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Lieutenant Jubany's Antarctic Base Communicates Via Global Crossing

Posted on: Monday, 9 June 2008, 12:00 CDT

Global Crossing, a communications solutions provider, has installed a new antenna with single channel per carrier technology at Argentina's Lieutenant Jubany permanent scientific base in Antarctica to improve communications and facilitate information exchange.

The Jubany base is located in the northwestern portion of the Antarctic Peninsula and serves as a scientific base for research and monitoring projects in biology, oceanography and atmospheric science that require round-the-clock exchange of information.

According to Global Crossing, the new satellite link will maximize communication possibilities by enabling not only voice services, internet access and e-mail, but also videoconferencing and real-time remote monitoring applications.

Luis Piccolo, sales vice president for the southern cluster of Global Crossing Latin America, said: "Providing services to the National Antarctic Authority in the Antarctic bases proves Global Crossing's capability to fulfill customer needs in any part of the world, combining different technologies such as submarine cables, fiber-optics and satellites, among others."

Source: Datamonitor

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