New Satellite Company GroupSat Inc. announces grand opening of its New Kabul, Afghnaistan

(PRWEB) September 27, 2004 -- In order to provide dedicated and reliable communication services to the growing Afghan market, GroupSat Incorporated announced the grand opening of its new office in Kabul, Afghanistan. From this new facility, GroupSat will provide communication services to the region and respond quickly to the needs of its many new customers in the area. GroupSat has taken communications in Afghanistan to a new level today with the commercial launch of its new high-speed broadband via satellite service. The offering provides fast, high-quality Internet access for e-mail, web browsing and e-commerce applications for small- and medium-sized businesses in Afghanistan.

Today's launch of GroupSat's Broadband Service comes immediately following a successful feasibility and market study involving approximately 100 end customers, including real estate services companies, agribusinesses, municipal governments, Internet cafés, political pollsters, Hotels, and a wide range of others.

GroupSat's Broadband Service is comparable to DSL service, providing high-speed Internet connections that are up to 10 times faster than the fastest dial-up connections. It enables service providers to offer their business customers direct access to the Internet.

"We're very excited about the prospect of providing the highest level of personalized service to our present as well as our future customers in the Middle East and Asia. By opening this new office in Kabul, GroupSat has shown its commitment to the region and to the penetration of its satellite technology into this ever-growing market," said Mr. N. Ameeriar, president of GroupSat.

Cutting the ribbon which will symbolize the formal opening of the new office in Kabul will be held in late October and approximately 100 guests, NGOs, employees and press are invited to attend.

"We are pleased to welcome to this ceremony our current and future customers, as well as the many people who have helped us with the licenses, certification testing, the representatives from AISA, Canadian and US chamber of commerce and local embassies who have worked so hard to bring us to this point." said N. Ameeriar "GroupSat is committed to working throughout Afghanistan and other regions in the Middle East and Asia to provide high quality, efficient and secure broadband wireless Internet, IP telephony , video conferencing and mobile services via satellite."

GroupSat has announced major communication contracts in Kabul, Mazar and various other regions in Afghanistan, and is actively working on numerous other projects throughout Afghanistan and the Middle East.

The Kabul office is phase one of GroupSats growing network of sales, marketing and customer support other offices are to open in Mazar, Herat and other major cities in 2005.

GroupSat develops, manufactures, markets, licenses and operates advanced satellite communications services and products based on its proprietary broadband wireless technologies. The Company's primary product areas are a proprietary broadband Internet called G-Force Internet. G-Force has been designed to preserve the end-to-end model and provide performance improvements over the satellite link without compromising international standards. Encryption of clear-text traffic (for example a VPN service configuration) across the satellite link is supported thus, providing secure links for our clients. G-Force controls and monitors the sending rates of the satellite link, thereby increasing the bandwidth utilization and providing two-way rapid, reliable and secure data communication. In conjunction with partners, the development of the IP telephony, point to point connectivity, VSAT, video and audio streaming are some of the specialized products and services GroupSat offers to its client base via satellite. For more information on GroupSat products and technologies, please visit the Company's web site at www.groupsat.com

GROUPSAT and G-Force are registered trademarks of GROUPSAT Incorporated.

Contact:

press@groupsat.com
Kabul Business Centre
Kabul, Afghanistan

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