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Dialogic’s Software Business Expands Enghouse’s

Product Portfolio

Enghouse Systems Limited announced applications across all devices. Dialogic’s
it has acquired Dialogic Group Inc. for a infrastructure products offer a best-
purchase price of approximately $52.0 in-class Session Border Controller and
million, subject to certain adjustments. several software-based network solutions
Based in Parsippany, New Jersey, Dialogic to communication service providers. This
partners with leading mobile operators, combination enables the transformation
system integrators and technology from legacy TDM (time division
developers to deploy its solutions via its multiplexing) to next-generation network provider market, Dialogic provides network
worldwide network of offices. Dialogic’s platforms. “This acquisition strengthens infrastructure solutions that facilitate
revenue over the next twelve months is our position in the enterprise video and virtualization, the evolution to 5G networks
projected to be between $58.0 million and unified communications market segment and the transition of networks from
$63.0 million. Dialogic is an industry leader by adding rich multi-media processing hardware to software defined network
in media processing software, with a applications and capabilities,” said Steve connectivity. We are very pleased to
highly scalable solution that supports real- Sadler, Chairman and CEO, Enghouse welcome Dialogic’s employees, customers
time video conferencing and collaboration Systems. “In the communications service and partners to Enghouse.”

Eutelsat Successfully Launches Konnect Satellite

The Eutelsat KONNECT satellite was “Our congratulations to Arianespace resulted in a world-first broadband satellite
successfully launched into Geostationary and the Guiana Space Center teams for for the African and European continents
Transfer Orbit by Arianespace using an successfully launching our EUTELSAT that demonstrates the suitability of
Ariane 5 rocket that lifted off from the KONNECT satellite towards geostationary satellite infrastructure as a means to
Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French orbit. The collaboration between Eutelsat, deliver high quality broadband services,
Guiana, at 9.05 pm Universal Time (10.05 Thales Alenia Space and Arianespace contributing to bridging the digital divide
pm CET) on January 16. The separation on this ambitious satellite program has within rural areas.”
of the all-electric satellite occurred after
a 27-minute flight and the spacecraft
systems checkout was successfully
completed over a period of 3 hours. Built
by Thales Alenia Space, the EUTELSAT
KONNECT communications satellite,
features all-electric propulsion and
operates in Ka-band. It is the first satellite
to use Thales Alenia Space’s all-electric
Spacebus NEO platform, developed under
the Neosat Partnership Project conducted
by the European and French space agencies
(ESA and CNES). EUTELSAT KONNECT
will assure full or partial coverage for
up to 40 countries across Africa and 15
over Europe. Offering total capacity of 75
Gbps, by next autumn this high throughput
satellite will allow the operator to
provide Internet access services for both
companies and individuals at up to 100
Mbps. Rodolphe Belmer, CEO of Eutelsat:

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