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August 29th, 2012

Countdown To London's COMSYS VSAT2012 (Event)


[SatNews] Two major European conferences are coming up, one on the coattails of the other...

and in less than two weeks, the VSAT conferences will launch September 12-14 at the Lancaster London Hotel, right after IBC concludes in Amsterdam. The theme of this year’s event is ‘VSAT Vertical Value’ which focuses on a VSAT industry in the midst of major changes.

After years of scarcity, spacecraft bringing Terabits of bandwidth at vastly reduced costs—perhaps one tenth that of current levels, or even lower—are now planned for service. These new satellite systems and ever-growing fiber networks bring plentiful bandwidth, but, at least initially, restricted access. VSAT2012 will be the place operators and end-users need to be in order to understand the timescales and complex changes taking place and identify the possible threats and potential opportunities that the new environment will bring.


View from Lancaster London Hotel

On the day before the main conference COMSYS offers a choice of one-day workshops (VSAT Market & Technology Essentials or Satellite Communications Fundamentals). The VSAT2012 brochure containing further information on these workshops as well as a complete listing of speakers, detailed session descriptions and timings can be downloaded here.

The conference has been sold out in the past two years, and with just a few places remaining, BOOK NOW to secure your registration - please click here to register online. If you have any questions about VSAT2012, please contact Rose Murphy (rose@comsys.co.uk) or Sandie Copp (sandie@comsys.co.uk)

This year's VSAT Conference will be held at The Lancaster London Hotel.  Although our initial allocation of guest rooms there has now sold out, should you wish to reserve accommodation please click here for further information. Otherwise, please contact either Rose or Sandie who will be happy to assist with your accommodation requirements. The Lancaster London offers superb facilities: 

  • Classroom style seating with desks.
  • Faster and more regular transport links to and from Heathrow Airport via the Heathrow Express train to Paddington Station (7 minutes’ walk from the hotel)
  • Adjacent to Lancaster Gate tube / metro station
  • Hotel rooms at The Lancaster are about 25 per cent less expensive than our previous venue and there is a good choice of Five Star, Four Star and reasonably priced hotels (plus Bed & Breakfast’ facilities) within easy walk of the conference venue.
HUGHES is the Primary Sponsor this year, with other Sponsors including:

Major Supporting Sponsors:

  • Advantech Wireless
  • Comtech EF Data
  • Eutelsat
  • iDirect
  • Intelsat
  • ITC Global
  • MTN
  • Newtec
  • O3b Networks
  • Satixfy
  • SES
  • STM Group
  • Yahsat
Key Supporting Sponsors:
  • Arabsat
  • Avanti Communications
  • Cobham
  • Gilat Satellite Networks
  • Harris CapRock
  • OmniAccess
  • Telenor Satellite Broadcasting
  • Telesat
  • ViaSat
  • XipLink
Official Publications:
  • Via Satellite
  • Maritime IT & Electronics
  • SatNews
  • Satellite Evolution Group
  • Satellite Pro Middle East
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