Vuelta a España 2012 participants
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[Via Satellite 08-26-13] Hispasat will provide telecommunications services for the Vuelta a España cycling race, which started in Vilanova de Arousa, Pontevedra, and ends in Madrid in mid-September.

Two high-performance mobile satellite transmission units will follow this year’s edition of the Vuelta 2013. Among other things, Hispasat will use them to offer broadband Internet, telephony and video services to both the race organizers and the reporters at the finish lines of each stage, enabling them to send their daily reports and interviews of the stage winners via videoconference with accredited press members.

Hispasat has equipped its two mobile units with a next-generation broadband satellite communication system to offer the transmissions with maximum quality and security. One unit will be placed at the finish line of each stage so that the press rooms can deliver broadband Internet and high-quality videoconferencing services, as well as the full range of telephony services. The other will be positioned each day at the race’s permanent office, which in addition to the aforementioned solutions will include a mobile call center providing fax and telephone services.