Has having the systems integration business helped during the economic downturn?
Yes absolutely, diversification is very important. The permanent satellite service segment of the business is very strong. Our agreement with Hotbird is a long term contract and the capacity we have on that platform allows us to secure a significant part of our revenue each year. We are now trying to establish three parts to the business. Having the ability to integrate means we have been able to attract some new and regular customers. For example, last year we provided all the system for the distribution of the (sounds like) digital bouquet for one of the national broadcasters in Italy, Telecom Italia Media. This has been a very important deal for us. Who have you been working with in the Middle East? We have signed some customers in Lebanon and Saudi Arabia for VSAT services. But this is not our main focus for the Middle East. We want to go into the region market and compete on price for the provision of the live coverage of events in Italy and surrounding countries including France
