NEWS RELEASE TRANSMITTED BY CANADIAN CORPORATE NEWS
FOR: INTERPROVINCIAL SATELLITE SERVICES LTD.
ASE SYMBOL: ISS
JUNE 8, 1999
Interprovincial Satellite Services Ltd. IP ANYWHERE
Commercial Service Available
CALGARY, ALBERTA--Interprovincial Satellite Services Ltd.
("INTERSAT") and SCADANET International Inc., an authorized
INTERSAT service provider, announced today the availability of
INTERSAT's highly anticipated IP ANYWHERE service. Northstar
Energy Corporation is the first major client.
"We are pleased to provide IP ANYWHERE service for a recognized
industry leader such as Northstar", said Dan Fehr, SCADANET's
President. "Currently in Alberta there are over 100,000
operating wells that are attended to once a day or less. Our goal
is to reduce operations costs and provide environmentally friendly
solutions for continuous site monitoring and site control for oil
and gas operators. Using IP ANYWHERE services, operating
companies will benefit from revenue enhancement and cost reduction
through the use of leading-edge communication services and
advances as provided by INTERSAT."
The IP ANYWHERE service, an industry first, uses wireless (mainly
satellite) and Internet technologies to provide production
reporting and 24 hour/day 7day/week site monitoring, as well as
supervisory site control. Production data and wellsite control is
available through the Internet via a standard web browser.
"The system requires almost no training", said Bob Guy,
Northstar's Facilities Engineering Manager. "Our operators and
office staff were using the system within a half hour. IP
ANYWHERE makes wellsite production and equipment operations data
available on a company wide basis, and there are no geographical
barriers. Our engineers can make program changes to the site
Remote Terminal Units (RTU) from an internet-ready office PC. We
see advantages not only in the timeliness of the data and the
communications reliability, but also cost saving in streamlining
the flow of business data."
IP ANYWHERE services are now available to extend the Internet past
the desktop office PC to include all of the electronic devices and
assets in the field owned or operated by industrial customers.
This includes fixed assets such as oil and gas wells, compressor
stations, pipelines, fluid storage tanks, utility meters,
environmental meters, and mobile assets such as rail cars and
truck trailers. With IP ANYWHERE, customers have access to their
assets, regardless of nature or location, as a secure extension of
the Internet or corporate intranet, for a low monthly fee.
"In conjunction with our authorized service providers, such as
SCADANET, we are pleased to be offering IP ANYWHERE services to
this market today through a unique, tightly engineered and
value-conscious offering", said Jim Knight, INTERSAT's Chief
Executive Officer. "This represents somewhat of a new paradigm
for what has traditionally been called SCADA. We call it EDATA,
for Enterprise Data, and its about simplicity of data service
adoption, integration, operation, maintenance and management on an
enterprise-wide basis. IP ANYWHERE facilitates this through a
service network to which corporate users may subscribe, with the
nature and quality of the technology embedded in this network
enabling a revolution in service content and price points. This
allows us to offer an unmatched value proposition to our
customers."
About INTERSAT:
INTERSAT, together with its wholly owned subsidiaries Interfax
Communications Ltd. and Intersat Worldwide Ltd., is a leading
developer and value-added provider, through its offices in
Calgary, Amsterdam and San Francisco, of global fax and data
network services to industry, using wireless and Internet as
communications media.
About SCADANET:
SCADANET is a private company and INTERSAT service provider
implementing data and control solutions for the oil and gas
industry. SCADANET's service is backed by a strong consulting
engineering background in mechanical, process, civil and
electrical projects in the oil and gas industry.
This release is for information purposes only and does not
constitute and should not be construed in any way as an offer to
sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase any of the
securities of any of the companies mentioned herein. INTERSAT
cautions investors that any forward-looking statements made are
not guarantees of future performance and that actual results may
differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements.
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