December 2011

Launch of the new product HTV120 - HbbTV Playout

The HTV120 device can playout videos as well as HbbTV content. To do so, the video and HbbTV content can be stored on an integrated persistent memory. Further the HTV120 provides a highly accurate rate control and time-stamping (PCR re-stamping). The unit generates both the necessary Service Information (DVB-SI), requested by the HbbTV^® ETSI standards, and emits the applications' data files as DSM-CC object carousels. The configuration is managed via the integrated Web interface.
Customers can choose from a range of options, from GbEthernet, over ASI to an integrated DVB-S/S2 Modulator for direct uplinking the data.

gcs received the order to supply ODG200 systems

Using the new ODG200 systems allows for an upgrade of existing transmission channels to the DVB-S2 broadcast standard. All modulation and coding rates up to 32APSK, as well as GSE encapsulation are supported. The new ODG200 systems can reduce space segment costs up to 30% depending on the configuration. The ODG200 systems also support the successfully used DataCast^© application of gcs to receive huge amounts of earth observation data for secured and encrypted transmission while using IP-multicast and a special transmission protocol developed by gcs. During the last year many 10.000 Gigabyte of data were transmitted to users in Europe and Africa.

Change in the Management

Dr. Höller and Dipl.-Ing. Würflinger are responsible for technical development and sales activities. Our personal commitment and high standards guarantee high quality of our customer oriented solutions and continued support. The strategic orientation of gcs remains focused on requirements, requests, and demands of our customers.
The new management will continue to provide the company's know-how in the area of data transfer via broadcasting networks and our experience and innovation ideas in hardware, software, and protocol engineering. The multitude of successfully implemented solutions for our customers substantiates us as a competent and reliable business partner.

January 2011

gcs provides its Quality Measurement System to Eutelsat

gcs delivers its well-proven QMS (Quality Measurement System) to Eutelsat for automated measurements of key parameters of the transponders of its satellite fleet including an automated scanning function to identify DVB carriers. The measurements range from in-depth TR101290 analysis, measurement of carrier parameters (center frequency, symbol-rate, Eb/No values), examination of DVB table information, measurement of BER values up to fill factors and idle rates. In addition the QMS is furnished to report IP relevant parameters for measurement of transponders carrying Internet services.
The QMS provides a broad range of monthly reports for each measured satellite such as general service overviews, non-compliance-, fill-rate- and BER-reports, with the ability to automatically compare the results with previous measurements. Furthermore, the QMS provides an automated, in-depth analysis for multiple carriers and an online-carrier analysis especially designed for support of line-up tasks.
Especially the automatic measurement mode has raised Eutelsat's interest, a mode where the QMS automatically performs a frequency scan on a given orbital position, that results in a list of downlink frequencies together with symbol and error correction (FEC) rates as well as detailed analyses of all carriers.
Please refer to our online QMS demo system at http://www.gcs-salzburg.at/qms-demo/ (user: "demo", password: "demouser") for a hands-on experience.

Mr. Fritz Schurig, Head of Earth Station Operations responsible for the transponder measurements is very satisfied with the gcs product: "Generating transponder reports in automatic mode is the outstanding advantage of the QMS thus saving time and efforts. gcs has done a valuable job in customizing its QMS product to our needs."

Klaus Würflinger, senior product engineer at gcs states: "We are very pleased that Eutelsat has awarded us this contract for delivery of our QMS and we are sure that our product will fully satisfy Eutelsat's expectations."

About Eutelsat Communications:
http://www.eutelsat.com
Eutelsat Communications is the holding company of Eutelsat S.A., the leading European satellite operator and one of the three top operators in the world for the supply of fixed satellite services. Where the space, telecoms and audiovisual industries converge, our Group is at the heart of the new challenges facing the digital economy through its ability to make broadband facilities available for people to access information worldwide. Millions of homes benefit already from these services, sometimes without even realising it, to access information and TV programmes on a truly global basis. In the space of just 10 years, the number of television channels broadcast via the GroupÕs satellites has increased from 500 to more than 3 700. Nearly 500 new channels launched on our satellites this year.
Due to its wide range of services for interconnecting and securing networks and broadcasting data, Eutelsat has become an essential source of high performance and flexibility for telecommunications operators and companies in more than 150 countries. In addition, it is helping to open up opportunities for homes located beyond the reach of the terrestrial networks and to improve Internet mobility. Service quality is guaranteed by implementing a highly active strategy in terms of managing the fleet of 27 satellites, as well as setting in place one of the most ambitious investment programmes in this sector. Eutelsat operates 20 positions on the geostationary satellite orbit, covering Europe, the Middle East, Africa and a large part of Asia and the Americas.
The Group is based in Paris and employs a workforce of 660 people representing 28 different nationalities.

June 2010

gcs receives order for delivery of IP/DVB encapsulators for DVB-T

gcs delivers equipment of the new generation of its ODG - Open DVB Gateway product-line for a pilot trial proving the usability of the digital dividend for providing Internet access in rural areas. The pilot trial will be conducted in 4 villages in Niedersachsen, Germany.

The base technology will be a bi-directional symmetrical radio system, a separate DVB-T based channel will be used as a downstream booster. A DVB-T version of the ODG200 manufactured by gcs will be used for the downstream booster. The ODG200 is a highly versatile device supporting DVB-T and DVB-C, DVB-S, and DVB-S2. Optionally, innovative features such as the new encapsulation technique GSE (Generic Stream Encapsulation) and an integrated DVB-S/S2 modulator are offered.

Dr. Bernd Schröder, managing director of brown-iposs and responsible for the planning of the project, is very pleased with the gcs product: "We have recommended the procurement of the product to Network 41, the project prime, after an extensive test-phase, in which the ODG has shown its usability and fitness. We are convinced that the ODG200/DVB-T will prove satisfactory within the pilot trial."

Dr. Collini-Nocker, managing director of gcs, states: "The confidence of our customers in the quality of our products is of paramount importance to us. The order of Network 41 shows that only consistent endeavours towards quality and the orientation towards customer demands lead to success. We are pleased that our products are used in DVB-T based applications after their successful deployment in satellite based solutions."

brown-iposs supports mobile phone and wireless broadband operators with planning and operation services for radio networks based on GSM, UMTS, LTE, WiMAX and proprietary solutions with a very experienced and committed team. RF planning software, scientific studies, measurement data processing, software evaluation and adaptation and trainings are completing brown-iposs' offer.

brown-iposs has been founded in the beginning of 2006 by its three shareholders TEDSoft GmbH, TNC GmbH and Dr. Bernd Schröder. The company bundles the broad know-how containing many years of practical experiences as well as deep knowledge in scientific methods on propagation modeling, traffic engineering and software development. By this we are able to cover the whole life-cycle from pre-studies up to operations.

gcs Global Communication & Services GmbH was founded 1996 with the goal of product research and commercial technology development in close co-operation with the University of Salzburg. The company is located in Salzburg, Austria. gcs's mission aims at combining the Internet world with DVB based broadcast and multicast transmission systems.

gcs has participated in many research projects funded by ESA (European Space Agency) and the EU proving its outstanding expertise in IP via DVB based technologies and applications. gcs manufactures and markets products in the field of IP via DVB, such as encapsulators, broadband satellite receivers, IP/DVB measurement systems, and provides services like operation of ESA's DDS System used for dissemination of high volume earth observation data.

February 2010

gcs received order for exchange of receivers for Esrin's Data Dissemination Service

October 2009

gcs received ISO 9001 certification!