CETel offers hub teleport for Arabsat 5C service

Press release put here at request of CETel Group.

Bonn (Germany), July 15, 2011



CETel Group (Central European Telecom Services) finalized its preparations for the upcoming satellite Arabsat 5C. Its Teleport, located in the centre of Germany near Bonn, hosts a Vertex 9.3 meter antenna that has especially been levelled to operate on the soon to be launched satellite Arabsat 5C of the Arabsat fleet, which offers full African coverage in standard and extended C-Band. With its extraordinary, highly secured and fully redundant Teleport facilities, CETel can offer Up-/Downlink services as well as Broadband Internet access and further fibre optic connections via the new satellite.

“The increased availability of C Band bandwidth on Arabsat 5C complements and broadens our existing services on the Arabsat fleet”, states Guido Neumann, Director of CETel Group, and further “therewith we are fully prepared to respond to the increasing demand for our own services plus the additional growth generated by the recently acquired and rebranded Geolink Satellite Services, our affiliated company in Paris, France”.

“Utilization of extended C Band services with its even more attractive and competitive pricing will present new opportunities for our customers”, Guido Neumann explains further, “interested parties are welcome to visit the CETel & Geolink booth at IBC in Amsterdam this September”.

CETel Group predicts fierce competition in the run for space segment on Arabsat’s 5C bandwidth and therefore offers its customers pre-launch conditions for a limited time. The Arabsat 5C launch is scheduled for August 2011. The satellite will have available 4 x 72 MHz plus 16 x 36 MHz standard C Band and 4 x 72 MHz extended C Band transponders. With its orbit position of 20° East its footprint will cover the complete African continent as well as part of the Middle East.


Arabsat 5C downlink beam coverage pattern.

About CETel Group:
CETel Group (Central European Telecom Services) is one of the leading providers of global satellite communication solutions. CETel offers fix and mobile satellite services from their headquarters and own Teleport facilities in Germany, as well as its affiliated companies CETel Middle East in the U.A.E. and Geolink Satellite Services in France. The group provides Teleport & Satellite services for land based and maritime requirements and operates global VSAT networks to connect worldwide enterprises and governmental organizations as well as carriers and service providers. Furthermore, CETel offers mobile satellite solutions, Broadband Internet via satellite services, GSM backhaul services, hub hosting, as well as customized satellite communication solutions. CETel Group offers all-encompassing solutions: from project management to satellite solution installation up to space segment provision, while meeting economy’s key sector requirements such as oil & gas, telecoms, NGOs, maritime, and media. Proof of its quality and dynamism, the group is accredited with Inmarsat Gold Partnership and Iridium strategic collaboration. The group is ISO 9001 certified.

For more information please visit https://www.ce-tel.com or contact:
Meike Langer    P: +49-2295-90878-0  langer@ce-tel.com
Siamak Ehsani   P: +971-720-46356   ehsani@ce-tel.com
Christophe Pacilly  P: +33-177-753030 christophe.pacilly@geolink.com
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