing Optimization Summits and Co-founder, Web Analytics Association), Lance Loveday (CEO of Closed Loop Marketing) and many more. View the full speaker list here.
The Landing Page Success Summit registration is open and attendees can get 50% off for a limited time only. To learn more about the Landing Page Success Summit online sessions and speakers, please visit Landing Page Success Summit.
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Byline: Rich Karpinski
Skype said late last week it is closing its Extras developer program, which let third-party developers add functionality to the voice-over-IP platform. Though details on future directions are scarce, the company did say, however, that it is not abandoning working with developers but shifting its focus to its next-generation VoIP platform.
The move comes as Skype in late August announced the sale of the company by eBay to a trio of venture capital firms, including one fronted by Web pioneer Marc Andreessen. That makes the timing especially odd for killing the developer program, especially as a vibrant and open developer program has been so vital for other platforms, most notably for iPhone apps.
Skype developer advocate Antoine Bertout announced the decision in a blog post, noting that "despite the incredible breadth of Extras developed for Skype, simply not enough people were using them to justify our continued support of the [program]."
That said, Bertout wrote -- and other Skype executives have hinted further -- that Skype is not abandoning developers altogether and is likely to revisit the creation of a more robust API in the future. "While the Extras program didn't work as well as we'd hoped, we still believe there are opportunities for third-party developers to enhance the Skype experience," according to Bertout.
Companies that have tried to provide API-level access to telephony applications have clearly had a mixed bag of success. Several Web mashup style API players, such as Jaxtr, weren't able to find their footing at all; others like Ribbit, purchased by BT, continue to push the API agenda. Even others, like Fonolo or Ifbyphone have at least found interesting niches, if not blockbuster acceptance. Meanwhile, incumbent telecom players like AT&T, Verizon and countless others around the globe continue to swing, miss and sometimes hit with their developer programs and API platforms.
One future direction for Skype could be to move the API to more of a service-layer rather than client layer access. Today, apps built with the Extras API need to invoke the Skype client, which adds overhead to the application; keeps Skype, rather than the developer at the center of the app; and limits the kinds of third-party apps that can be built. A service layer app would let a developer embed call controls for accessing Skype into their own applications, with Skype benefiting from network usage, particularly usage that uses Skype In/Out minutes.
Indeed, the problem, according to some analysts, is that although Extras is interesting, it hasn't necessarily been set up strategically in a way to improve Skype's bottom line. "The best answer I can come up with isn't that they are fleeing developers, but they are doing a major overhaul of the program, which they need to do," said Thomas Howe, voice mashup analyst and founder of Thomas Howe Co., and who until recently was CEO of telecom API and tools company Jaduka.
"Even if nothing else drives them, carriers have to have a developer program to stay competitive. *aFor instance, the average developer doesn't make much on iPhone apps, yet Apple aggregates that revenue for something, but more importantly, drives the sales of their handset to galactic proportions," Howe said. "Skype needs some sort of way of extending and integrating their network, or they'll get cooked by somebody who does - even if the money isn't the initial driver."
Latest Acquisition Will Produce SOFTBANK Expos Shows in Australia
FOSTER CITY, Calif., Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- SOFTBANK Expos, the leading producer of educational technology events, today announced that SOFTBANK will acquire the IT conference and exposition division of Synergy Conventions Pty in Sydney, Australia. The new group will become SOFTBANK Australia Pty and produce SOFTBANK Expos technology conferences and trade shows. The acquisition is expected to be completed by the end of the year, and the financial terms of the arrangement were not disclosed.
Synergy Conventions has worked as a partner with SOFTBANK Expos since July 1995 to launch and manage Networld+Interop in Sydney. The show will take place at the Sydney Exhibition and Conference Centre November 25 - 29. SOFTBANK Expos and Synergy also recently announced a second SOFTBANK Expos event, Seybold Seminars, planned for Sydney in May.
