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United States : Iridium NEXT Leverages Radisys T-Series Platform for its Next Generation Ground Station Infrastructure [TendersInfo (India)](TendersInfo (India) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Radisys Corporation, a market leader enabling wireless infrastructure solutions, today announced that Iridium Communications Inc., the global mobile voice and data satellite communications company, is to use Radisys T-Series commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) platforms to upgrade its ground station infrastructure associated with its next generation global satellite constellation Iridium NEXT. Iridium NEXT, scheduled to begin launching in 2015, will deliver more bandwidth and higher data speeds to serve the rapidly-expanding demand for truly global mobile communications. In preparation for the launch of Iridium NEXT, the ground station upgrade is recently complete across six global ground stations, and the gateway infrastructure. To manage and maintain the Iridium NEXT satellite constellation and reliably run the numerous operational support software applications required, Iridium needed a long-life COTS applications platform that could deliver high availability and increased throughput. Radisys T-Series platforms were selected as they delivered a package which satisfied all of these requirements. This selection also supports Iridium s initiative to streamline the common platform for both ground systems and services infrastructure, making its entire mission network highly available and easily scalable. Iridium NEXT will provide more services at faster speeds, substantially enhancing opportunities for our partners and customers, said Scott Smith, Chief Operating Officer, Iridium. Two things were important to Iridium in selecting the Radisys T-Series platform for the Iridium NEXT ground station infrastructure upgrade. First, we needed a platform that was supported by a multi-vendor open ecosystem to ensure its longevity. Being tied to one vendor s proprietary solution simply wasn t an option. Second, we needed a platform that provided improved price-performance to enable us to reach our technology and business objectives. (c) 2014 Euclid Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (Syndigate.info). |