Siraj Syed covers CommunicAsia 2017: Post-event reportage, 02: GLOBAL Technologies selects Newtec to provide cellular backhaul for Mattel

Newtec--a specialist in designing, developing and manufacturing equipment and technologies for satellite communications—has announced a CommunicAsia Singapore, May 2017, the successful commercial deployment of a Newtec Dialog, multi-service platform, to provide cellular backhaul for Mattel, Mauritania’s leading mobile operator.

Working with its certified business partner GLOBAL Technologies, Newtec has installed a Newtec Dialog Hub, and has deployed several remote sites across the Mauritanian nation, in record time. This network will initially deliver 2G mobile connectivity, but will soon provide 3G/4G services, to areas underserved by terrestrial networks.

Mattel is also leveraging Newtec’s unique Mx-DMA band-width allocation technology on board the Newtec Dialog platform, enabling services to be delivered with the efficiency of SCPC and the flexibility of MF-TDMA, reducing operational costs while increasing reliability. Satellite capacity for the project is being provided by the EUTELSAT 8 West B satellite, which was launched in 2015.

“Due to the widely-dispersed population, delivering mobile connectivity to rural Mauritania posed a complex challenge. It required a scalable, efficient cellular backhaul solution, using existing satellite coverage,” said Dominique Saint-Jean, CEO of Mattel. “The combination of GLOBAL Technologies’ expertise and the Newtec Dialog platform provided exactly that, allowing us to offer high-quality 2G connectivity for our customers, with the ability to meet our future needs. In particular, Newtec’s Mx-DMA technology has paid dividends when it comes to service reliability and subscriber satisfaction, as well as effective use of the capacity available.”

 “One of the key requirements for this deployment was a future-proof solution which could adapt to the developing needs of Mattel’s customers,” said Jean-Paul Steinitz, CEO of GLOBAL Technologies.

As a multi-service platform, Newtec Dialog enables tailored services and guarantees optimal modulation and bandwidth allocation, whether it is being used to provide cellular backhaul, enterprise, consumer broadband, or mobility services.

“In remote rural locations, satellite backhaul is often the only mobile transport available that can provide the reliability and quick service rollout that is required. On the other hand, operational costs must be minimised, to remain competitive,” said Semir Hassanaly, Newtec’s Market Director for Cellular Backhaul and Trunking. 

About Newtec

Newtec, www.newtec.eu, is specialised in designing, developing and manufacturing equipment and technologies for satellite communications. As a pioneer in the industry, Newtec is dedicated to creating new possibilities for the broadcast, consumer and enterprise VSAT, government and defence, cellular backhaul and trunking and mobility, offshore and maritime markets. Our products and technologies can be applied in a wide range of single and multiservice applications from DTH broadcasting, video contribution and distribution and disaster recovery and backbones for cellular backhauling, to small and medium enterprises,

Newtec is a European company headquartered in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium. Through additional commercial offices in Dubai (UAE), Singapore, Beijing (China), São Paulo (Brazil) and Stamford, CT (USA), as well as an extensive network of over 100 certified partners, Newtec can meet customer’s needs worldwide.

About GLOBAL Technologies

GLOBAL Technologies, www.global.fr, is an acknowledged player on the high-technology market, specialising in the design, installation, operation and maintenance of critical technical infrastructure and systems. Leveraging its expertise and specific competence, GLOBAL Technologies deploys sophisticated equipment in inhospitable areas around the world. The Group works for companies and organisations in environments in which service continuity is key to the success of defence and telecommunications operations and of government and international bodies. GLOBAL Technologies currently operates in 30 countries, through more than 200 projects and its international teams include around 250 top-level specialists. 

About Mattel

Mauritano-Tunisienne des Télécommunications, Mattel, www.mattel.mr, is the leading mobile phone operator in Mauritania. Since its creation on May 11, 2000, the result of a co-operation between Mauritanian and Tunisian economic operators, Mattel has always been focused on the quality of its network, the professionalism of its staff and its proximity to its customers.

In its 17 year history, Mattel has continuously modernised its network, thanks to state-of-the-art technical equipment and the know-how of its engineers and technicians trained in the management and manipulation of advanced technologies.

Mattel continues to enrich its catalogue of mobile and Internet product and service offerings to ensure it always satisfies the needs and expectations of its clients in a wide range of sectors.