RE'EM, Israel, May 3, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Station
711-, the mobile satellite arm of RRsat Global Communications
Network Ltd. (NASDAQ: RRST), an innovative flexible and fast
growing mobile satellite communications provider, has been
appointed by Inmarsat as a distribution partner for its Global
Satellite Phone Services (GSPS).
Station 711 is cooperating with Inmarsat to launch the first
product in the GSPS family, which is IsatPhone Pro, a global
handheld satellite phone. IsatPhone Pro will offer satellite
telephony, voicemail, text and email messaging, and the ability to
look up and text location data.
Station 711 is expected to offer IsatPhone Pro in the second
half of 2010. IsatPhone Pro is aimed at customers based in remote
areas requiring a reliable and rapidly-deployable global handheld
phone for safety, improved on-site coordination, or contact with
headquarter offices. Typical users are expected to be government
and military customers, journalists, NGO workers and remote-based
employees of mining or oil & gas companies.
IsatPhone Pro will join the existing Station 711 Inmarsat 3rd
and 4th generation portfolio of maritime, land and aero services.
Inmarsat's satellite infrastructure combined with Station711's
innovative added-value platform provides its customers with the
most advance satellite communication services available today.
"We are very happy to join the small group of companies which
are appointed by Inmarsat as distribution partners for its GSPS
Services. This nomination enables us to enlarge our product and
service portfolio, while better serving our growing customer base.
We look forward to bringing to the market innovative value added
services in this sector, as we do in other markets," commented
Zvika Nave, Senior Director at
RRsat.
"RRsat and Station 711 have good insight and experience in a
number of the target markets for IsatPhone Pro, and we are excited
to welcome them as the latest partner to add the new service to
their portfolio," said Helen
Stalker, Commercial Director for Global Satellite Phone
Services at Inmarsat.
About RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd.
RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd. (NASDAQ: RRST) provides
global, comprehensive, content management and distribution services
to the rapidly expanding television and radio broadcasting
industries, and communications solutions to the maritime,
terrestrial and aviation markets through Station711, its mobile
satellite arm. Through its proprietary "RRsat Global Network,"
composed of satellite and terrestrial fiber optic transmission
capacity and the public Internet, RRsat is able to offer
high-quality and flexible global distribution services for content
providers. RRsat's comprehensive content management services
include producing and playing out TV content as well as providing
satellite newsgathering services (SNG). RRsat concurrently provide
these services to more than 545 television and radio channels,
covering more than 150 countries. Station 711 offers a flexible
communications platform that allows the integration of advanced
satellite communications technology into existing infrastructures,
resulting in significant savings of costs and resources. As
Inmarsat's 4th generation distribution partner, Station 711
provides for existing and evolved Inmarsat services using its own
Land Earth Station , and RRsat's global satellite and fiber optics
network, Station 711 guarantees seamless global communications
anywhere, anytime.
Visit the company's websites http://www.RRsat.com and
http://www.station711.com for more information.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward looking statements within
the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, including statements regarding (i) the growth of our
business and the television and radio broadcasting industries, (ii)
our expectation to expand our client base and sell additional
services to our existing client base, (iii) our ability to expand
the product and service portfolio of Station711, (iv) our ability
to successfully integrate the teleports we acquired, (v) our
ability to develop and commercialize the RRinternetTV service, (vi)
our expectation to extend the average length of our contracts in
the future, (vii) our ability to report future successes and (viii)
our intention to distribute dividends in the future and the size of
any dividends declared. These forward-looking statements involve
known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on current
expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections about the
companies and the industry as of the date of this press release.
The company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking
statements to reflect subsequent occurring events or circumstances,
or to changes in its expectations, except as may be required by
law. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and
uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially
from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements,
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and Exchange Commission (SEC). For more details, please refer to
our SEC filings and the amendments thereto, including our Annual
Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2009 and our Current Reports on Form
6-K.
Information in this press release concerning Inmarsat is based
on information provided by Inmarsat and has not been independently
verified by RRsat.
Company Contact Information:
Gil Efron, CFO
Tel: +972-8-861-0000
Email: investors@RRsat.com
External Investor Relations Contacts:
Ehud Helft / Kenny Green
Tel: +1-646-201-9246
SOURCE RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd