ConnecTechAsia Show Daily - Day 1, 2019 - 61

Tuesday 18 June 2019 | Show Daily

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Scott French Joins
Codan Communications

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odan Communications has appointed
Scott French as the new President of the
Land Mobile Radio (LMR) division.
French joins Codan Communications, a
division of Codan Limited, with a wealth of
experience gained from almost 30 years with
world-class organizations such as Motorola,
Panasonic, and Zetron.
"Codan Communications' history and
dedication to the public safety sector,
combined with Scott's background, make
a great fit and exciting future for the LMR
division at Codan," says Donald McGurk,
Chief Executive Officer of Codan Limited.
"With Scott's extensive leadership and
Codan's LMR portfolio, I look forward to the
growth and impact we will provide to public
safety and government agencies."
Scott French adds: "I'm honored at being
chosen to lead a company that contributes
to the advancement of public safety systems
and solutions. Codan Communications',
formerly Daniels Electronics, decades
of experience, coupled with engineering
excellence, provides the foundation by which
we will grow."
During his time at Motorola, French
made the transition from engineering to

Scott French, President & Executive GM, LMR Division

overall go-to-market leadership for several
lines of business, helping to transform
Motorola into a solutions provider beyond
LMR. At Panasonic, he led the company
transformation from product to solutions
sales with a focus on mobile devices and
security, before assuming the role of General
Manager, Americas for two years with Zetron,
a command and control company.
While at Motorola and Panasonic, Scott also
served as Vice Chairman on the state and
local board of directors of TechAmerica (now
CompTIA), and was also the Chair of the State
& Local Government and Education Executive
Council of IT Alliance for Public Sector.
See us at Stand 5G7-01 MBS.
www.codancomms.com

Telesat Assists with 5G Backhaul
Demo over LEO Satellite
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elesat, Vodafone Group and the University
of Surrey have successfully demonstrated
that Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites can
provide effective backhaul transport for
mobile network operators (MNOs), including

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Incorporating:

advanced backhaul solutions for 5G.
The world's first live test of 5G services using
an LEO satellite was recently conducted with
Telesat's Phase 1 LEO satellite connected to
the UK-based University of Surrey's 5G test

Why You Should Buy
Wireless Data Services
from a MVNO
VNOs (Mobile Virtual Network Operators)
are communication service providers
that don't operate their own infrastructure,
but use capacity from MNOs (Mobile Network
Operators) to deliver services.
So, why buy communication services from
an MVNO instead of an MNO?
MVNOs offer several benefits:
Designed for your needs - Mobile Operators
often offer generic services, trying to serve
millions of consumers and businesses with a
standardized approach.
MVNOs focus on specific segments in the
market, offering customized plans designed
for that segment, whether consumers or
business.
Service focus - No large workforce and
investment is required to build and maintain
networks, so MVNOs can focus on serving
customers and have a higher customer
satisfaction compared with Mobile Network
Operators.
Lower price - MVNOs are generally able
to offer lower pricing and better benefits
compared to MNOs.

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For Blue Wireless, our MVNO approach
offers additional benefits for enterprises:
Network Independence - For business
customers, connectivity is essential and being
able to utilize multiple networks from different
operators using one single contract, enables
higher up-time and more flexibility. Blue
Wireless offers access to multiple networks
per country, across 50+ countries in Asia
Pacific and Europe.
Plans designed for WAN Networking Traditional mobile plans are designed around
single SIMs for use in a mobile phone, which
either have limited usage or when sold as
'unlimited' often are throttled at speeds
not suitable for 4G WAN networking. Blue
Wireless plans use a shared datapool concept
and are never throttled.
A service, not a SIM - Our services include
equipment, field services, management and
a SIM card to ensure seamless business
connectivity, with Service Levels attached to
them.
See us at Stand 5F5-01 MBS.
www.bluewireless.com

bed network. Specialist Vodafone engineers
supported the trial and the company provided
some funding and arranged licensing.
"Providing cost effective, high performance
backhaul services to MNOs seeking to extend
their 4G and 5G networks is an important
market for Telesat's LEO program," says Erwin
Hudson, Vice President, Telesat LEO.
Test results confirmed a network

reaction time (round trip latency) of 18-40
milliseconds, among the lowest ever for
a satellite connection. The demonstration
supported video chatting, web browsing and
simultaneous streaming of up to 8K video. The
team also transferred 4K video to the edge of
the 5G network, demonstrating a key 5G future
use case. See us at Stand 5J6-03 MBS.
www.telesat.com
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