[Satellite TODAY 08-24-11] Optimal Satcom has been awarded a subcontract by Integral Systems to provide the Mexican government with an efficient satellite capacity management solution for its new Mexsat satellite system, Optimal announced Aug. 23.

    Optimal Satcom will provide Mexsat with its Enterprise Capacity Manager (ECM) software system, combined with its Complan engineered capacity management tool. Optimal Satcom’s software suite aims to consolidate a number of capacity management solutions for Mexsat, including pre-sales, contracts, engineering, operations, accounting and management oversight.

   “Our ECM system, with its vertically integrated approach to capacity management, will help Mexsat achieve optimal levels of operational efficiency. The Mexican government currently operates its networks on the SatMex satellite fleet, also an Optimal Satcom customer and user of ECM and Complan. We look forward to expanding this relationship and assisting Mexsat with re-alignment and optimization of its networks with the launch of the new satellites,” Optimal Satcom President and CEO Ahsun Murad said in a statement.

   Mexsat is Mexico’s next-generation telecommunications system, which aims to provide communications for military, civil and humanitarian needs, and enhanced coverage for domestic communications through two mobile satellite services spacecraft and once fixed-satellite services spacecraft.