The Swedish research and development company Wahlberg & Selin has received a large order for mobile satellite communication equipment from the UN. The equipment is for use by the Danish contingent of the UN-Ifor force in Bosnia for satellite communication with Denmark.

The order for a complete satellite communication system valued at around SEK 11 million comes from the Danish armed forces.
The system consists of ten mobile satellite links plus a static control station. It can be used for telephone, fax, or data communication between Denmark and the Danish UN-Ifor contingent (see footnote) in Bosnia.
A special satellite link has been established because of the severe limitations imposed by terrestrial links. More information of higher quality can be communicated more quickly and efficiently by satellite.
A similar system for the same type of use has already been supplied to the Swedish Armed Forces Procurement Branch (FMV).
‘This order reinforces our position as the Scandinavian supplier of satellite communication equipment', said Per Wahlberg, of Wahlberg & Selin.
This research company, still barely two years old, is chiefly involved in the development and marketing of products and services in the area of satellite communications. With only ten employees, it turned over SEK 20 million and made SEK 4 million profit in the last operational year.
This spring, it also supplied Europe's first digital TV network to DanToto, for direct transmissions from racecourses in Denmark to about a hundred betting shops./ins

Caption: Equipment used from satellite communication between the Danish UN/Ifor contingent and its home base.

For further information please contact:
Per Wahlberg
Wahlberg & Selin
PO Box 24005
S-104 50 STOCKHOLM, Sweden
Tel: +46 8 783 2005
Fax: +46 8 783 2003


Swe Dish Technical Data:
Coding: MPEG-2 Main level/Main Profile.
Conforms with ISO/IEC 13818-2
Compatibility: DVD and ETSI
Transmission rate: Optional between 1 and 15 Mbit/s
Antenna diameter: 0.95 m
Size and weight: Box 1: 61 x 39 x 78 cm, 50 kg
Box 2: 73 x 49 x 77 cm, 32 kg
Power supply: 90 - 264 V AC, 47 - 63 Hz


FOOTNOTE: Ifor stands for Implementation Forces, acting in Bosnia under a UN Mandate but supervised and co-ordinated militarily by NATO.