ST Electronics Announces Commission for SingTel of 11-Metre Antenna System at Seletaar Earth Station

JCN Newswires, June 17, 2009

CommunicAsia, Singapore, June 16, 2009 - (ACN Newswire) - ST Electronics' wholly-owned subsidiary, ST Electronics (Satcom & Sensor Systems), has successfully commissioned an 11 metre Ku-Band antenna system at SingTel's Seletar Earth Station for Communication System Monitoring (CSM) and Communication that carries commercial traffic on SingTel satellites. The areas of coverage are primarily India and South East Asia. SingTel will use the system to access its ST-2 satellite for the CSM functions and commercial traffic.

The system consists of an 11 metre Ku-band antenna, a Glass Reinforced Polyester equipment cabin, Travelling Wave Tube (TWT) amplifier and Low Noise Amplifier with redundancy, converters, fibre optic inter-facility links and Monitoring and Control (M&C) subsystem. The system offersSingTel additional capacity and capability to serve their customers internationally.

"ST Electronics has an extensive systems engineering and integration track record and has delivered a number of large scale earth station projects in the region.With this implementation of our systems for SingTel, we have once again proven our capabilities with a key ICT player in the region," said SEAH Moon Ming, President, ST Electronics.

ST Electronics won the project through a tender in the last quarter of 2008 amidst local and international competition.

About ST Electronics (Satcom & Sensor Systems)

Its subsidiary, ST Electronics (Satcom & Sensor Systems) is a premier supplier of very small aperture terminals and network solutions. Itscustomers include telecommunications service providers, corporate enterprises, financial institutions, defense, government agencies as well as the oil-and-gas industry. With its innovative products and solutions, the company enables its valuable customers in turn to provide high quality and value-added services to their end-users. ST Electronics (Satcom & Sensor Systems) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited. About ST Electronics

ST Electronics, the electronics arm of ST Engineering, delivers innovative system solutions to government, commercial, defence, and industrial customers worldwide. With presence in more than 30 cities in 20 countries, ST Electronics markets its solutions to more than 70 countries internationally. It specialises in the design, development and integration of advanced electronics and communications systems, such as broadband radio frequency and satellite communication, e-Government solutions, information communications technologies and IT, rail and traffic management, real-time command and control, modelling and simulation, interactive digital media, intelligent building management and information security. Please visit www.stee.stengg.com.

Source: ST Electronics

Contact:

Magdalen Loh
AVP/Head, Corporate Communications
ST Electronics
Tel:  65 6413 1788 / 9822 3321
Fax:  65 6484 8840
Email: magloh@stee.stengg.com

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