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SkyPort and RAMTelecom Form Strategic Alliance
January 11, 2007 – HOUSTON, TEXAS – SkyPort International, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has formed a strategic alliance with RAMTelecom Inc. (TSX-V:RTC), a satellite service provider based in Canada, delivering flexible, scalable solutions for broadband data and voice business communications. The alliance will allow both companies to better meet the communications needs of their customers.
SkyPort is a global communications carrier providing broadband satellite and terrestrial communication services. It operates a Network Operations Center and teleport at the highly-secure Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston. RAMTelecom has a similar Network Operations Center and secure teleport in Ottawa. Both companies serve a broad mix of government and industry customers who require reliable and secure broadband, data and voice communications, often from remote locations.
The two teleports will be connected by fiber-optic cable. This will provide full backup for each facility and will further secure each company’s communications service offerings by providing complete network redundancy for customers using either system.
In addition, customers will have greater access to and coverage for managed, secure business communications services, anywhere in North America. As a result, medium and large enterprise customers in Canada and the U.S. will be able to extend their satellite-based voice, video, and data broadband communications wherever their business takes them.
“We have identified unique and positive synergies between our two companies that will allow us to use each other’s satellite footprints and gateway technologies for the benefit of our customers,” says Gilles Desmarais, President and Chief Operating Officer, RAMTelecom. “This alliance gives our customers access to multiple satellite-based, broadband communications resources and services. It also enhances each company’s sales and customer support teams to ensure customers have the support they need to maintain, improve and extend their business communications networks quickly and efficiently, as needed.”
“RAMTelecom is one of the few companies in North America today that provides the same high-quality, managed satellite services we offer our customer base in the U.S,” says Roger Klotz, President and CEO of SkyPort. “RAMTelecom has a proven satellite service, ideally suited for large corporate and government clients. Our combined engineering and sales resources provides for an excellent working relationship. More importantly, access to the networks and technologies provided by SkyPort and RAMTelecom gives customers a ubiquitous North American network.”
About RAMTelecom
RAMTelecom is a satellite service provider delivering flexible, scalable solutions for broadband data and voice business communications. RAMTelecom’s fixed and mobile satellite-based communication services and value-add solutions are designed for medium and large enterprises in oil and gas, mining, and forestry and government agencies. With complete coverage of the North American market, RAMTelecom’s satellite broadband services help organizations achieve greater operational efficiency by providing continuous real-time communications between central offices and remote locations anywhere in North America. www.ramtelecom.ca.
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For more information contact:
RAMTelecom
Joe Aragona
(613) 794-4658
jaragona@aragonacomm.com