DAY 1 14 ISPAMERICA SHOW I MARCH 2 – 5, 2026 www.bekabusinessmedia.com ORTC Moves to Video Distribution with Synamedia, Cuts Costs 90% Help Illinois Rights-of-Way Access VoIP.ms Now Interoperable with Ringotel Terracon Names National Director of Materials Services Leading video software provider, Synamedia, announced that Office de Radio et Télévision des Comores (ORTC), the national public broadcaster for the Comoros Islands in the Indian Ocean, has gone live with Synamedia Quortex Link to distribute its channels to French content providers. ORTC used to take weeks and significant capital expenditure to set up connections using satellite infrastructure. This can now be achieved in seconds with Synamedia’s pay-as-you-go IP distribution technology while cutting costs by 90 percent, said the company. After a competitive evaluation, ORTC chose Quortex Link because of its proven reliability, high availability and Synamedia’s top-tier service level agreements. ORTC then went live just two weeks after seeing the proof of concept. Distribution to the first content provider is now live with four more ISPs coming on stream shortly. Using the Quortex Link portal, ORTC now has easy management of its distribution with an end-to-end view of the feeds and no longer relies on a third party. Quortex Link is a self-service, SaaS platform that makes it quick and easy to set up video distribution links for channels and for occasionaluse events with just one click. It delivers live content point-to-point globally using a reliable and secure cloud distribution network. ORTC only pays for the time a link is active, resulting in huge cost savings compared to satellite distribution. Broadcasters benefit by having easy access to video streams using an IP address, secured distribution using the SRT protocol, and no longer require satellite infrastructure. “It was important that we weren’t locked into a long contract, and Quortex Link gives us that flexibility while providing the high levels of reliability we require,” said Hablani Assoumani, general director of Office de Radio et Télévision des Comores. “We also have the confidence that Synamedia can meet all our needs in the future as we look for features including blackout management and customized transcoding to meet the different resolution and bit rate requirements from different affiliates.” “This win demonstrates Quortex Link’s versatility at meeting the distribution needs of so many different types of customers, whatever their size,” added Elke Hungenaert, vice president of product management, video network at Synamedia. “ORTC’s impressive time to market highlights the benefits that Quortex Link customers achieve with its selfservice model and ease of use.” J Visit Synamedia at ISPAMERICA 2026 booth 215. Terracon, a leading national consulting engineering firm comprised of engineers, scientists, architects, facilities experts, and field professionals, announced Aaron Layne, P.E., has been named senior vice president and national director of materials services. The strategic change is designed to support client service, innovation, and project delivery as the company continues to grow its presence nationally. Since joining Terracon in 1998 as an engineering technician, Layne most recently served as assistant materials service line director for the Eastern U.S., including 25 states from the East Coast, Southeast and parts of the Midwest. His previous roles included materials department manager and Raleigh office manager. Layne has 27 years of diverse experience in materials engineering and is a registered professional engineer in three states. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace engineering from North Carolina State University. “Aaron has demonstrated his leadership and ability to deliver results throughout his career at Terracon. We’re confident he’s going to continue to drive excellence as the lead for our materials service line and collaborate with the environmental, facilities and geotechnical service lines to deliver our strategic plan 2030,” said Mike Covert, P.G., executive vice president of services and quality. Terracon is an employee-owned, multidiscipline consulting firm comprised of more than 8,000 curious minds focused on solving engineering and technical challenges from more than 200 locations nationwide. J Visit Terracon at ISPAMERICA 2026 booth 436. Last year, the Illinois Legislature considered a bill that would give broadband providers access to rights-of-way areas to complete fiber network expansion projects. Unfortunately, this bill was amended to only apply to electric cooperatives, leaving other ISPs out. This month, Senator Patrick Joyce introduced SB 3838 to correct this situation, allowing ISPs that have received state or federal grants access to rights-of-way to ensure their projects can be completed in a timely fashion. WISPA strongly supports SB 3838. If you live in Illinois, you can help legislators know you support the bill, too, by scanning the QR code and signing onto the letter of support. This campaign will help you connect with the elected officials who represent the area you serve and encourage them to sign on as supporters of the bill. For more info, please contact Steve Schwerbel at sschwerbel@wispa.org. J VoIP.ms recently announced interoperability with Ringotel, a cloud-based softphone and unified communications platform built for standard SIP environments. This integration allows VoIP.ms users to extend their existing VoIP.ms infrastructure to desktop and mobile softphones without adding VPNs or session border controllers. For VoIP.ms customers, that means secure softphone access across desktop and mobile; voice, messaging and video in one interface; centralized user provisioning via admin portal or API; CRM and business tool integrations; and no changes required to your core VoIP.ms routing setup. “You keep control of your SIP trunking and infrastructure. Ringotel adds a modern user layer on top,” said VoIP.ms executives. J Visit VoIP.ms at ISPAMERICA 2026 booth 491.
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