{"id":85985,"date":"2010-10-20T20:49:06","date_gmt":"2010-10-20T12:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/ge-satcom-hopes-uae-deal-gains-traction-in-the-middle-east\/"},"modified":"2010-10-20T20:49:06","modified_gmt":"2010-10-20T12:49:06","slug":"ge-satcom-hopes-uae-deal-gains-traction-in-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/ge-satcom-hopes-uae-deal-gains-traction-in-the-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"GE Satcom Hopes UAE Deal Gains Traction in the Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[10-20-10] <strong>GE Satcom<\/strong> hopes its Oct. 18 deal with UAE-based telecoms service provider <strong>Du<\/strong> will open up opportunities for expanding GE Satcom\u2019s footprint in the Middle East, Andy Frost, the company\u2019s vice president of marketing and business development, told Satellite TODAY Insider.<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; GE Satcom will provide its full range of technology to the partnership in order to create network solutions for customers in the Middle East and Africa, including high-bandwidth, low-latency, SCPC point-to-point network connections and broadband hub-based star networks for corporate and government clients.<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cThe deal with Du is particularly important for us, as it opens doors to customers and opportunities in the Middle East and Africa region that we would not necessarily be able to address on our own,\u201d said Frost. \u201cIt also provides Du with a new range of products and services combined with years of experience of designing, building and operating VSAT solutions for the most demanding customers with the highest quality. The main targets for us are corporate and government customers working in the Middle East and Africa region, both Western and from the Middle East, who require reliable and well-managed networked connectivity, delivered quickly and cost-effectively where terrestrial alternatives are not viable.\u201d <br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; GE Satcom\u2019s deal with Du is not exclusive, and the terms of the contract allow GE Satcom to secure other partnerships in the region. Frost said potential partnerships depend on the company\u2019s success with Du and whether other companies fit with GE Satcom\u2019s business strategy.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<h2>\nRelated Stories-<\/h2>\n<p>\n<b class=\"titlelink\">GE Satcom Finds Middle East Satellite Network Partner<\/b>&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tSatellite Today&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tOctober 19, 2010<br \/>\n[10-19-10] Satellite  communication services provider GE Satcom and United Arab Emirates   integrated telecom service provider Du have entered into a partnership  agreement that will see the two companies cooperate to deliver  satellite\u2026<\/p>\n<p><b class=\"titlelink\">GE Satcom Launches Triple-Play Maritime VSAT Service<\/b>&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tSatellite Today&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tSeptember 16, 2010<br \/>\n[09-16-10] GE Satcom, a  service provider in the EMEA reagion, has unveiled the commercial launch  of a satellite-based communications service for merchant vessel  operators based on iDirect s Intelligent platform, iDirect announced\u2026<\/p>\n<p><b class=\"titlelink\">Euroconsult: Maritime Terminal Market Will Double by 2020<\/b>&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" align=\"top\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/images\/ico_bluekey.gif\" alt=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tSatellite Today&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tSeptember 6, 2010<br \/>\n[09-06-10] Maritime satellite  communications terminals aboard commercial and private ships will more  than double over the next decade, according to a Euroconsult research  report released Sept. 3. The number of terminals used\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[10-20-10] GE Satcom hopes its Oct. 18 deal with UAE-based telecoms service provider Du will open up opportunities for expanding GE Satcom\u2019s footprint in the Middle East, Andy Frost, the company\u2019s vice president of marketing and business development, told Satellite TODAY Insider. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; GE Satcom will provide its full range of technology to the partnership [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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-85985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85985"}],"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=85985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85985\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}