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Megasat, Germany - Receiver and Wholesaler TELE-satellite-1109/megasat.pdf
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WholesalerandManufacturerMEGASAT,Germany
“In the Heart ofGermany”
•80%ofdistributedproductscomefrom
in-houseMEGASATbrand
•fullrangeofsatellitecomponents
•specialfocusonself-aligningcamping
antennas
•distributiontothewholeofEurope
In frontof the entrance to the
850squaremetercompanypremises thatMEGASAThas
beenoccupying since 2010 in anindustrial areaofNiederlauer.Theofficial companyname is
b2cElectronic, even thoughMEGASAT isused asbrand
name vis-à-vis theoutsideworld.
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• 80% of distributed products come from in-house MEGASAT brand
• full range of satellite components
• special focus on self-aligning camping antennas
• distribution to the whole of Europe
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Fabrication in the
Industrial City
SAPRO’sFounder
andChiefLubomír
Proboszcz standing
in frontofacabinet
fullofSAPRO
receivers. Inhis
hand is theflagship
product, abox from
theHD-Box series.
There’s a large industrial zone in the
northeastern portion of the Czech Re-
public. There you’ll find large amounts
of ore that can be turned into iron;
there are also quite a few rivers that
supply water power as well s a large
expanse of forest for its enormous
supply of building m ria s. Because
of all this, an enormous steel works
factory, the „Třinecké Železárny
(Třinec Steelworks)“ came into exis-
tence 170 years ago in the city
of Třinec. This city currently has
40,000 inhabitants and everywhere
you look you can see fabrication sys-
tems with their superstructures and
interconnecting pipes.
One of these pipes, an exterior
heating pipe, passes just a few cen-
timeters away from manufacturer and
wholesaler SAPRO’s building.
But SAPRO doesn’t interfere with it
at all, rather, this heating pipe goes
perfectly with this company: compo-
nents for satellite receivers have been
designed and developed here since
1992. It’s a perfect match for the in-
dustrial atmospher here. SAPRO’s
Owner
Lubomír
Proboszcz
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ownbrands Di-Way,Di-Box,SatElita,Dreamsky,HD-Box
MainProducts
SatelliteReceivers foreconomic range,mid range andhigh
range,WholesalerforLNBs,dishes, accessories
Address inCzechRepublic Address inSlovakia
SAPRO s.r.o. SAPROSKs.r.o.
Konská -Podlesí455 SUPERSAT
73961Třinec ul.Slovanská cesta6
CZECHREPUBLIC PSČ 02 201Čad
Tel+420-591008312 SLOVAKIA
Tel+421-220-648942
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2012.” For the HD-Box and Dreamsky
line of receivers, 2012 will bring with
it a number of enhancements related
to the Internet: “The Dreamsky se-
rieswill see a boxwith IPTV enhance-
ment”, he reveals to us, “For cable
operators we are planning a DVB-C
receiver.”
Lubomír’s schedule is full. With a
variety of new products, he’s expand-
ing in the market as well as moving
into the surrounding countries. Be-
cause of his engineering background
and his personal love of his satellite
1.AlinaProboszcz is responsible forSAPRO’sbookkeeping and is
also the founder’swife.
2.PetrZwrtek isSalesManager forTheCzechRepublic.He is
showinguson themapwhereTřinec is located: right at thepoint
whereTheCzechRepublic,SlovakiaandPolandmeet.
3.MarekRoszka isMarketingManager.You can seeSAPRO’s
websiteonhismonitor ) thathealsomaintains.
“I also translate theusermanuals”,saysMarekwho isfluent in
EnglishandGerman.
4.JanaProboszczová isSalesManager forSlovakia and allof the
remaining countries.
5.ServiceTechnicianMilanMartynek tests asatellite signal
analyzer thatSAPROdistributesunder itsownbrandname.
6.Should there everbeanyproblemswithaSAPRO receiver, the
returns landwithCustomerServiceManagerEsterVrábelová,who
scans thebarcodeofall incomingproblem items.
7.ServiceTechnicianPetrSchlesinger is atwork repairing a
receiver circuitboard.
he tests all the products himself and is
mediately recognize anyweak spots.
can be confident that the production line
only puts out products thatmeet his requirements.SAPRO
is on theway up.
Sales
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Zwrtek
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SatelliteReceivers for economic range,mid rangeandhigh
range,WholesalerforLNBs,dishes, accessories
Address inCzechRepublic Address inSlovakia
SAPROs.r.o. SAPROSK s.r.o.
Konská -Podlesí 455 SUPERSAT
73961Třinec ul.Slovanská cesta 672
CZECHREPUBLIC PSČ 02201Čad
Tel+420-591008312 SLOVAKIA
Tel+421-220-648942
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ter of 2011 we’ll be coming out with
an Android based receiver under
the Dreamsky brand name; this will
be followed by a DVB-T2 receiver in
2012.” For the HD-Box and Dreamsky
line of receivers, 2012 will bring with
it a number of enhancements related
to the Internet: “The Dreamsky se-
ries IPTV enhance-
ment”, he reveals to us, “For cable
operators we are planning a DVB-C
receiver.”
Lubomír’s schedule is full. With a
variety of new products, he’s expand-
ing in the market as well as moving
into the surrounding countries. Be-
cause of his engineering background
and his personal love of his satellite
1.AlinaProboszcz is responsible forSAPRO’sbookkeeping and is
also the founder’swife.
2.PetrZwrtek isSalesManager forTheCzechRepublic.He is
showinguson themapwhereTřinec is located: right at thepoint
whereTheCzechRepublic,Slovakia andPolandmeet.
3.MarekRoszka isMarketingManager.You can seeSAPRO’s
websiteonhismonitor ) thathe alsomaintains.
“I also translate theusermanuals”, saysMarekwho isfluent in
EnglishandGerman.
4. JanaProboszczová isSalesManager forSlovakia and allof the
remainingcountries.
sts asatellitesignal
tsownbrandname.
6.Should thereeverbe anyproblemswith aSAPRO receiver, the
returns landwithCustomerServiceManagerEsterVrábelová,who
scans thebar codeofall incomingproblem items.
7.ServiceTechnicianPetrSchlesinger is atwork repairing a
receiver circuitboard.
reception hobby, he tests all the products himself and is
thereby able to immediately recognize any weak spots.
In this way he can be confident that the production line
only puts out products thatmeet his requirements.SAPRO
is on the way up.
Sales
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Manufacturer andWholesalerSAPRO,CzechRepublic
SAPRO
is
Expanding
•Coverseverypricesegmentwithits
fourbrandnames
•Startingexpansiontosurrounding
countries
•In-housedesignandproduction
(assemblyline)
•Produces100,000receiversperyear
An externalheatingpipe runs rightpastSAPRO’s
administration,warehouse andproductionbuildings.The company is located in the industrialcityofTřinec in thenortheastern endofTheCzech
Republic,not too far fromOstrava.
