[SatNews] Communications were maintained...

Globecomm Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: GCOM) successfully maintained video broadcast channels, Internet traffic, cellular switching services, and telecommunications for its customers throughout one of the biggest storms to strike the Mid-Atlantic States since the 1930s. Globecomm’s Long Island International Teleport, as well as its Laurel, Maryland, Teleport facility, were in Irene’s path, which caused extensive flooding, power outages, and property damage along the east coast of the United States starting Friday, August 26th, and raging through until late Sunday, August 28th. Early Friday morning, the company began moving television, mobile, military and business traffic across its global fiber network to back up teleports, providing seamless cutover of service for customers, including major broadcasting networks, U.S. Government Agencies, and mobile carriers using its Mobile Switching Center.