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Objectives
The project scope is the development of the Azimuth (satellite modems, data and frequency converters and redundancy switches) and the Elevation (targeting IP applications) product lines.
The Professional Equipment Product range is an important revenue generator for Newtec. With the Azimuth/Elevation development roadmap, Newtec wants to enlarge its market share and secure its revenue. The objectives are threefold:
- Commercially, reinforce Newtec’s position on the traditional broadcast market segments (Direct-to-Home, Primary Distribution, Permanent Contribution and Content Exchange) but also develop other markets (Telcos, Backbone, Corporates and IP trunking).
- Technological: integrate enhanced features such as TCP acceleration, encryption, QoS, etc. and in parallel realise a new architecture that can support more functionalities and drives down the cost.
- Standardisation objective: further adherence to standards (such as DVB-S2, ACM, DVB-RCS, GSE). Newtec equipments are compliant with industry standards in order to be used in the widest range of possible applications.
Challenges
The development of a new hardware and software platform and simpler, more user oriented Graphical User Interface, together with commercial opportunities based developments will enable Newtec to realize the project objectives.
Plan
The project, encompassing the years 2008-2011, is phased in slices of 6 months. Every phase covers the development of features which will allow Newtec to stay competitive and introduce unique selling points.
Current Status
The AziSat project was successfully completed in September 2011.