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• Covers every price segment with its four brand names
• Starting expansion to surrounding countries
• In-house design and production (assembly line)
• Produces 100,000 receivers per year
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First the USA,
then the world
Wholesaler and Manufacturer, USA
RobbyDosetarehis the very young founder andPresident
of satellitewholesaler andmanufacturerWS International.
Herewe seehim inhisPacoima,Californiaoffice located
northofLosAngeles thatheopened justone year ago
Robby Dosetareh patiently built up
his company WS International one
small step at a time. He’s still young
and since he has already brought his
company quite a long way in the USA,
his expansion to the rest of the world
shouldn’t have any obstacles. In July
2010 he opened a 2nd distribution
branch & offices in the small town of
Pacoima, California in order to make
it cost efficient for customers in the
Western part of the USA and Canada.
That’s where we met up with Robby
Dosetareh. He explains to us how it all
began.
Robby D setareh was born and
raised in Shiraz, Iran. But his father
was watched and mistreated by the re-
gime at that time.WhenRobbywas ten
years old, the family had
an opportunity to flee the
country, first to Pakistan
and then for a few months
to Austria. The UN acquired
all the necessary paperwork as
well as the required visas and fi-
nally in April 1992 the family arrived
in their land of their dreams – USA.
They ended up in Atlanta, Georgia on
the US east coast.
Young Robby came to a new world,
a place where it’s normal to get a free
glass of water in a restaurant. The
teenager quickly acclimated himself to
his new surroundings. After graduat-
ing from High School, he immediately
joined the work force. Since he was al-
ways interested in electronics and tele-
communications, he accepted an offer
from a DishNetwork dealer and began
working there as a Sales Manager.
After a fewmonthshis father became
illandRobbyDosetarehhad tohelphim
communicate with the doctors; his fa-
ther’s English wasn’t good enough. Un-
fortunately, his time off from the Dish-
Network dealer was getting too much
and towards the end of 2000 the dealer
had to let him go. Robby Dosetareh
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came to the conclusion that this would
never happen to him again: to be in
charge of his own time he had to start
his own comp ny. He then started as
a dealer for DishNetwork and installed
customer satellite systems. After a few
months though he realized how dan-
gerous this business was: DishNetwork
only paid the dealers when the custom-
ers paid DishNetwork. All of the risk
was in the hands of the dealers, a risk
that was difficult to calculate.
Robby Dosetareh decided t at there
was no future in this! Since he had al-
ready sold systems and components to
installers in the past, he decided to be-
come a satellite wholesaler. “On April
1, 2001, I founded WS International”,
remembers Robby Dosetareh. Robby,
who actually had no business experi-
ence or background, was very coura-
geous in this decision and had at the
same time a little foresight: the WS in
the company name stands for “World
Satellites”.
But the “World” in his company name
also stands for the business field that
he selected for his co pany. Since the
satellite reception of English-language
programming in the USA is generally
monopolized by DishNetwork and Di-
recTV, Robby looked around at other
TV programming. As a native from
Iran, the obvi us choice was foreign
language programming for the ethnic
minorities living in the USA. There are
several of these groups that want TV
programming in their own language.
Robby Dosetareh provides an overview
on thesegroups: “Inmy case of course,
the first group would be TV channels in
Farsi, after that it’s programming in Ar-
abic, Vietnamese, Thai, Chinese, Rus-
sian, Armenian as well as the English-
language Christian channels.” Most of
these TV channels, many of which are
produced locally in the USA, can be re-
ceived for freeand thusmakea very in-
teresting product to offer these ethnic
groups here in the USA.
Robby got right to work. From Mari-
etta, Georgia, a small city near Atlanta
with 100,000 inhabitants that he now
calls home, he managed to become the
number one satellite dealer in just a
short time thanks to his extensive mar-
keting. “In 2002”, remembers Robby,
“WS International sold roughly200 sys-
tems a month.”
Over the years sales numbers in-
creased steadily and one day, not sur-
prisingly,hedecidedheno longerwant-
ed to be dependent on other importers
and started up his own production line
with the help of an office in Guangzhou
in southern China. “Today we produce
LNBsaswellas75cmand90cm satellite
dishes ourselves”, comments Robby. In
2009 his own receiver line that Robby
named Lexium was also added to the
palette. There’s even a website under
this name: “In
2010 we sold roughly 30,000 DVB-S re-
ceivers”, says Robby and then explains
that a DVB-S2 variant of this receiver
will be available by the time this issue
of TELE-satellite hits the newsstands.
Since 2010 Robby has built up his
product palette to the point that any
component that an installer could pos-
sibly need can be obtained from him
under his own label. “This includes
dishes as small as 75cm to as large as
4.5 meters”, lists Robby, “and in ad-
dition to cables and receivers, all the
necessary accessories such as DiSEqC
switches.” He even has satellite signal
analyzers. “Ourmodel5100 Pro can au-
tomatically recognize the satellite that
a dish is pointing to”, highlights Robby
and then continues,” The model 7100
Pro was designed especially with the
professionals in mind.” And there’s still
more: “Soonwe’llbe introducing an ad-
justablemonoblock LNBwithwhich you
can set theoffsetanywherebetween4°
and 10°. For installers we’re preparing
a toolbox that will contain all the tools
needed to install our products.”
How is Robby doing all of this? He
started WS International in Atlanta
(more preciselyMarietta). There are six
employees in the 4600 square foot of-
fice/warehouse: “Two sales managers,
a technical support manager, an assis-
tant as well as two employees in the
warehouse”, explains Robby. To better
serve his customers on the west coast,
Robby opened a branch office in Paco-
ima, California, near Los Angeles. Not
long after that he decided to move out
to LosAngeles himself. “Since then I go
back tovisit theAtlantaofficeevery two
months for one week”, says Robby. He
is proud to say that he has employees
inAtlanta that canoperate thebusiness
without him having to constantly look
over their shoulders.
The branch office in Los Angeles is
5000 square feet in size but only has
three employees: Sales Manager Jo-
seph Bassala, who Robby can speak to
in Farsi, Shipping Manager Jeff Bynum
and a warehouse employee. “We also
have one more employee in our Guang-
zhou, China office who takes care of
production and overseas transport”,
adds Robby.
