Uncategorized Advantech announces interoperability agreement Greg Meckbach @itworldca Published: February 6th, 2009Advantech Satellite Networks of Montreal said Friday it plans to build features in its SatNet DVB-S2 hardware to let it work with the Medium Earth Orbit Satellite Constellation from O3b Networks of the Channel Islands.Advantech, whose target markets include the military and shipping, said the software upgrade will include satellite beam switching, which lets the SatNet remote roam from one satellite to another without dropping transmissions as it circles the earth. O3b Networks says it lets service providers connect directly to 3G networks and WiMAX towers without the requirement for major work on backhaul and international backbone trunking.Advantech products include ground terminals and hubs the enable two-way broadband access for applications such as Internet access, virtual private networks, videoconferencing and voice over IP.Would you recommend this article?00 Thanks for taking the time to let us know what you think of this article! We'd love to hear your opinion about this or any other story you read in our publication. Click this link to send me a note →Jim Love, Chief Content Officer, IT World Canada Related Download Sponsor: Carbon60 Moving to the Cloud: Beyond the Myths Get on the road to cloud success by moving past the myths around it. Register Now Uncategorized