Academician M.F. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems is Russia’sleading space company, specializing in the manufacture of satellites as well as satellite communications, navigation and geodesy systems. Spacecraft built by ISS-Reshetnev account for 2/3 of Russia’s orbital constellation. Over a 53-year period the company has designed and constructed more than 1200 satellites. ISS-Reshetnev is the prime contractor for the space-based segment of the global navigation satellite system GLONASS. Today Academician M.F. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems is building telecommunications spacecraft Express-AM5, Express-AM6, Express-AT1, Express-AT2, Express-AM8 and Yamal-401 ordered by the Russian operators, as well as the Lybid satellite for Ukraine and KazSat-3 for Kazakhstan. Apart from that ISS-Reshetnev is currently manufacturing the personal communications spacecraft Gonets-M, the data-relay satellite Loutch-5V and a number of military craft.
Thales Alenia Space is present in Russia since 1992 thanks to the cooperation with ISS-Reshetnev. In its role and up to now, Thales Alenia Space was the sole provider of payloads to be integrated in the Russian platforms . To date, Thales Alenia Space has participated in 30 programs in conjunction with Russian industry. It includes payloads mainly dedicated for the Russian operator RSCC and payloads provided for foreign operators built jointly with ISS or Krunichev but also satellite’s contract with Gazprom Space System. Yamal 402, to be delivered in the upcoming months will be the first Spacebus satellite to reach the Russian fleet. Thales Alenia Space is a joint subsidiary of Thales (67%) and Finmeccanica (33%), and a partner in the Space Alliance along with Telespazio. The company has 7,500 employees in France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Germany and United States, and posted total revenues of 2.1 billion euros in 2011.
Satellites and payloads designed by Thales Alenia Space set the global standard for space systems that provide communications and navigation services, monitor our environment and the oceans, help us better understand climate change and drive scientific progress. Thales Alenia Space is also a leading supplier to the International Space Station, and a pivotal player in space systems designed to explore the Universe.
Strategic Partner:
With capacity on 29 satellites that provide coverage over Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Americas. Eutelsat is the European leading satellite operator. Its satellites are broadcasting 4,250 TV channels with total audience of over 200 mln households in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Eutelsat’s satellites also serve a wide range of fixed and mobile telecommunications services, TV contribution markets, corporate networks, and broadband markets for ISPs and for transport, maritime and in-flight markets. Headquartered in Paris, Eutelsat employs 750 experts from 30 countries.
Gold Sponsors:
EADS Astrium is a space division of EADS holding company (European Aerospace and Defence Company). Its main equity capital is controlled by the French Government through Sogedade company (30%), German Government through Daimler concern (30%), Spanish SEPI Group (5.5%), with the rest of shares listed at stock exchange.
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AstriumSatellites, a world leader in the design and manufacture of various-purpose space systems, is the sole prime contractor for Earth remote sensing optical systems in France and European Space Agency. The branch is also the world’s leading manufacturer of communications satellites and a prime contractor on more than 80 communication satellites for all international communications service providers during the past 40 years.
Astrium SpaceTransportationis pan-European prime contractor for the design and manufacture of military and civil space transportation systems and manned space applications. It is prime contractor for the Ariane 5 launch vehicle and developer of France’s ballistic missiles.
AstriumServicesis provides secure space communications services and operates Earth remote sensing and navigation systems.
ARD Satcom Service LLC was legally incorporated in 2001 but our key personnel operating under this business name were known in the communications community already in the last century. Over eight years of fruitful operations, we have gained a steadily positive reputation, accumulated a wealth of experience in new application areas, and considerably expanded our technical capabilities, something which allows us to position ourselves as one of the best companies to offer comprehensive solutions to operators and successfully develop our business in the market for telecommunications systems.
As part of mutually beneficial cooperation with cellular and satellite telecommunications, digital television and radio broadcasting service providers, ARD is in a position to help with the choice of an optimal technical solution, provide engineering, construction and installation services, supply telecommunications equipment, and offer the comfort of commissioning and technical follow-up.
We regard any task as important. A request to supply waveguide gasket will not be left without attention even while working on a federation-wide network project.
ARD is strategically focused to offer a comfortable contact point to our customers as part of the project implementation, constantly confirm reputation of a reliable supplier, and demonstrate professionalism in all business aspects and comprehensive approach in technical solutions.
All these qualities are part and parcel of the company’s work which are appreciated by both equipment manufacturers and customers.
This approach is a guarantee to our partners that ARD will give them an opportunity to stay one step ahead of others and always be successful in achieving their objectives.
