Logic Innovations Teams With InfoGLOBAL to Demo Internet Services Over Satellite at Telecom99

Business Wire,  Sept 9, 1999  

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SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 1999--

Logic Innovations Inc. and InfoGLOBAL S.A. of Spain, today announced plans to demonstrate an integrated system that provides Internet services over satellite networks at the upcoming Telecom99 exhibition Oct. 10th to 17th.

This integrated system combines Logic Innovations' IP Encapsulator Data Gateway (IPEDG) with InfoGLOBAL's IVI system to create an advanced system for Internet connectivity and high bandwidth services. The advantage to broadcasters is the ability to offer full Internet connections and other IP services to remote locations by combining high-speed downstream data delivery via satellite with a terrestrial return channel (ISDN, POTS, Frame Relay, etc.). This allows broadcasters to cut costs and increase profitability with an additional revenue source. Among the services that will be demonstrated at the Telecom99 exhibition will be Web browsing, real-time video streaming over IP, MPEG-1 Video on Demand (VOD), high-speed file transfer and telephony over IP using an ISDN return channel.

"We selected the IPEDG for integration with our system because of its superior data throughput rate and low latency," said Jose Fabian Plaza, managing director for InfoGLOBAL. "By integrating the IPEDG with our system, are able to provide fast Internet connections by utilizing satellite broadcasting networks."

InfoGLOBAL conducted live tests of the IVI system in Madrid over Hispasat on May 10th through 14th, 1999. The test results of the system showed transfer rates approaching the theoretical limit for FTP transfers over a GEO satellite. Using 2 Mbps of transponder bandwidth and a 28.8 Kbps return channel, the FTP test of a 29 Mbyte file transferred at a speed of 1.93 Mbps. The round trip packet "ping" time was 270-300 ms without protocol spoofing.

These test results question the need for expensive and complex techniques such as protocol spoofing, which until now were assumed to be necessary to overcome the latency of a TCP/IP GEO satellite network. Protocol spoofing can be problematic due to its proprietary nature, which means that corporations can get locked into a single provider.

"The test results are significant because it represents the emergence of new opportunities for broadcasters," said Frank Creede, president of Logic Innovations. "We have proven that with the right combination of equipment, a solution for broadcasting Internet data via satellite is available today."

Consumers also benefit from combining legacy broadcasts with Interneso options available to businesses worldwide.

Founded in 1994, InfoGLOBAL is headquartered in Madrid, Spain. InfoGLOBAL is focused on IP systems and applications fo digital headend and receiver products. Logic ISA. For more information, call 619/455-7200, or send e-mail to tcinfo@logici.com. Visit the Logic Innovations' Web site at www.logici.com.

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