How successful
JosephBassala isWS
International’sSalesManager
inLosAngeles.He receives the
customerordersprimarily from
thoseon thewest coastof the
USA
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WholesalerandManufacturer,USA
WS
International,
USA
•SuccessfulYoungCompanywith
Ambition
•ManufacturerofSatellite
Components
•PlanforWorldwideExpansionwith
SatelliteSignalAnalyzers
•InexpensiveProductsThanksto
EfficientProductionandDistribution In thisbuilding inPacoima,northofLosAngeles, canbe foundWS
International’swest coastoffice/warehouse
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BYA, Algeria - Dishes and Receiver TELE-satellite-1107/bya.pdf
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BYA’sproduction facility
AinElBia eastofOran in
geria
The 16,000 squaremeter production
ant can be found in the city of Ain
Bia. This city, with 20,000 inhabit-
ts, is located about 35km east of the
cond largest city in Algeria: Oran with
ughly 1.6 million people. The Port
rzew harbor is right next to Ain El Bia;
is is where Algeria’s national oil com-
ny Sonatrach loads its oil tankers.
And this is the first reason why Sli-
ane Ait Yala is confident that the
shes he manufactures will be suc-
ssful in the export market: “Algeria is
oil-producing country”, he explains,
nd that means that the energy costs
Algeria are very low.” He follows right
ay with the second reason: “Wages
Algeria are also very low; the official
inimum wage is about 100 Euros.”
Aside from that, the necessary
etal for their dish production is pro-
ced domestically. All of these rea-
sons together make for
quite an argument that
exporting his dishes is
a good move to make.
Slimane Ait Yala: “I
was just at the Canton
trade show in south-
ern China and found
out that our prices
are competitive.” And
there’s still another
reason: BYA is not a small
company; they produce
quite a few other products
and thus have plenty of experi-
ence as a manuf
BYA was founded in 1993. Back then
SlimaneAitYala isGeneralManager ) and
founderofBYA.BYAactuallygets itsname from thenameof the .
Biawasconverted toBYA.
Thomson still existed in France and
BYA started off as an assembly line for
Thomson’s TV sets. Not long after that,
they be an assembling analog satellite
receivers followed hor ly thereafter
by digital receivers. “Back then we had
90 employees”, remembers Slimane Ait
Yala, “and we had sales equivalent to
about eight million Euros.” BYA was at
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Ait Yala Availableonlinestarting from3 June 2011
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120cm),TV-Sets withCRT,LCD (32and 40 inch)orPlasma (42 and 50 inch),SatelliteReceiver forDVB-S/S2
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Perforated
Dishes from
Algeria
AlexanderWiese
Dish andReceiverManufacturerBYA,Algeria
With a new series of satellite dishes
made out of perforatedmetal, Algerian
manufacturer BYA Electronicwants to
start an export offensive. Are there
reasons to expect success in the strongly
contested satellite dishmarket? Itwon’t
be easy for BYA, but there are several
reasonswhichwouldmake one optimistic.
Slimane Ait Yala, founder of BYA, gives us
the reasons for this optimism.
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BYA’sproduction facilityinAinElBiaeastofOran in
Algeria
The 16,000 squaremeter productionplant can be found in the city of Ain
El Bia. This city, with 20,000 inhabit-ants, is located about 35km east of the
second largest cityroughly 1.6 million people. The Port
Arzew harbor is right next to Ain El Bia;this is where Algeria’s national oil com-
pany Sonatrach loads its oil tankers.
And this is the first reason why Sli-
mane Ait Yala is confident that thedishes he manufactures will be suc-
cessful in the exportmarket: “Algeria isan oil-producing country”, he explains,
“and that means that the energy costsin Algeria are very low.”He follows right
away with the second reason: “Wages
in Algeria are also very low; the officialminimumwage is about 100 Euros.”
Aside from that, the necessary
metal for their dish production is pro-duced domestically. All of these rea-
sons together make forquite an argument that
exporting his dishes is
a goodmove tomake.Slimane Ait Yala: “I
was just at theCantontrade show in south-
ern China and foundout that our prices
are competitive.” Andthere’s still another
reason: BYA is not a small
company; they producequite a few other products
and thus have plenty of experi- ence as amanufacturer.
BYA was founded in 1993. Back then
SlimaneAitYala isGeneralManager and
founderofBYA.BYAactuallygets itsname from thenameof the . Biawas converted toBYA.
Thomson still existed in France andBYA started off as an assembly line for
Thomson’s TV sets. Not long after that,
they began assembling analog satellitereceivers followed shortly thereafter
by digital receivers. “Back then we had90 employees”, remembers Slimane Ait
Yala, “and we had sales equivalent toabout eight million Euros.” BYA was at
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HaowenChiang
Boiingsat’s founder
andGeneral
Manager
this third plant, Boiingsat was in control
of every aspect of production; th y only
needed the SMD components which they
w ntoutandpurchased. In2010produc-
tion capacity reached 500,000 C-band
LNBs and just as many Ku-band LNBs. A
fourth factory should begin operations in
2013 which would then raise the capac-
ity of Ku-band LNBs to a staggering on
ion a month.
Of c urse, we want to know where
all these LNBs are going to. “In the
beginning, we delivered our production
onesia and Thailand”, explains
of Ku-band LNBs looks quite a bit differ-
ent.
“Ourprimarymarket forKu-band LNBs
is the Middle East. In 2010 60% of our
Ku-band LNBs were shipped to Dubai,
15% went to North Africa, 5% to South
Africa with the remaining 20% going to
North America, Australia and Europe.”
But in 2011, Jason Chiang sees these
numbers shifting considerably: “The
North African market will pick up quite
a bit; we expect to ship 30% of our total
production there, 45% will go to the
Middle East, 5% to South Afric , 10% to
Brazilwithanother10%going to the rest
of the world.”
Once againBrazil ismentionedbut this
time in connection with Ku-band LNBs.
Jason Chiang revealed a little secret: “I
have good contacts in Brazil.” That along
with the steadily increasing demand in
that South American country makes for
a very attractive market.
It’s common knowledge how prices for
LNBs have been falling considerably and
when General Manager Hoawen Chiang
Hoawen Chiang to us. These two coun-
tries still received the bulk of their deliv-
eries in 2010: 40% of their production
went to Indonesia and 30% to Thailand.
20% went to Brazil with 10% going to
other countries like South Africa, Dubai,
Russia, Singapore as well as Malaysia.
Wh n we heard him mention Brazil,
our ears perked up. “We’ve been deliv-
ering C-band LNBs to Brazil since 2004
but demand has recently taken a strong
jump upwards”, revealed Hoawen
Chiang, “In fact, for 2011 we’re expect-
ing that 35% of our LNB production will
be delivered to Brazil.”
