Signal division receives contract for antenna systems

It is an integral part of Telekom Austria Group’s international terrestrial backbone, which provides communications services to more than 23m customers in central and eastern Europe.

Under the agreement, CPI ASC Signal Division will provide a 9.4m antenna with a custom six-port Ku/K-band feed; a 4.9m dish, also with a custom six-port Ku/K-band feed; and a 3.7m Ku-band antenna system. Each antenna is controlled by CPI ASC Signal Division’s Next Generation Controller (NGC) and will include five NGC training modules, according to Keith Buckley, President of the CPI ASC Signal Division. This is the second order that Telekom Austria Group has placed with ASC Signal within the past five years.

Teleport operators know that the Aflenz Teleport is unique among the world’s major teleports. Not only does it serve as the Eutelsat’s Earth Station Verification and Assistance (ESVA) test and satellite In-Orbit Testing (IOT) reference site, it is also considered an architectural masterpiece, designed by architect Gustav Peichl in 1980. The facility’s largest antenna weighs 275 tonnes, with a diameter of 32m (the equivalent of eight automobiles in length). In addition to serving broadcast customers, the teleport includes enterprise customers and international and governmental organisations among its customers.

“We are very pleased to work with the ASC Signal Division of Communications and Power Industries. The antennas will be used for an extension of our broadcasting portfolio and for measurement services for satellite providers,” said Franz Bader, Wholesale Director of the Telekom Austria Group. “We are proud to offer our combined knowledge and extensive experience to our customers in order to provide reliable worldwide communications via satellite. Telekom Austria’s uplink station in the Alps offers the best quality and security for both our national and international customers,” added Mr. Bader.

“The Telekom Austria Group has stringent and strenuous requirements in order to deliver vital communications services to tens of millions of customers, and CPI ASC Signal Division’s antenna products fulfill those needs. We are honoured to provide antenna systems to such a prestigious and customer-focused organisation and to be a part of a Eutelsat reference site,” said Buckley.