Finishing an installation of a VertexRSI 9m antenna in Nuuk, Greenland

Due to deteriorating weather conditions Skybrokers team is finishing a 9m Earth Station Antenna on a Mountain in Nuuk, Greenland.

Finishing an installation of a VertexRSI 9m antenna in Nuuk, Greenland

Due to deteriorating weather conditions Skybrokers team is finishing a 9m Earth Station Antenna on a Mountain in Nuuk, Greenland.

Nuuk in Greenland!

Here is another antenna project we are working on! Skybrokers delivered a used VertexRSI 9m antenna to Greenland Television. The antenna was refurbished in our facility in Europe and shipped by container overseas to Nuuk in Greenland. With remote support from us the customer did the majority of the assembly of the antenna that is placed on a hill. 
Skybrokers technicians will align the main reflector and test the antenna in the next weeks.

Refurbished RSI (VertexRSI) 9.2m antenna for GuyaCom

Work in progress! Skybrokers delivered a RSI 9.2m Earth Station antenna to French Guiana last month. This antenna was completely refurbished in our facility in Europe, we added new hardware kits and motors with gearboxes and checked out the whole system before loading into a 40ft sea-container. The customer could perform an excellent installation. 

On September 12th the reflector was lifted onto the tripod mount successfully. Coming days the installation will be completed and the antenna will be put in operation.

3.9 Billion People Still Unconnected to Internet

The latest ITU (the UN specialized agency for information and communication technology (ICT) report shows that 3.9 billion people, more than half of the global population, remain cut-off from the vast resources available on the Internet, despite falling prices for ICT services.

The study finds developing countries now account for the vast majority of Internet users, with 2.5 billion users compared with 1 billion in developed countries.

While almost 1 billion households in the world now have Internet access (of which 230 million are in China, 60 million in India and 20 million in the world’s 48 Least Developed Countries - LDC’s, figures for household access reveal the extent of the digital gap, with 84% of households connected in Europe, compared with over 15% in the African region.

Read the full report, click here.

Refurbished Earth Station antennas at Skybrokers

Next week we are busy with loading 4 antenna for a customer in South America. We are loading a 9.2m C-band, a 4.6m Ku-band antenna and 2x 2.4m VSAT antennas in a 40ft ocean container for overseas shipment. Both large antennas were refurbished and checked out at our facility in Europe.

Installing 2x ASC Signal 7.6m antennas at OMNIAccess Mallorca

Skybrokers installation team was requested to install two new ASC Signal 7.6m earth station antennas at OMNI Access Marine Network Solutions on Mallorca (Balearic Islands). The team spend 4-5 weeks to assemble, install, erect and align the antennas to support OMNI Access with their Teleport expansions. Watch the installation video on YouTube!