Hoawen Chiang’s son
also
works for the
company. He’s
currently passing
throug a number
of stations in the
company but above all
he‘s involved in Interna-
tional Sales. He breaks down
for us the product distribution by
groups; the geographical distribution
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1.Anniegreetsvisitorsat the receptiondesk
2.YunnjyeQin isco-ownerofBoiingsatand inchargeofproduc-
tion.
3.JasonChiang is thesonof thecompany’s founderanddesig-
natedsuccessor to theCaptain’schair.Here in theshowroomhe
showsusoneof thecompany’sspecialties:a four-waycombi-
nationwith4xC-bandLNB.ThisLNB lets four receivers receive
fourC-bandsatellites independently fromeachother; thissetup is
especially indemand in Indonesia.
4.SalesManagerJosephLiu runsa teamofsixemployees
Co-Owner
Yunnjye
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revealed his sales figures, a tendency in
that direction was clearly visible: “For
010 we calculate sales of USD$ 20 mil-
lion. For 2011 we expect a fallback to
USD$ 18 million and for 2012 we expect
a further fallback to USD$ 16 million.”
Those aren’t very pretty numbers but
then he surprised us with his prognosis
for 2013: “We expect sales to jump to
USD$ 24 million!” What? Is he serious?
And then he surprised us for a second
ti
wi
will turnaroundandgobackup.”But that
alone couldn’t possibly be the reason for
such an increase in sales, could it? “Well,
actually, we’re expecting this increase in
sales also because we’re expanding into
a new business sector; in 2012 we’ll be
opening up a new factory for LED lights.
In 2013 we expect that 30% of our sales
will be from LEDs with the rest coming
from LNB production.” OK, now the pic-
ture is getting clearer.
But back to LNBs. Sales Manager Jason
Chiang tells us that in 2009 70% of all
the LNBs shipped were single models. In
at number dropped to 50% and
it will obviously continue to sink. Single
LNBs will cease to exist in a few years.
Twin models made up 35% of the total
in 2010; the rest consisted of quad and
octo models.
The time has come for new models.
Jason Chiang gives us some insight:
“In the second quarter of 2011 we’ll be
releasing a Ku-band LNB with a shorter
housing, for the thirdquarter there’llbea
Ku-band LNB with only two rings instead
of the previous three rings in the feed.
For the fourth quarter we’re planning on
NB.” So, it’s plain to see that
several new products coming
for 2011. “But that’s not all”, he says,
“In 2012 we’ll be starting with Ka-band
Sales
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ProductionFacilities
LNBManufacturerBoiingsat,China
•ThreeProduction
LocationsinZhuhai/China
•LargeSalesExpansion
inSouthAmerica
•
withTwoFeedRings
LNB Manufacturer Boiingsat operates
multiple production facilities in Zhuhai,China, a citywith 1.5million inhabitants
located in western Guangdong Prov-ince.Zhuhai sits right next toMacao and
slowly but surely is attractingmore andmore satellite component manufactur-
ers.
But one of the first of thesemanufac-
turerswasBoiingsat; it has been in exis-
tence since 1997. However it all really
started in Taiwan. Hoawen Chiang, Gen-eral Manager of the company who was
also born in Taiwan, explains to us howit all began.
“In 1996 I was a Production Manager
at an LNB manufacturer in Taiwan. Butthings didn’t go exactly as I had planned
so in 1997 I along with three investors
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OneofBoiingsat’s three factories inZhuhai insouthernChina;soon it’llbe four factories.Thecompany’sadministrationoffices canalsobe foundhere.
remembers Hoawen Chiang. “Two of theinvestors have in the meantime moved
on to other things but investor, YunnjyeQin, is still here and is in charge of Pro-
duction.”
The main reason for moving fromTaiwan toChinawas obviously the costs.
Wages in China are still lower than that
of Taiwan. “Butwe still have a smallR&Doffice in Taiwan with three engineers”,
says Hoawen Chiang. Thus far the tech-nical expertise in Taiwan is somewhat
more advanced than in Mainland Chinaat least as far as high frequency LNBs
are concerned.
“Back thenwe startedwith30 employ-
ees and produced 20,000 C-band LNBsevery month”, he says looking back. In
2002 Boiingsat started a second produc-
tion plant which they used tomanu-facture 240,000 C-band LNBs
everymonth.
2004 became rather tur-bulent: “We sold our first
production facility andthen built a new one for
Ku-band LNBs.” Now
with 500 employees,productionclimbed
to 350,000 C-bandLNBs per month and
150,000 Ku-band LNBspermonth.
The next expansion
step took place in 2008:
“We constructed our thirdfactory this time for produc-
tion of die-cast housings.” With
• Three Production Locations in Zhuhai/ China
• Large Sales Expansion in South America
• In the Works: LNB with Two Feed Rings
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duction to make sure they perform as
required.”
Besides these quality assurance engi-
neers, there are ten more engineers in
Bomare Company’s R&D Team. They
are constantly working to improve their
product line and also incorporating the
latest requirements (such as MPEG4 for
DVB-T). Bomare Company also works
closely with the Technical University and
is actively involved in Standards Com-
missions like CETA (Comité Electrotech-
nique et Télécommunication Algérien)
Technical Director Tewfik Lamrani in front
of one of Bomare Company’s flagship products
- a complete home theater system currently
marketed inside Algeria under the Stream
System brandname.
Technical
Manager
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anewOEM
Manufacturer
TV-Sets andReceiverManufacturerBomareCompany,Algeria
In 2005 the European Union entered into an
agreementwith the Democratic Peoples Republic
ofAlgeriatosupporteconomiccooperationbetween
the two. This agreement provides an interesting
opportunity for satellite receiver manufacturers
and, in the case of the Algerian Bomare Company, alsofor TV manufacturers. Actually, Bomare Company produces both products. For 2011
Bomare Company has decided to take their products and service capabilities to the
European market. We paid a visit to
Bomare Company’s production facility
in Birtouta, about 20km from Algiers,
and had a look around.
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Even inAlgiers it rainsoccasionallyandwhen itdoes itpours: a lookat
BomareCompany’sproduction facilityinBirtoutanot far from thecapitalAlgiers. Workinghoursare from
8AM-12PM and1PM-5PMSunday toThursday (theyareclosedFridayand
Saturday).
The industrial city of Birtouta is veryconveniently located: the airport, harbor
and numerous highways are all within
easy reach. It is an excellent locationespecially for a company that wants to
expand its export business.It all started many years ago with
the distribution of satellite receivers.
The founder, Ali Boumediene importedreceivers from South Korea and sold
them locally. But for him it wasn’t
enough: one day it dawned on him thathe could assemble these receivers on
his own production line. Together with
a South Koreanmanufacturer that sup-portedhimwithnotonly the components
but also the “know-how” in setting up anassembly line, Ali Boumediene started
hisownproduction in2001.Back then20
employees assembled digital receiversusing the supplied components. Today
Bomare Company has 120 employees.Right from the start Ali Boumediene
had a great idea: he chose the brand
name “Stream System” for his line ofreceiver products. An excellent choice
considering that in today’s IPTV ageeverything revolves around streaming.
