The client published a daily newspaper for the Arab speaking world. The main editorial office was in London, but with contributions from Jeddah and Riyadh. The final copy needed to be distributed to the 12 printing presses situated in Europe and the Middle East. The whole network needed to be managed on a day-to-day basis to ensure equipment down-time was kept to a minimum and the paper hit the newsstands every morning.

Every earth station and VSAT site had at least one CAM terminal. These were used for two main functions: monitoring and control of all the baseband and RF equipment on site; and managing the primary data links between the offices using custom hardware and software designed and built by Alphawave.

Over the duration of the project, half a dozen other daily papers were added to the portfolio; the main title was updated to colour and IP-based networking added to the existing inter-office video conferencing and voice circuits. This was all easily integrated into the CAM system.

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