{"id":77228,"date":"2014-06-19T01:20:06","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T17:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/gilat-introduces-satellite-phone-service-for-african-underground-mines\/"},"modified":"2014-06-19T01:20:06","modified_gmt":"2014-06-18T17:20:06","slug":"gilat-introduces-satellite-phone-service-for-african-underground-mines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/gilat-introduces-satellite-phone-service-for-african-underground-mines\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilat Introduces Satellite Phone Service for African Underground Mines"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_154445\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-154445\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-154445 \" alt=\"Gilat_Satcom_solution\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Gilat_Satcom_solution-300x288.jpg\" width=\"210\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Gilat_Satcom_solution-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Gilat_Satcom_solution-208x200.jpg 208w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Gilat_Satcom_solution.jpg 464w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-154445\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gilat Satcom\u2019s SuricatePro service. Photo: Gilat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>[Via Satellite 06-18-2014] <b>Gilat Satcom<\/b> launched a new system to provide high-quality voice connectivity for the underground mining sector in Africa. Traditional communication methods in underground mines once consisted of temporary coax cables, which are often easily damaged in a mine. Gilat\u2019s SuricatePro system provides coverage for standard satellite phones, extending telephony underground without loss of quality to the signal.<\/p>\n<p>The system uses <b>Foxcom<\/b>\u2019s Radio Frequency (RF)-over-fiber technology, and customers can connect with their <b>Iridium<\/b> satellite phones underground with the SuricatePro service once outdoor and indoor units connected via fiber (up to 6 km) are installed.<\/p>\n<p>In creating the SuricatePro system, Gilat adapted a similar system targeted at underground bunkers in the military, while accounting for the often harsh conditions found in mines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gilat Satcom\u2019s SuricatePro service. Photo: Gilat [Via Satellite 06-18-2014] Gilat Satcom launched a new system to provide high-quality voice connectivity for the underground mining sector in Africa. Traditional communication methods in underground mines once consisted of temporary coax cables, which are often easily damaged in a mine. Gilat\u2019s SuricatePro system provides coverage for standard satellite [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77228"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}