Mackay Communications, Inc. Awarded Satcom II Contract

PRLog (Press Release) – Jun 05, 2007 – RALEIGH, N.C. – June 5, 2007 – Mackay Communications Inc. (MACKAY), a leading provider to the government of maritime and land-mobile communications satellite terminals, today announced the award of a five-year GSA SATCOM II Contract, GS00T07NSD0025, providing government customers the ability to conveniently purchase and deploy Mackay’s products.

MACKAY has long provided government customers with state-of-the-art satellite communications terminals and highly sophisticated marine electronics equipments.  “The addition of the SATCOM II Contract to Mackay’s portfolio further increases the value of MACKAY as an equipment and service provider to all levels of the federal government”, said Mackay Co-President Ben Pratt. “We look forward to providing our government customers a simpler, easier way to acquire our products and services.”

The new GSA SATCOM II Contract was awarded on May 2, 2007 and runs through May 1, 2012.

ABOUT MACKAY
Headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., MACKAY is a 123 year old, privately owned, small business with fourteen depots located on the three coastlines of the continental United States covering all the major seaports.  The World Services office, located in Houston, Texas, has a worldwide reach and can arrange or provide service and repairs in practically every major world seaport.  The Government Division, located in Jacksonville, Florida and the Satellite Services Division, located in Raleigh, North Carolina provide complete, one-stop service to all satellite terminal customers, both government and commercial.  MACKAY can provide the hardware, commission it, and provide airtime in one smoothly flowing operation that offers the best in assurance and convenience for the customer.