NewSat's Won New Clients in Middle East and Asia
Online, January 31, 2012 (Newswire.com) - NewSat, Australia's independent satellite communications provider, won new clients from oil, mining, gas, aviation, government and construction sectors. The recent deals, which involve the provision of satellite and teleport services, are worth $AU7.5 million.
The new clients are based in Australasia and the Middle East, including the north-west shelf Wheatstone Project and Gorgon Projects off the Western Australia coast, an unnamed engineering and construction company and US government staff in the Middle East.
The Middle East deal further boosts the reputation of the company as a military satellite partner. The Australian Department of Defence is currently using NewSat's teleports in Perth and Adelaide. These facilities have duly accredited secure global access points, using certified classified networks to allow for the transmission of confidential data to government clients.
"This is outstanding revenue growth for the first half of the year, setting us up for a fantastic 2012," said the company's chief executive officer and founder, Adrian Ballintine. The new $AU7.5 million billion worth of contracts will further improve the prospects of the company's Jabiru-1 satellite project. Its launch will be a ground-breaking achievement for NewSat, transforming the teleport provider into a global independent satellite operator capable of serving more government institutions and industrial clients.
NewSat's previous contracts include leading telecommunications and IT firms. It bagged $134 million and $105 million in contract sales from 3A Technology and US broadband provider TrustComm. These deals mostly involve satellite service for Middle East clients. Quicklink Communications also signed a $40 million partnership deal with NewSat to expand its Middle East markets. And just before the past year ended, the company signed in a Middle Eastern telecommunication provider the provision of $US67 million worth of Ka-band capacity via the upcoming Jabiru-1 satellite.
The new deals this year were counted in the company's 2012 fiscal report.