But lets get back to the beginning:
in 2003 Ali Boumediene took the nextexpansion step. He created his own
production line for power supplies andthen in 2006 he took onemore step by
investing two million Euros and install-
ing an SMT line in a new productionfacility complete with automatic compo-
nent mounting machines and an oven.Bomare Company also owns a unit of
plastic injection and silkscreen painting
Technical Director Tewfik Lamranigives us some insight into their pro-
duction numbers: “From 2001 to 2007we produced a total of threemillion SD
receivers.”
Production numbers dropped everyyearbecauseof theever-increasing com-
petition with imported receivers. But Ali
Boumedienealsomanaged tofinda solu-tion to this: he simply started a second
assembly line to produce TVs. “We are
especially proud of our LCD TVs withintegrated DVB-T tuners”, commented
Tewfik Lamraniwhose five-member R&D
team developed this TV. “Now we alsomanufacture HD TVs”, says Tewfik and
explains why now is the right time tobegin exporting their products: “In the
past several years we learned how to
start a production line.”The old adage holds true: “You learn
from your mistakes”; Bomare Companyhasacceptedallof the setbacksandover
time has become a professional manu-
facturer.“Now we have the right products and
now we know how tomake them”, saysTewfik Lamrani, “And now the time has
come to start exporting.” Bomare Com-
pany isnotonlygoing toexport theirownproducts such asHD receivers and LCD-
TVs in various sizes from 19” to 47”, buttheyarenow ready tobecomeanOEMor
ODMmaker for othermanufacturers and
distributors primarily in Europe.Tewfik Lamrani gives us a few reasons
why Bomare Company with its locationin Algeria would be a good choice: “We
are in the same time zone as Europe,we
speak the same languages (French andEnglish), we can ship economically to
Europe, we provide a high-quality prod-uct and our production follows the RoHS
directive and just recently also the Euro
1Norm.”The subject of quality control is espe-
cially critical for the exportmarket: “Five
engineers are directly involved withquality control during production (pre-
production) and five additional engineers
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on the rise: now about 450 employees work
at Prevail. But for 2011 Necy-xu is extremely
excited: “The number of our employees will
climb to over 500 and we also expect a ju
in sales.” Prevail is actually optimistic that
they can be on the Shanghai Stock Excha ge
in 2012. That’s quite an achievement for such
a young company!
know-how and that therefore cable operators
prefer to tackle this on their own. This is not
true for accessories although cable operators
e still the largest customers for this product
group as well since they need large numbers of
these products.
As an international company, Prevail can be
found at numerous trade shows. International
1.Necy-xu isGeneralManager
Sales andMarketingand takes
careof thecompany’s exposure,
suchas,at tradeshowsand in the
press.
2.Helen is InternationalSales
Manager and isconstantly in
contactwithcustomersallover
theworld.Shecanoftenbe found
at tradeshows at thePr
stand.
3.Thisman isverycritical fora
qualitymanufacturer likePrevail:
Sales
Necy-xu
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on the rise: now about 450 employees work
at Prevail. But for 2011 Necy-xu is extremely
excited: “The number of our employees will
climb to over 500 and we also expect a jump
in sales.” Prevail is actually optimistic that
they can be on the Shanghai Stock Exchange
in 2012. That’s quite an achievement for such
a young company!
Who actually buys Prevail’s products? “90%
know-how and that therefore cable operators
prefer to tackle this on their own. This is not
true for accessories although cable operators
are still the l customers for this product
group as well since they need large numbers of
these products.
As an international company, Prevail can be
found at n merous trade shows. I ternational
Sales Manager Helen gives us an overview:
1.Necy-xu isGeneralManager
SalesandMarketingand takes
careof the company’sexposure,
suchas, at tradeshowsand in the
press.
2.Helen is InternationalSales
Managerand is constantly in
contactwithcustomersallover
theworld.Shecanoftenbe found
at tradeshowsat thePrevail
stand.
3.Thisman is verycritical fora
qualitymanufacturer likePrevail:
Sales
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at Prevail. But for 2011 Necy-xu is extremely
excited: “The number of our employees will
climb to over 5 expect a jump
in sales.” Prevail is actually optimistic that
they c ghai Stock Exchange
in 201 achievement for such
a youn
Who vail’s products? “90%
of our customers are the cable operators
themselves”, explains Necy-xu, “o
10% are shipped to distributors.” The obvious
reason for this is that at this point fiber optic
products require a great deal of installation
know-how and that therefore cable operators
prefer to tackle this on their own. This is not
true for accessories although cable operators
are still the largest customers for this product
groupaswell since theyneed largenumbersof
these products.
As an international company, Prevail can be
found at numerous trade shows. International
Sales Manager Helen gives us an overview:
“In 2011 we’ll be exhibiting at CCBN in Beijing,
Cabsat in Dubai, CommunicAsia in Singapore,
ANGA in Cologne, Cable-Tec in New Orleans
as well as three shows in South America: one
in Columbia and two in Brazil.” This provides
1.Necy-xu isGeneralManager
Sales andMarketing and takes
careof the company’s exposure,
such as,at trade shows and in the
press.
2.Helen is InternationalSales
Manager and isconstantly in
contactwith customers allover
theworld.She canoftenbe found
at trade shows at thePrevail
stand.
3.Thisman is
qualitymanufa
he isYuXinghong andwithhis
20 engineershe is responsible
forquality assuranced ring
production.
4.Hemanages
Guorui isProductionManager
andorganizes the entire
productionprocess atPrevail.
Production
Manager
Ren
Guorui
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Perfect
Organization
FiberOptic andCATVManufacturerPrevail,China
•SubstantiallyIncreasedSalesfor2011ThankstoRisingExports
•AdditionalFactorySoontobeinOperation
•IncreasedNumberofEmployees
•FourNewSMTMachinesinOperation
•VeryActiveR&DTeam
A recipe for the continued success of amanufacturer is a well-
organized operation. A perfect example of this would have to be
theChinesemanufacturer Prevail located inHangzhou, the capitalof theZhejiang Provincewhich is south ofShanghai. This company
manufactures fiber optic products, CATV components and profes-sionaldigitalTVmodulatorsandaccessories for signaldistribution.
The first thing you noticewhen you visit Prevail is how neat andclean the entire factory is; nothing is out of place. Another small
detail are theuniforms that the employeeswear. It’snot out of theordinary to see workers on an assembly line wear uniforms, but
at Prevail the officeworkers alsowear uniforms. For the visitor it
Twoof the threePrevail
factories inXiaoshan inHangzhouCity in,China.
