Satelcom Overview

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Satelcom Overview

• UK Designer Manufacturer
• Experienced Systems Integrator
• Company formed in 1987
• 20 Million turnover
• 110 staff UK wide coverage
• Success based on network integration and
  migration
• In-depth in house technical expertise
• 3Com partner since 1991
• Aiming for the SPP Programme

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Why were good!

• Satelcoms competitive advantages are that it
  understands the industry it is operating in,
  maintains a workforce of highly technically
  competent staff and maintains a close
  relationship with its customer base.
• Other factors include
• No direct sales staff
• Best of both worlds integrator and manufacturer
• Developments of niche solutions quickly done to
  gain competitive edge
• Easy to deal with
• Highly motivated focussed staff (loyalty and low
  attrition rate)
• Access to Development Team
• High Level of technical excellence

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Satelcoms Support Capability

• Single point of contact
• Ascot based TAC Centre
• 1st 2nd Line Support
• Over 5,000 sq ft
• 24 x 365 Operation
• Overlaid shift pattern
• Dual site for resilience
• 3rd Line in-depth Support
• Links to Development Team
• Testing Labs
• In-depth Product Knowledge

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The problem

• How to connect Analogue devices to the NBX
• How to provide high quality multi-site services
• How to ensure quality of service and no
  degradation

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So What is MegaPAC?

• An architecture!
• With over 15 years of development behind it
• An ideal migration platform
• A niche market product
• Unbelievably flexible
• with no licence fees

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The Basic MegaPAC facilities
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Typical Box - MegaPAC E

• 13 slot chassis
• Dual PSU on 13 slot chassis
• Motorola 68000 based CPU
• Up to 24 HS/52 async ports
• Ethernet / Token Ring
• Bri Pri ISDN modules
• Inc. RAS on Pri module
• V34 modem
• Voice Modules
• 4 Port FXO, FXS or EM

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Connecting to the NBX
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Existing NBX architecture
WAN
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The MegaPAC Solution
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Benefits

• Compression
• Standards based - G.723
• 5.3k bps plus headers gives 8k bps per session
• Alternate Call Routing
• Switching based on dialled numbers not nailed
  up point to point
• Using different medias or routes
• CLI Transparency
• Pass through of CLI information or modification
• Connection Oriented - Gives Contention on the WAN
• Control of resources
• Busy tones on unavailability
• Includes standard WAN IP Router capability