Released on: September 5, 2007, 1:30 pm

Press Release Author: Skyline Communications

Industry: Telecommunications

Press Release Summary: Newtec taps into DataMiner network management technology

Press Release Body: Izegem, September, 2007 - Skyline Communications, leading
supplier of multi-vendor network management solutions, and Newtec, a market leader
for satellite communication solutions, signed a DataMiner Strategic Partner (DSP)
agreement, formalizing Newtec's decision to include the DataMiner network management
platform in its solutions portfolio. As a result of the agreement, DataMiner has
already been deployed in projects for customers such as ASBU and Orascom.

"Newtec has always been a forerunner and today we want to respond to the shift in
network management needs of our customers. Until today, it remains common for the
main equipment vendors to supply their own proprietary software package, and as a
result operators had no other choice but managing their operations by means of an
incoherent mishmash of element manager solutions," commented Serge van Herck, CEO of
Newtec. "But now technology has leaped forward, and a solution such as DataMiner
finally enables operators to effectively manage all aspects of their entire
technical ecosystems with one open, vendor-independent platform. With this
partnership, Newtec recognizes this technology evolution for NMS solutions, and we
want to enable our customers to take as much advantage of this as possible. And we
choose to do that by partnering with Skyline, as its DataMiner NMS platform clearly
sticks out of the crowd."

"We are excited about Newtec's decision to join our DataMiner Strategic Partnership
program. This is a company that has been driving the satellite industry with their
technology innovations for many years, and Newtec solutions can be found virtually
everywhere. Hence, it was already quite common to find DataMiner platforms in the
industry that manage Newtec infrastructure," added Leo Vandenberghe, Managing
Director of Skyline Communications. "But as of today, by means of a tightly
integrated product and service offering, operators get a unique opportunity to gain
even more. After all, the sum is more than the parts. This partnership is a
commitment of both Newtec and Skyline to offer their customers the best of breed,
and to contribute to their success. And of course, for Skyline this is also a
strong recognition of its leading position in this area."

DataMiner is today deployed by many leading operators (such as Belgacom, Eutelsat,
Globecast, etc.) and is recognized as the leading solution for multi-vendor network
management in the HFC broadband, satellite, IPTV and broadcast industry. The
solution, which received several prestigious industry awards, creates an end-to-end
perspective on the entire operations, across all vendor and technology boundaries.
This network management consolidation results in significant operational benefits
such as reduced operational expenses, reduced staff training requirements, reduction
of margin for human resources, increased availability of services, and much more.



About Skyline Communications
Skyline Communications (www.skyline.be) is the global leading supplier of
multi-vendor network management solutions for the HFC broadband, satellite, IPTV and
broadcast industry. Our flagship DataMiner network management platform, which
received various prestigious awards, enables end-to-end integration of the most
complex technical ecosystems and has been deployed by leading operators such as
@Home, Arab States Broadcasting Union, Belgacom, Betv, Eutelsat, GlobeCast, RTL's
Broadcasting Center Europe, Telenet , Telenor, Virgin Media, etc. DataMiner is today
already integrated with over 850 devices and systems from more than 165 key industry
suppliers, and offers a plethora of functionality including unlimited web access,
alarming, e-mail and SMS notification, long-term trending, professional reporting,
advanced automation, intelligent correlation, service monitoring, real-time SLA
monitoring, user-definable key performance indicator dashboards, spectrum
monitoring, mobile access, CPE management, and much more.

Contact Information:

Ben Vandenberghe | Sales & Marketing Director
ben.vandenberghe@skyline.be

Direct Line: +32 (0)51 33 19 23
Mobile: +32 (0)476 47 39 71

Skyline Communications | Zandstraat 14 | B-8870 Izegem | Belgium
Tel: +32 (0)51 31 35 69
Fax: +32 (0)51 31 01 29
www.skyline.be


About Newtec
Since its establishment in 1985 in Belgium, Newtec has been among the market leaders
of Satellite Communication, offering highly reliable products and solutions as DVB
modulators, Digital TV & Radio Distribution networks, interactive TV networks and IP
Broadband Access Networks to customers throughout the entire world. With its
ambitious policy of re-investment in R&D, Newtec is being recognized as the
forerunner in several innovative satellite communication technologies, which
eventually were published as industry standards (DVB, DVB-S2, DVB RCS and iSatTV
Cenelec pr EN50478). Newtec has regional offices located in Stamford (US), Singapore
(Singapore), Beijing (China), Dubai (UAE), São Paulo (Brazil) and Johannesburg
(South Africa).


Contact Information:

Max d'Oreye
VP of Marketing
Tel: +32 3 780 65 00
E mail: mdo@newtec.eu
More details are available on www.newtec.eu


Web Site: http://www.skyline.be

Contact Details: Ben Vandenberghe | Sales & Marketing Director
ben.vandenberghe@skyline.be

Direct Line: +32 (0)51 33 19 23
Mobile: +32 (0)476 47 39 71

Skyline Communications | Zandstraat 14 | B-8870 Izegem | Belgium
Tel: +32 (0)51 31 35 69
Fax: +32 (0)51 31 01 29
www.skyline.be