Product category: PC-Compatible Boards and Assemblies
News Release from: Aculab | Subject: BT Ignite
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 13 June 2002

Technology cuts costs at Goonhilly

Protocol conversion and routing technology from Aculab is being used by BT Ignite to reduce operating costs and increase flexibility at the largest satellite earth receiving station in the world.

Protocol conversion and routing technology from Aculab is being used by BT Ignite to reduce operating costs and increase flexibility at the largest satellite earth receiving station in the world Sited in the western tip of the UK in Cornwall at Goonhilly, BT Ignite's international switching centre provides a focal point as a hub for undersea cable and satellite worldwide communications, simultaneously handling millions of international phone calls, fax and e-mail, while at the same time forming the cornerstone of the Internet