Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
According to NewSat, "it is estimated that the contract will be worth $30 million of revenue over the first nine months - to the end of the financial year 07/08 - of the five year life of the contract.
NewSat participated in the two earlier government funded subsidy schemes but according to Ballintine, "Our technology was not specifically aimed or priced at consumers and accordingly had little impact on the market. Not surprisingly, our last ABG application was declined, however NewSat is now able, with Dodo as our partner, and the introduction of Ku Plus technology, to submit a new application to the Government which we are confident will be successful."
He added: "This is the first time ViaSat's Surf Beam technology has been deployed in the Australasian region, so it is quite an achievement for NewSat. "We saw the opportunity to step ahead of the prevailing market technology in Australia and now will be able to deliver the best of breed consumer satellite connection and quality, arguably superior to the existing satellite service in Australia up to now. "ViaSat's Surf Beam technology has been tried and tested extensively in the USA and Canada and is the platform of choice there."
Dodo was founded in 2001 and claims more than 250,000 customers. It has been the subject of some bad press of late for alleged poor customer service, but Ballintine told iTWire he was not concerned about these reports as he believed the company had responded to these and dealt with the issues. He added: "They have around 300,000 customers and although there were some loud squeals, in proportion to the total the number of customers they serve that number was quite small.
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