Telenor (News - Alert) Satellite Broadcasting, a provider of television and broadcasting services in the Nordic region, will now offer advanced services with a fully redundant SatLink Hub 9400 LE from STM Group (News - Alert).

With this announcement, Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) will now provide services with two forward links from a new location in Cyprus. With the new hub, the company will be able to offer the latest in satellite communications technology, clarified the company in a release.

"TSBc appreciates the continuous advancements STM is making with its SatLink platform," Jan Hetland, Director of Datacomms Systems at TSBc, said in a statement.

"Our SatLink Hubs provide the flexibility and reliability that we need to remain attractive to our customers," Hetland added.

STM is a provider of complete IP based satellite network systems, under the Satlink brand, that follow the DVB RCS & RCS2 standards and operate in C, Ku, and Ka bands. STM products and services are used for a variety of IP based applications.

The SatLink Hub 9400 LE is a member of the SatLink family of products and systems from STM enabling scalable, high-availability DVB-RCS networks including: broadband VSATs, Hub Systems, and Hub components with value-added options for advanced data, voice, and video networking via satellite.

The newly installed platform in Cyprus allows TSBc to offer expanded coverage of the Middle East region with important quality-enhancing features from STM, such as Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM), which intelligently adjusts modulation parameters to compensate for varying weather. Other features of the SatLink hub include support for up to 500 VSATs, increased bandwidth efficiency with Adaptive Carrier Selection (ACS (News - Alert)), advanced MF-TDMA resource control, and extensive bandwidth management tools assuring no wasted resources in the network.

"STM is pleased to provide TSBc with the advanced technology available with SatLink Hubs," said Bjorn Platou, vice president of European Operations at STM.

"With features like ACM and ACS, TSBc will be offering high quality communications services to its customers," Platou added.

TSBc is building its offering of SatLink technology, with their large teleport in Nittedal, Norway already providing services through another SatLink hub with three forward links. The hub is continually being updated with the latest upgrades from STM.

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