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becomes immediately clear that the work here is very disci-plined and organized. And of course the products themselves
would also be associatedwith this high standard.
To confirm this we paid a visit to the three manufacturingplants and had a look around; a fourth factory is currently
under construction.
Necy-xu isGeneralManager Sales&Marketing and provides
uswitha littlehistoryabout the company: “Prevailwas foundedin 2001 byManagingDirector XuQuanhai alongwith ten other
partners.” The company is in private hands and continues tomanufacture the same product groups that it did at the begin-
ning: fiber optic products, CATV components and accessories
as well as distributors and splitters for coaxial cable lines.Necy-xu remembers the early days: “In our first year 2001
we had sales of roughly 50million RMB (5million Euros) withabout 100 employees. 70% were domestic sales and the rest
were exported.”
For 2010, however, this changed considerably. Necy-xu
revealed to us that now only 50% of their products are solddomestically in China; exports have increased markedly. To
what countries and regions does Prevail export to?
Helen is Prevail’s International Sales Manager and tells us,
“40% of our exports end up in the south Asian region and thisincludes India, Pakistan, Indonesia, The Philippines, Thailand
and Vietnam. 30% land in South America, 20% go to Europe
and the rest go to TheMiddle East,North America and Africa.”
Necy-xu adds that sales in South America have picked up
quite a bit and that Prevail is shippingmore andmore productsto that region: “The cable TV providers there are expanding
Twoelephant statuesgreetvisitorsinPevail’sentrance lobby.
significantly andwe have exactly the right products for them.”
Exports to South America look to sharply increase for 2011,but Eastern Europe is also rapidly on the rise.
Prevail achieved sales of 200 million RMB (roughly 20 mil-lion Euros) in 2010. The number of employees has also been
• Substantially Increased Sales for 2011 Thanks to Rising Exports
• Additional Factory Soon to be in Operation
• Increased Number of Employees
• Four New SMT Machines in Operation
• Very Active R&D Team
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Jiuzhou greatly expands into
IPTV Box Production
IPTV Box Manufacturer Jiuzhou, China
• IPTV box production
may reach 1 million
units in 2011
• Jiuzhou starts HbbTV
boxes for Europe
• Big retailers about to
launch into IPTV box
sales
• Jiuzhou to attend all
major exhibitions in
2011, 10 in all
Jiuzhou constructed an impressively large
building inShenzhen’sHigh-TechPark.The
engineers arehere continuouslyworking
onnewproducts –currently they’remostly
occupiedwith IPTV.
The Chinese large manufacturer Jiu-
zhou is verywell known by our readers.
The company originated in Sichuan and
has been in existence since 1958. In
2008 they celebrated their50thbirthday
(see TELE-satellite issue 02-03/2008).
In 2009 the company expanded into
HDTV and in 2010 terrestrial TV was
the theme. In 2011 Jiuzhou is planning
on taking a huge step further into the
IPTV market with enormous production
numbers. Huang Wei is Jiuzhou’s Sales
Director and reveals to uswhat Jiuzhou
has planned for 2011.
First, though, Sales Director Huang
Wei took us on a trip into the past: “The
first IPTV boxes were manufactured by
Jiuzhou in2007;back thenabout20,000
boxeswere produced and involved pure
IPTV boxes.” Production numbers only
increased slowly. “In 2010 we produced
60,000 boxes”, commentsHuangWei.
But 2011 looks to be completely dif-
ferent: “We will be manufacturing a
minimum of 200,000 boxes and it could
go as high as onemillion.” It all depends
on negotiations that are currently in
progress with a variety of retail chains
in North America as well as Europe.
The reason: these retail chains are in
harge
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Sales
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Wei
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the process of becoming their own pro-
gramming providers!
This is a rather interesting develop-
ment: obviously transmitting via the
Internet is opening up new possibili-
ties; now there are prog
viders that can join th
that really didn’t have a
doing so before since itwould’vemeant
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simple technology using
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MarketingSpecialistZoeLiufinds
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IPTVBoxProduction
IPTVBoxManufacturer Jiuzhou,China
•IPTVboxproduction
mayreach1million
unitsin2011
•JiuzhoustartsHbbTV
boxesforEurope
•Bigretailersaboutto
launchintoIPTVbox
sales
•Jiuzhoutoattendall
majorexhibitionsin2011,10inall
Jiuzhou constructedan impressively large
building inShenzhen’sHigh-TechPark.Theengineersarehere continuouslyworkingonnewproducts– currently they’remostly
occupiedwith IPTV.
The Chinese large manufacturer Jiu- zhou is verywell known by our readers.
The company originated in Sichuan andhas been in existence since 1958. In
2008 they celebrated their50thbirthday(see TELE-satellite issue 02-03/2008).
In 2009 the company expanded intoHDTV and in 2010 terrestrial TV was
the theme. In 2011 Jiuzhou is planning
on taking a huge step further into theIPTVmarket with enormous production
numbers. HuangWei is Jiuzhou’s SalesDirector and reveals to uswhat Jiuzhou
has planned for 2011.
First, though, Sales Director Huang Wei took us on a trip into the past: “The
first IPTV boxes weremanufactured by
Jiuzhou in2007;back thenabout20,000boxeswere produced and involved pure
IPTV boxes.” Production numbers onlyincreased slowly. “In 2010 we produced
60,000 boxes”, commentsHuangWei.
But 2011 looks to be completely dif- ferent: “We will be manufacturing a
minimum of 200,000 boxes and it could
go as high as onemillion.” It all dependson negotiations that are currently in
progress with a variety of retail chainsin North America as well as Europe.
The reason: these retail chains are in
SalesDirectorHuangWei is,amongstmanyother tasks, incharge
of the IPTVboxes‘development,sales andmarketing
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• Jiuzhou starts HbbTV boxes for Europe
• Big retailers about to launch into IPTV box sales
• Jiuzh u to attend all maj r exhibitions in 2011, 10 in all
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Tenow is in theprocessof settingupnewofficeson the
secondfloor in thisnewofficecomplex inShenzhen’sHigh-
TechPark.TheseofficeswillgiveTenow room toexpand.
InnovativePCCards
fromChina
One company that is fully concentrated on the development of their products is the young firm Tenow
from Shenzhen, China. PC cards aremanufactured
although the actual production process is outsourced
allowing Tenow to focus their efforts onDevelopment
andMarketing. Also interesting to note about Tenow: the company is run by four partners and all four of them
work together as a team to further expand their young
company. Tenow is in the process of setting up a new
office in Shenzhen’s largeHigh-Tech Park.Whenwe paid
them a visit,wewent to their old office located directlynext to the ShenDaMetro Station on route 1.
