The World Teleport Association (WTA) has revealed the winners of the 28th annual Teleport Awards for Excellence during an exclusive awards ceremony — the awards are presented each year to organizations and individuals in the teleport industry whose achievements have been deemed exceptional by the international trade association and its awards committees, made up of industry members from across the globe.
The 2023 recipients are:
Independent Teleport Operator of the Year
US Electrodynamics, Inc. (USEI)
USEI is a privately owned, independently operated U.S. Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business. USEI has a worldwide staff of 57 employees. Today, both of USEI’s WTA Certified Tier 4 U.S. teleport locations operate 117 satellite antennas on USEI owned 260 land acres: West Coast Brewster, Washington U.S. and East Coast Vernon Valley, New Jersey U.S. These locations serve GEO in the POR, CONUS, and AOR and the Brewster LEO/MEO services are augmented with additional LEO/MEO ground station antennas around the world. USEI is also expanding its satellite communication capabilities to provide for emerging Cis-Lunar and Deep Space applications. Within the past year, the USEI Brewster teleport was designated a primary site by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for interference-free C-band operation based on its grandfathered frequency protection and its RF-quiet rural location away from any major metropolitan locations. Subsequently, USEI Brewster worked with two major satellite providers for new C-band antennas. The largest provider engaged USEI as its General Construction Manager for the design, development and construction for a permanent and modularly expandable teleport facility on 10 acres as part of the USEI Brewster Teleport. A multi-million dollar Guaranteed Maximum Price Construction Service Agreement was signed effective May 2020 through December 2021 for a Phase 1 Design, Development & Construction Documents; a Phase 2 Antenna Foundations and an energy-efficient Energy Plant Facility Design and Construction; and a Phase 3 Antenna Foundations and two RF Shelters and Equipment Rack Installation. To date, all seven antennas have been installed, and the energy plant and infrastructure completed in 2021. This project included four 13M and three 7.3M C-band antenna foundations completed in late 2020 and in 2021 started supporting antenna installations; three 1.5 MW generators; two 750 kVA UPSs; and two additional electrical distribution/switchboards adding to the earlier upgraded extensive Brewster electrical distribution system.
Teleport Technology of the Year
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“This is the 28th time WTA has presented the Teleport Awards for Excellence and once again, the words ‘for excellence’ apply,” said WTA Director of Development, Louis Zacharilla. “We again recognized companies headed by seasoned leaders who represent the traditional sector, the tech changes and the future of the teleport industry.”
In addition to honoring the winner from these two awards categories, WTA presented the 2023 Teleport Executive of the Year Award to Vladimir Rangelov, Director of Broadcasting Services at Vivacom at the Teleport Awards Luncheon. The reception attendees included teleport, satellite and content distribution technology industry executives, as well as previous awards recipients from around the world. WTA’s Director of Development Louis Zacharilla emceed the event.
The World Teleport Association (www.worldteleport.org) has been helping its members aim higher since our founding in 1985. Today, WTA is the leading partner in growth for teleport operators, advocating for their commercial interests and promoting excellence in their business practices, technology and operations. The association publishes best-practice reports and presents webinars on technology changes and their business and market impacts. It also presents events and awards and provides global certification and assessment programs to validate excellence and drive improvement. Aiming higher creates opportunity. Aiming higher brings risk. WTA is dedicated to helping its members seize the opportunities and manage the risks to find the paths to growth in a massively changing market.
