Chantilly,
VA April 13, 2009 – Encore Networks today
announced that Galaxy Broadband Communications
Inc. has selected Encore’s BANDIT™ line
of industrially hardened routers for
their satellite networks, systems and
solutions throughout Canada. This partnership
allows Galaxy customers to create end-to-end
VPN’s across both satellite and terrestrial
networks.
Galaxy Broadband Communications Inc.
(GBC) specializes in providing satellite
Internet Solutions for consumers, business,
government and corporate enterprises.
As a national distributor for HUGHES™
HUGHESNET®, GBC supports and markets
its products and services in virtually
every market across the country. Galaxy
owns and operates the SkyDATA service
using its own HughesNet Hub. With its
expertise and commitment to customer
service, Galaxy Broadband Communications
remains a leader in the industry of satellite
internet consumer and corporate communication
solutions.
Since its inception, GBC has delivered
thousands of IPoS (Internet Protocol
over Satellite) terminals to meet the
networking needs of their clients. Galaxy
Broadband Group deployed its first satellite
services client in 1992, and has evolved
to provide state-of-the-art satellite
service solutions by delivering High
Speed Data Network connectivity that
meets the needs of remote and underserved
areas.
“With their integrated teleport, engineering
development and customer support, GBC
has defined and overcome the challenges
of providing converged, satellite-based
communications to even the most remote
resources based enterprises such as utility
sub-stations and oil rigs,” said Matt
Girard, Encore Networks Senior Director
of Market Development. “The BANDIT, with
its site-to-site satellite VPN capabilities,
is instrumental in Galaxy’s ability to
deliver bundled broadband VSAT solutions
in Canada.”
Encore’s BANDIT™ family of fully featured
integrated routers is complete with firewall,
terminal server, serial-to-IP conversion,
legacy-to-IP conversion and VPN functionalities.
They are available in both commercial
grade and rugged versions for use in
applications with limited environmental
controls. Encore’s patented Selective
Layer Encryption (SLE) feature, U.S.
Patent #7,360,083, is an encryption technology
that securely connects satellite networks
with terrestrial Internet links as part
of an end-to-end VPN solution. Its EVDO
capabilities can be utilized in either
the primary or failover network port
and the seamless cellular failover feature
is ideally suited for Disaster Recovery
applications. Encore Networks is also
a Hughes Certified Technology Partner.
“Galaxy’s strategic relationship with
Encore ensures quality network solutions
and services for a wide variety of satellite
applications,” stated Andy Carnegie,
Commercial Group Director of GBC “The
BANDIT is key to our mission to offer
competitive pricing and optimum system
performance.”
For information about Encore Networks
and its complete line of cellular, VSAT,
and terrestrial network solutions, please
visit www.encorenetworks.com or e-mail
sales@encorenetworks.com. |
About
Encore Networks
Encore Networks www.encorenetworks.com is
a leader in secure, IP+Legacy Virtual Private
Network (VPN) routers for converged and broadband
solutions. Carriers and enterprises, both
large and small, rely on Encore's innovative
VPN and security solutions for wireless,
satellite, and terrestrial networks that
support both legacy devices and Internet
Protocol (IP) routing standards. Encore’s
industrially hardened (rugged) routers are
Smart Grid enabled and designed for mission
critical applications in harsh environments
with wide temperature ranges found in utility
substations, industrial plant floors, mobile
transportation, construction sites and point-of-sale.
Encore’s advanced signaling and voice inter-working
solutions support circuit-to-packet migration
of voice services, on premises or in the
central office. Encore is a member of the
Virtual Private Network Consortium (VPNC),
the Utilities Telecom Council (UTC), and
the ZigBee Alliance.
About Galaxy
Broadband Communications
Galaxy Broadband Communications
Inc. www.galaxybroadband.ca specializes
in providing satellite Internet Solutions
for consumers, business, government and
enterprises throughout Canada. Galaxy supports
and markets its products and services through
its Galaxy Broadband Reseller Program.
In addition to being a National Distributor
for Hughes, Galaxy owns and operates its
own HughesNet® Hub. |