Two of the founders, James Liu,
in charge of Marketing, and Bob Liu,responsible for Software Development,
met each otherwhile studying atWuhan
University. The two other partners, bothofwhom previouslyworked at a receiver
manufacturer, are Richard Zhang, incharge of Hardware Development, and
Eric Deng, who is also involved with
Software Devlopment. All four of themfounded the new company in 2005
using a starting capital of 500,000 RMB
(roughly 50,000 Euros).
Tenow then operated as a commer- cial enterprise: DVB-T was just starting
to become popular and they distributed
DVB-T demodulator chips to localmanu-facturers in Shenzhen.
Then, as a design house, Tenow devel- oped complete applications for manu-
facturers. One success story involvedDVB-T USB sticks: Tenow developed the
Tenow’s fourpartners: theyfounded the company in 2005.From
left to ,BobLiu, EricDeng andJamesLiu
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NetUP co-founder andDirector
AbylayOspan showing the company’s
latestde card for2
xDVB-S2, 2 xDVB-TorC, 2xASI.All
cardscomewith twoCI slots.
Young, Yet With Extensive
Know-how: NetUP from Moscow
AlexanderWiese
IPTVSoftware andHard UP,Russi
Isn’t ‘young’ and ‘know-how’ a contradiction in terms?
In many cases it is, but if we’re talking about know-how
i the making, the two terms go together very nicely.
‘Young’ in such a case is an asset, a it means the e’s no
obligation to depend on past developments. So where
can we find a perfect example for ‘young’ meets ‘know-
how’? If we’re talking about digital technology Russia
sprin s to mind. And if we support our assumption with
the fact that Moscow State University is ranked right
among all the top-notch universities in the world when it
comes to digital technology teaching and research, then
Russia seems to be spot on!
Actually, it’
founded as re
istrative offic
State University. The closestmetroStation
i ‘University’and the tw foundersofNetUP
are – naturally! – former students of that
university. Actually, it’s not only the two
founders who are Moscow State University
graduates, but almost all other employees
as well. It’s clear for all to see that NetUP
pools together collective digital technol-
ogy know-how,while everybodyworking at
NetUP is still very young.
Let’s startwithAbylayOspan,who is one
of thecompany’s foundersandactsasDirec-
tor: “I’m 30 years old,” he says smilingly.
His foundingpartner isEvgeniyMakeevwho
holds a PhD inmathematics and only just
turned 29.Both care deeply about anything
todowithdigital technology,which isaclear
indication that they have turned hobby into
profession.We askAbylayOspan to give us
Co-Founder
Abylay
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IPTVSoftwareandHardwareProducer,Russia
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CompanyDetails
Engineers inResearch&Development |TotalNumberofEmployees
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0................................25..................................50
AverageTurnover (Previous,This,NextYearEstimates)
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0..................................5...................10MioUS$
ProductionCertificates
ISO,RoHS,PCISIG, IEEE,DVB
ProductionCategories
OEM,ODM
MainProducts
ProfessionalPCCardsforDVB-S/S2,DVB-T/MPEG-4,DVB-C,
ASI,IPTVGateway/Streamer, IPTVMiddleware, IPTVConditional
AccessSystems, IPTVBillingSystems,VideoonDemand
brief run-downof theeve t le ding t the
establishmentofNetUP. “Whenwe stillwere
students we were working on billing soft-
ware for Internet s rviceproviders.”
He was still in his final semester at uni-
versitywhenAbylayOspan teamed upwith
his colleagueEvgeniyMakeev to setup their
own business, w ich offered exactly tha
billing software topotential cu t mers. The
point in time could ot have been better.
While in their first year of operation sales
neverexceededfive-digitUSDfigures, from
year two onwards turnover increase con-
sistently. Itwas the timewhen ISPs sprung
up all over the CIS countries, and most of
them turned to NetUP for software solu-
tions. “More than 2,000 ISPs currently rely
on our billing software, with 90% of them
being located inCIS countries,”NetUPSales
Manager Konstantin Emelyanov proudly
st te . “Small and medium-s
ers in particular like our software solution,
which is ideal for a client base of up to
50,000.”Even the companyname isderived
from that strategy: Network Up – a com-
pany that takes care of etwork expansion.
NetUP has added another business seg-
nt to itsportfolio in themeantime,which
fits in smoothly with the original software
business for is now also devel-
oping software and hardware for IPTV.
“IPTV has already gained a 70% share of
our turnover,”NetUPDirectorAbylayOspan
reveals nd adds “annual sal sare high in
the one-figuremillion USD this year.” As a
matter of fact, ithasbecomedifficult todif-
ferentiate between software for ISPs and
IPTV, as many Internet service providers
h ve beco e IPTV providers as well. “For
thoseprovidersweoffermiddleware,video-
on-demand s rvers and streaming erv-
EvgeniyMakeev is
co-founderofNetUP
andhold aPhD in
mathematics.
It’s not only since
theDVB-IPGateway 4x
test report that read-
ers of TELE-satellite
might be familiar with
NetUP. This device
allows setting up your
own IPTV network in
next to no time (TELE-
s tellite 10-11/2010).
Even before that TELE-
satellite reported on a
world first launched by
NetUP: A DVB-S2 card
with two inputs (TELE-
satellite02-03/2010).
Of coursewewanted
to learn more about
that product line, and
Abylay Ospan h s the eails. “We develop
everything in-house. Both software and
hardware (circuit board layout) have been
designed by our very own engineers.”
Andrew Budkin is the head of Software
Development and knows precisely the
amount of effort put into such a project.
“For theDVB-S2 card two of our engineers
w rked together for half a year until the
Co-Founder
Evgeniy
Makeev
1
2
hardware was ready for production. An
additional two software engineers wrote
the drivers required for the Linux-based
software.” NetUPeven played amajor ro
in finding the right manufacturer for car
production. “A facility some 100km fro
Moscow is in charge of manufacturing our
PC cards.”
The cards are us d in professional set-
ups only,whichmeans production numbers
are on th lower side when compared to
mass consumer good. “We only produce
some 1,000 cards per annum,” Abylay
Ospan tells us. This has made us curious
and we’re eager to find out what else is in
NetUP’s pipeline. “Right now at the end of
2010we’re launching a PCIe card forDVB-T
and DVB-C.” Just as the DVB-S2 card this
card, too,has two inputsand tuners. “We’re
alsoworkingona cardwith twoASI inputs.”
