Advantech Wireless award winning UltraLinear GaN technology

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Advantech Wireless award winning UltraLinearTM GaN
technology based HPA Systems successfully support the live
transmission of sports tournament in Brazil.
Sao Paulo, Brazil, June 16, 2014 – Advantech Wireless, a privately-held Canadian corporation and manufacturer of
Satellite, RF Equipment and Microwave Systems announced today that it is successfully supporting the live
transmissions of the sports tournament in Brazil with its award winning 400W C-Band and 200W Ku-Band
SapphireBlu™ Series of UltraLinear™ GaN technology based High Power Amplifiers.
Awarded Teleport Technology of the year 2014 by the World Teleport Association and “Vision Award” as Most
Innovative Product of the Year 2013, Advantech Wireless’ SapphireBlu™ Series of UltraLinear™ GaN based High
Power Amplifiers are the ultimate solution for any uplink activity, such as content contribution, distribution and
DTH TV.
Alex Pimentel, President at Casablanca Online states: “We have chosen the Advantech Wireless HPAs for their
incredible performance and reliability combined with the smallest form factor and power consumption on the
market. We are using Advantech Wireless product since 1999 and these products are still in perfect operational
condition. However with the new requirements of HDTV and now UHDTV, we need more power per feed. We
found in Advantech Wireless the reliable partner who delivers the best solution for our application in terms of
performance, quality and delivery of the product and overall cost of ownership. We started upgrading our fleet of
DSNG vehicles for full HDTV transmission capability, including HPAs a year ago and were ready a month before the
tournament started with all our vehicles to transmit uninterrupted feeds to Brazil and countries around the
world.”
“We are extremely proud to have been selected by Casablanca Online to support the live transmission of the
world’s most important sport event of the year,” stated David Gelerman, CEO Advantech Wireless. “We found in
Casablanca Online the real visionary partner who has committed long ago to undergo the major retrofit and
completely rebuilt its DSNG vehicles in all aspects required to support high quality HDTV feeds to meet the most
demanding requirements of today’s contribution market. They have chosen the best technology from encoders to
HPAs. We are proud that we are “inside” of the largest fleet of DSNG production vehicles in Latin America.”
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The SapphireBlu Series of UltraLinear GaN
based HPA Systems from Advantech Wireless are
designed to provide the ultimate in performance
and convenience and offers the highest linear
power available in the market. This pioneering
technology is so powerful, that it’s possible with
them to saturate all transponders of the modern
satellite with a single 13m antenna and a single
amplifier per polarization. These new systems are
redundant ready with no external controller
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required, perfect for Single Carrier, Multi Carrier and Multi Transponder Uplinking.
This new architecture is designed for Multi-Carrier operations, with power expandable from 200 W to 6.6 kW in Cband and 3kW in Ku-band by phase combining and soft fail philosophy and is ideal for Contribution, Distribution
and DTH Broadcasting, High Data Rate Telecom Services and Deep Space Communication.
About Casablanca Online
Casablanca Online is the biggest provider of digital transmission via satellite in Brazil. With more than 15 years of
experience in this segment and, throughout this period, have already worked in more than 10.000 live
transmissions. It has the biggest fleet of mobile units for satellite transmission in Latin America. In order to assure
the live transmission of events and news, Casablanca Online DSNGs travel roughly 30 thousand km each month all
over the Brazilian and Latin American territory.
About Advantech Wireless
Advantech Wireless, an ISO 9001: 2008 certified corporation, is the leading-edge wireless broadband
communications solution provider since 1988. Advantech Wireless designs, manufactures and deploys networking
for broadband connectivity, broadcast solutions, video contribution and distribution, mobile 2G, 3G, LTE backhaul
and DTH & DTT video distribution, using satellite and terrestrial wireless communications.
Advantech Wireless provides products and services to assist customers with wireless communications. Such
communications can be either terrestrial or via satellite, for applications including defense, data networking, news
gathering, cellular back-hauling and broadcasting. Advantech Wireless is more than a global company filled with
technology, and talented engineers. It’s the belief that telecommunications shouldn’t be stopped by distance,
mountains or earthquakes, and that in any situation, one should be able to connect to the world.
For further information please visit the company’s web site at: http://www.advantechwireless.com/news/
Media Contact
Rosario Toxqui
Marketing Communications
Advantech Wireless

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