Geoscience Australia Renews Life-Saving Connectivity Contracts with Speedcast
July 04 2017 - 8:15PM
Business Wire
Speedcast International Limited (ASX: SDA), the world’s most
trusted provider of highly reliable, fully managed, remote
communication and IT solutions, announced Geoscience Australia,
Australia's pre-eminent public sector geoscience organization, has
renewed its contract with Speedcast for life-saving connectivity
applications. Speedcast provides VSAT connectivity for Geoscience
Australia’s seismic reading and GPS land movement applications.
“We are pleased to continue our relationship with Geoscience
Australia,” said Andrew Burdall, executive vice president
enterprise & emerging markets, Speedcast. “The connectivity
services we provide not only assure the safety of thousands in
Australia and the Asia-Pacific region, but they also improve the
accuracy of scientific studies that will have a long-term impact on
the country. The partnership with Geoscience Australia demonstrates
Speedcast’s continued commitment to support the Australian
government’s most demanding needs across the country and
beyond.”
Seismic Reading Application
Australia has a substantial number of sites around the country
that use the seismic reading application, which is part of the
regional Asia-Pacific tsunami warning program. Speedcast provides
VSAT connectivity to these life-saving operations.
GPS Land Movement Application
Similar to seismic reading, Geoscience Australia’s GPS land
application has many sites that use VSAT connectivity supplied by
Speedcast. Geoscience Australia has a kit that is embedded in the
surface of the earth that goes down to the rock layer to track land
movements around the country. With superior connectivity, teams are
able to read exact GPS information every two seconds to see how far
the land has moved. The application is also used for smart-farming
systems and has the potential to be used for future applications
such as driverless vehicles.
Speedcast utilises two satellites and two landing stations to
ensure high availability for data transmission to Geoscience
Australia’s head office. The bandwidth for all sites is distributed
via the iDirect platform. This combines with the 24/7 support of
Speedcast’s Network Operations Centre in Adelaide to provide the
highest reliability.
For more information about Speedcast, please visit
www.speedcast.com.
About Speedcast International Limited
Speedcast International Ltd (ASX: SDA) is the world’s most
trusted provider of highly reliable, fully managed, end-to-end
remote communication and IT solutions. The company utilizes an
extensive worldwide footprint of local support, infrastructure and
coverage to design, integrate, secure and optimize networks
tailored to customer needs. With differentiated technology, an
intense customer focus and a strong safety culture, Speedcast
serves more than 2,000 customers in over 140 countries via 39
teleports, including offshore rigs and cruise ships, 10,000+
maritime vessels and 4,500+ terrestrial sites. Speedcast supports
mission-critical applications in industries such as maritime, oil
and gas, enterprise, media, cruise and government. Learn more at
www.speedcast.com.
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