PCIe cards from NetUP are not targete
to the private end user market. They are
used in professional streaming equipment,
likeNetUP’sDVB to IPgateway4x and IPTV
includes IPTVMiddleware, billing,DVB to IP
gateway and VoD server (see test report in
TELE-satellite 10-11/2010). Such IPTV sys-
tems are a favorite in hotels and hospitals,
because each room can be accessed indi-
cable infrastructure can be
laid out as abus system.
“One of our largest customer groups are
hotelswhich generally favour two-way sys-
tems. Thismeans that hotel guest are not
onlyable toenjoyTVand Internetaccess in
their rooms, but that hotelmanagement is
also able to send personal and customised
messages to guests in their rooms,”Abylay
Ospan lays down the reasons behind such
There is another feature which shows
that PCIe cards from NetUP are designed
for the professional high-endmarket: “We
based
es this
entical
foreach customerandonly the softwareon
the PCIe c rd defines its scope of applica-
tion. “In the third quarter of 2011 we will
lso base our 2 xDVB-S2 card –whichwas
presented inTELE-satellite–on theALTERA
chipset,” NetUP Sales Manager Konstantin
Emelyanov adds.
Speaking of products already intro-
duced in TELE-satellite: The NetUP DVB-IP
Gateway 4x can be ordered with an H.264
encoder/transconder as ofQ3 2011. Things
get evenmore exciting towards the end of
2011when “wewill offer the DVB-IPGate-
way 4x with unicast.” This will make the
device–whichhitherto isonlyavailableasa
endly
their
Head of Software Development, Andrew
Budkin, has another piece of interesting
news instore. “Itmakeseconomicsense for
someprovidersof Internet-via-satelliteonly
to use the base bandwhich saves valuable
bandwidth.” This iswhyNetUP has decided
to develop PC cards with precisely that
strategy in mind. “Large utilities might be
extremely interested in that technology,”
adds Abylay Ospan and has the follow-
ing example: “Gazprom uses this one-way
technology for its localnetworks.”
1.Always there for
ManagerKonstantinEmelyanov.
2.This iswhereNetUP runs its
businesson thegroundfloor.Two
satellitedisheson the roofsenddown
the signals required fordeveloping
innovativesatellitecards.
Sales
Konstantin
Emelyanov
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NetUPco-founder andDirector AbylayOspan showing thecompany’s
latestde for2 xDVB-S2, 2 xDVB-TorC, 2 xASI.All
cardscomewith twoCIslots.
Young,YetWithExtensive
Know fromMoscow
AlexanderWiese
IPTVSoftware andHardwareProducerNetUP,Russia
Isn’t ‘young’ and ‘know-how’ a contradiction in terms?
Inmany cases it is, but ifwe’re talking about know-how
in themaking, the two terms go together very nicely.‘Young’ in such a case is an asset, as itmeans there’s no
obligation to depend on past developments. Sowhere
canwe find a perfect example for ‘young’meets ‘know-
how’? Ifwe’re talking about digital technology Russia
springs tomind. And ifwe support our assumptionwiththe fact thatMoscow StateUniversity is ranked right
among all the top-notch universities in theworldwhen it
comes to digital technology teaching and research, then
Russia seems to be spot on!
Actually, it’sa ,acompany
founded as recently as 2001, has its admin-istrative office in the vicinity of Moscow
State University. The closestmetro Stationis ‘University’and the two foundersofNetUP
are – naturally! – former students of thatuniversity. Actually, it’s not only the two
founders who are Moscow State Universitygraduates, but almost all other employees
as well. It’s clear for all to see that NetUP
pools together collective digital technol-ogy know-how,while everybodyworking at
NetUP is still very young.
Let’s startwithAbylayOspan,who is oneof thecompany’s foundersandactsasDirec-
tor: “I’m 30 years old,” he says smilingly.His foundingpartner isEvgeniyMakeevwho
holds a PhD inmathematics and only just
turned 29.Both care deeply about anythingtodowithdigital technology,which isaclear
indication that they have turned hobby intoprofession.We askAbylayOspan to give us
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Engineers inResearch&Development |TotalNumberofEmployees ▼ ▼ 0................................25..................................50
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ProductionCertificatesISO,RoHS,PCISIG, IEEE,DVBProductionCategories
OEM,ODMMainProductsProfessionalPCCardsforDVB-S/S2,DVB-T/MPEG-4,DVB-C,
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84TELE-satellite— GlobalDigital TVMagazine— 12-01/201—
abrief run-downof theevents leading to the
establishmentofNetUP. “Whenwe stillwerestudents we were working on billing soft-
ware for Internet service providers.”
He was still in his final semester at uni-versitywhenAbylayOspan teamed upwith
his colleagueEvgeniyMakeev to setup their
own business, which offered exactly thatbilling software to potential customers. The
point in time could not have been better.While in their first year of operation sales
neverexceededfive-digitUSDfigures, fromyear two onwards turnover increased con-
sistently. Itwas the timewhen ISPs sprungup all over the CIS countries, andmost of
them turned to NetUP for software solu-
tions. “More than 2,000 ISPs currently relyon our billing software, with 90% of them
being located inCIS countries,”NetUPSalesManager Konstantin Emelyanov proudly
states. “Small and medium-sized provid-ers in particular like our software solution,
which is ideal for a client base of up to50,000.”Even the companyname isderived
from that strategy: Network Up – a com-
pany that takes care ofnetwork expansion.
NetUP has added another business seg-ment to itsportfolio in themeantime,which
fits in smoothly with the original softwarebusiness for is now also devel-
oping software and hardware for IPTV.“IPTV has already gained a 70% share of
our turnover,”NetUPDirectorAbylayOspan
reveals and adds “annual sales are high inthe one-figuremillion USD this year.” As a
matter of fact, ithasbecomedifficult todif-ferentiate between software for ISPs and
IPTV, as many Internet service providershave become IPTV providers as well. “For
thoseprovidersweoffermiddleware,video-on-demand servers and streaming serv-
ers,”AbylayOspan explains.
EvgeniyMakeev is co-founderofNetUPandholdsaPhD in
mathematics.
It’s not only sincetheDVB-IPGateway 4x
test report that read-
ers of TELE-satellitemight be familiar with
NetUP. This deviceallows setting up your
own IPTV network innext to no time (TELE-
satellite 10-11/2010).Even before that TELE-
satellite reported on a
world first launched byNetUP: A DVB-S2 card
with two inputs (TELE-satellite02-03/2010).
Of coursewewanted
to learn more aboutthat product line, and
Abylay Ospan has the details. “We develop
everything in-house. Both software andhardware (circuit board layout) have been
designed by our very own engineers.”
Andrew Budkin is the head of Software Development and knows precisely the
amount of effort put into such a project.
“For theDVB-S2 card two of our engineersworked together for half a year until the