OrbImage, an affiliate of Orbital Sciences, announced Wednesday a multi-year agreement, valued at up to $32.5 million, with GTT NetCorp to distribute high-resolution and multispectral imagery from the OrbView-3 and -4 satellites in 30 Latin American and Caribbean countries.
Under the terms of the license agreement, GTT NetCorp has the exclusive right to distribute and sell imagery from OrbImage's high-resolution satellites to Mexico, Central America, Colombia and the Caribbean, as well as a non- exclusive agreement for Venezuela. GTT NetCorp joins the growing family of OrbImage regional distributors, which also includes Samsung Aerospace in Korea and NTT Data Corporation in Japan.
OrbView high-resolution imagery will support a wide variety of applications across several market sectors including mapping, business GIS, agriculture, oil and gas, utilities and government applications.
"GTT NetCorp is pleased to play a leading role in bringing the benefits of geospatial imagery solutions to the Caribbean Basin," said Dr. J. Armando Guevara, Chairman of the Board of GTT NetCorp. "The agreement signed with OrbImage, coupled with our core strengths in GIS, GPS, remote sensing and information technology, and our other geospatial business partners, will bring to fruition our vision of the Internet/Intranet-based Virtual Satellite."
Mr. Gilbert D. Rye, President of OrbImage, said, "We are extremely pleased to have GTT NetCorp as our exclusive distributor in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and Colombia. GTT NetCorp's experience in providing GIS solutions, combined with OrbImage's advanced high-resolution imaging capabilities, will afford business and public-sector agencies in the region an unprecedented opportunity to enhance the management of their resources."
GTT NetCorp is a leading provider of information technology solutions in Mexico, Venezuela, Central America and the Caribbean, using geographic information systems, digital aerial photogrammetry and digital, satellite imagery technologies. GTT NetCorp specializes in geographic information solutions, training and technology transfer on GIS and complementary technology. Their project experience extends over a wide spectrum of applications including cadastral and environmental systems, oil exploration, civil engineering, distribution networks, land management, transportation and military projects.
