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Gold/Mining/Energy : Alantra Venture Corp AVB-V -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: David Michaud who wrote (6)	10/22/1999 8:32:00 AM
From: David Michaud	Respond to of 59

Alantra's Vancouver Teleport completes VIPSatNET demo unit Alantra Venture Corp AVB Shares issued 3,635,841 1999-08-11 close $0.68 Friday Aug 13 1999 Mr. John McCleery reports Further to news in Stockwatch July 8, 1999, pursuant to which the company entered into a formal agreement with TRG Systems Ltd. to jointly operate Vancouver Teleport Ltd., Vancouver Teleport's VIPSatNet demo trailer, which uses the latest Internet technologies to combine voice, long-distance, video conferencing, private data communications and T1 (1-544 Mbps) broadband Internet access, has been completed. Vancouver Teleport is the owner and operator of the new satellite communications network. VIPSatNet is a system which provides broadband Internet-based satellite communication solutions. Over the past several weeks the demo unit has been deployed to the Saskatchewan Forest Fire Service for use at a forest fire base camp called Methy. The communication services used are telephone calling, Internet access and faxing. The VIPSatNet system supported a camp of 120 people, including 12 helicopter teams, eight heavy truck teams, and 19 D-9 (digger) teams. Communications support provided the ability for these teams to order new parts, discuss repair procedures with outside support, arrange crew changes, phone and E-mail family members. In total 4,286 outgoing calls were made from camp Mothy. The communications support eliminated the need to travel 25 kilometres to the nearest town to make non-emergency calls. The success of Vancouver Teleport's VIPSatNet demo trailer shows Vancouver Teleport's ability to deliver a complete range of new communication solutions.