Alex Feher, Managing Director of Synergy, will become the General Manager of SOFTBANK Australia Pty, and Rob Irving, Director of Synergy, will become Marketing Director of the new entity.
"This acquisition is an important step in our strategy to provide high-quality, education-driven conferences and trade shows for technology buyers and sellers worldwide," explained William Lohse, president of SOFTBANK Expos. "The move from partnership to ownership signals our level of commitment to the Australian market, which is one of the fastest growing technology markets in the world."
"SOFTBANK's decision to invest in Australia is in line with the considerable growth potential offered by the region," said Feher. "Australia ranks in the top five on-line countries in the world and with the support of the SOFTBANK Expos organization, we believe we can make a major contribution to the region by providing the means to assist with the adoption of new technology."
Synergy was formed in 1991 by Feher and Irving. The first event produced by the company, Quest, has become Australia's leading manufacturing convention. In early 1995 the company launched an information technology group to produce high-tech trade shows. After the acquisition is completed, Synergy's other groups will continue to operate under a new structure.
Feher is an industrial engineer who moved to Australia in 1989 from South Africa. Irving was chairman of J Walter Thomas Advertising in Sydney before joining Feher to start Synergy.
SOFTBANK Expos, the world ,s largest Internet conference & trade show company, presents 21st century technology events. The events include premier educational conferences that attract the brightest technology professionals as
advisors, speakers and participants. SOFTBANK Expos extends the conference experience into year-round communities through a variety of forums, including content-rich web sites, newsletters and consulting services. The company is headquartered in Foster City, Calif., and has offices in Paris, Munich, Tokyo and now Sydney; and joint ventures in London and Singapore.
SOFTBANK Expos, 303 Vintage Park Drive, Foster City, CA 94404 1-800-4-SBEXPOS, 415-578-6900, http://www.sbexpos.com
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Service Targeting Icelandic Coast Guard and Fishing Fleet with VSAT Services
IRVINE, Calif. -- STM Group announced today that through its Norwegian subsidiary, STM Norway AS, it has entered into an agreement with Siminn, Iceland's largest telecom provider, for delivery of VSAT Services to the Icelandic coast guard and fishing fleet. Under the terms of the agreement, STM delivered and installed a DVB-RCS hub at Skyggnir Earth Station outside Reykjavik. STM is also delivering DVB-RCS Maritime terminals to the fishing fleet, using transponder capacity on Intelsat.
Saevar Freyr Thrainsson, Vice President Corporate Market for Siminn, said, "We have chosen STM because of their commitment to DVB-RCS technology, with emphasis on new services tailored for the maritime market."
Bjorn Platou, General Manager of STM Norway, said, "Siminn has a heritage of bringing quality broadband services to the whole Icelandic population, which is now extended to the coast guard and its fishermen at sea. We are proud of Siminn's selection, which underscores our commitment to the maritime market."
About Siminn:
Siminn provides all telecommunication, mobile and Internet services to private and corporate clients in Iceland. Its range of services and solutions includes fixed and mobile subscriptions, as well as Broadband/DSL solutions, Live IPTV and Centrex network solutions. Siminn affects all Icelanders on a daily basis and is considered one of the country's most trustworthy companies, as well as a widely recognized brand.
About STM Group:
STM Group (www.stmi.com) is a holding company with R&D and support facilities in Norway. The group's companies provide high-performance, standards-based satellite network systems and services for mobile and fixed-line IP-based telephony, data and multimedia applications for enterprises, governments, telecommunications providers and system integrators. With its SatLink product line, the Company is a leader in research, development and manufacturing of MF-TDMA, bandwidth-on-demand solutions with certified compliance to the DVB-RCS international standard. STM's services include custom network design, turnkey deployments, operations management and local support. STM Group operates with wholly-owned subsidiaries in Europe, the Middle East, South America and Asia, including 12 regional offices, 6 teleports and global network operations for worldwide 24-by-7 customer support.
