RapidEye Distributor in Mexico and Central America

20 February 2009, 12:44pm

Brandenburg / Havel, Germany, February 20, 2009 – RapidEye, the only geospatial solutions provider to own and operate their own satellite constellation, has reached a contractual agreement with the Mexican company Bufete de Ingeniería en Telecomunicaciones y Sistemas, S.A. de C.V. (B.I.T.S.), to be their sole distributor of satellite imagery in Mexico and Central America. The agreement was signed in Brandenburg, Germany, last week between the CEO of B.I.T.S., Mr. Hector Betancourt and RapidEye's CEO, Mr. Wolfgang G. Biedermann.

Hector Betancourt, CEO of B.I.T.S., said: “We are extremely satisfied to be part of the worldwide team of RapidEye distributors. RapidEye's satellite data will provide our customers in Mexico and Central America with invaluable information about our countries. Due to our country's geographical and meteorological characteristics, we trust RapidEye data will be of vital importance. We are positive about the capacities of RapidEye's satellite system and the quality of their satellite imagery and will contribute to the economic growth of RapidEye in our region.”
“We are very proud to have B.I.T.S. as a dynamic business partner, and we have been talking with them for quite some time. RapidEye is happy that we have a common vision for the partnership of our companies,” commented Michael Prechtel, Head of Marketing and Sales for RapidEye. “We are looking forward to working with Hector and his team. They have a great enthusiasm that should help increase our visibility and boost the
sales of our products on that side of the Atlantic.”

A worldwide network of distributors is being assembled by RapidEye to allow their customers easy access to RapidEye in their own language and region. For a full list of RapidEye's distributors, please visit the link below.

Telecomunicaciones y Sistemas (B.I.T.S.)

B.I.T.S. is a leading company in the design and implementation of integrated communications. B.I.T.S. counts on more than twelve years of experience and offer the best “end-to-end” solutions in the Mexican network.
B.I.T.S. is a 3COM certified sales professional, a Cisco Systems SMB selected partner, and has worked on substantial projects for Citigroup, the Mexican Secretary of National Defense and the Mexican Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources. B.I.T.S. has recently become the exclusive distributor for RapidEye satellite imagery for the Mexican market and for Central America. For more information please refer to
www.gpo-bits.com.mx

RapidEye distributors

Bufete de Ingeniería en Telecomunicaciones y Sistemas (B.I.T.S.)

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