Bronze Sponsors:
For over 30 years, Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) has been providing satellite solutions to enterprises, governments, and service providers around the world. Hughes is the world’s leading provider of broadband satellite solutions with more than 2.2 million terminals shipped to customers in over 100 countries. Hughes pioneered the development of high-speed satellite Internet access services, which it markets under the HugheNet® brand. Hughes terminals, both Ka- and Ku-band and used in IP-based broadband networks, are based on the IPoS (IP over Satellite) global standard, approved by TIA, ETSI and ITU. These terminals are also compliant with the DVB-S2 standard with Adaptive Coding Modulation (ACM), the only terminals utilizing DVB-S2 with ACM. Hughes provides broadband satellite solutions to many customer segments including government, oil & gas, banking, hospitality, automotive.
Ingosstrakh Insurance Company has operated in the domestic and international markets since 1947. During this period Ingosstrakh grew from a modest department of the USSR Ministry of Finance into a reputable company with a developed regional network. It is currently the largest federal insurance company and one of the leaders of the national insurance market for insurance premium volume, insurance indemnity amount and according to key balance sheet figures.
Ingosstrakh Insurance Company insurance services are available at all the territory of the Russian Federation, as there is a wide regional network including 83 branches. The company's offices are open in 221 populated places of Russia. Besides, companies with Ingosstrakh Insurance Company capital operate in near and far abroad countries. The international insurance group INGO unites 8 companies abroad and 9 companies at the territory of Russia.
Five representative offices of Ingosstrakh operate in the CIS and foreign countries. The Company’s offices operate in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, India and China.
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The Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications was established on November 15, 1971 and today unites 26 countries all over the globe. Intersputnik’s core business is leasing satellite capacity to telecommunications operators, broadcasters and corporate customers under agreements with partner operators as well as providing full-scale services for the establishment and operation of satellite networks through its subsidiary Intersputnik Holding, Ltd. Intersputnik’s decisive advantage is that the company is a full-scale supplier of satellite capacity and engineering solutions meaning that our private and government-owned customers in over 40 countries have the widest possible choice of satellite resources of various systems available on the global market and are able to get all requisite information from a single source. Long-term successful experience in operating satellite communications systems is our Organization’s main asset and the availability of Intersputnik's own frequency/orbit resource guarantees its successful development. The Intersputnik development strategy is aimed at using Intersputnik’s frequency resource in a number of geostationary orbital positions to establish satellite telecommunications systems. In 2010, Intersputnik developed and launched a project to procure its own space segment using its own orbit and frequency resource.
Coffe-break Sponsor:
VT iDirect, Inc. (iDirect), a subsidiary of VT Systems, is transforming the way the world gets and stays connected. The company’s satellite-based IP communications technology enables constant connectivity for voice, video and data applications in diverse and challenging environments. These include extending private networks to remote offices; supporting mobile connectivity across land, sea and air; providing rural telephony and Internet broadband; and maintaining communications in the wake of disasters and network failures. The iDirect Intelligent Platform™ integrates advanced technology into iDirect’s portfolio of hubs, routers and network management software to address the growing complexity of deploying and managing global IP networks. With more than 14 years of global satellite communications experience, iDirect serves customers in 50 countries through a diverse network of channel partners, including some of the largest satellite providers, operators and carriers in the world and seven of the World Teleport Association’s Global Top Ten. Headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, iDirect has offices in Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa and Latin America. Please visit www.idirect.net
Session Sponsor:
«Orion Express» is a satellite TV operator covering all territory of Russia.The company was established in 2005, and currently provides DTH services, as well as services for TV channels delivery via Intelsat 15 satellite (85° E), Express AM3 (140° E) and TV channels distribution for cable network operators.
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"Tricolor TV" is the leader on Russian pay-TV market (39% of subscribers), and it helds 86% of satellite TV segment. It broadcasts a pack of TV channels to European part of Russia and also to Siberian, Ural and Far East regions. By the end of March, 2012, its subscriber base reached 10 million households.
Live streaming organizer:
NGENIX, the leading Russian CDN operator, helps web content projects to reach their target audience by providing application and media delivery services over the Internet.
NGENIX distributed cloud platform delivers video on demand and live broadcasts, speeds up loading of web sites and improves the performance of web applications. The NGENIX network has presence in the largest telecommunication centers in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan providing superior coverage of the Russian-speaking Internet audience.
NGENIX services are trusted by leading content providers of the Russian Internet: web portals, mass media, TV channels, digital content distributors, advertising networks, e-commerce and corporate customers.
Technical Support:
New Systems Telecom is a Russian Systems Integrator founded in 2005 to service rapidly growing Telecom operator's markets with wide offering of engineering, installation and services and supply of leading technological solutions in the field of: Optical Transport Networking, Broadband Access, Wireless networks and solutions, NGN, VoIP, IPTV, IP services Management and Traffic Control, Access, Statistics and Billing. Our offering is based on the best solutions from worldwide leaders in respective areas.