General Satellite Corporation Russian research and production company, presenting at domestic and international market the hi-tech radio-electronic equipment, which specifications meet the highest standards. Reliability and professionalism through many years of successful business have enabled the company to take a leading role in the telecommunications business community of Russia.

Activities

• The development of all types of STBs  along with the relevant software;
• The development of control systems middleware (CSMW)  for operator functioning;
• The production of radio electronic equipment for surface mount and three-dimensional wiring, including metal and plastic elements;
• Participation in large scale digital broadcast projects as a system integrator.
  

Taking into account the pace of satellite TV development in Russia and the fast approaching switch of broadcasting to a digital format - planned for 2015 - a decision was taken to establish a state of the art high-automated digital production factory in Gousev, a town in the Kaliningrad Region, Russia. The factory will be capable of covering the demand for digital set-top boxes of both consumers in the Russian Federation, as well as in the other European States. The factory was put into operation on autumn 2009.

It was the first step towards the implementation of the “Territory of Scientific and Technological Development – Technopolis Gousev” investment project. The immediate result of the project will include the creation of a complete set of social infrastructure along with the entire production cycle for the manufacture of high-tech electronics based solely on domestic innovations. The “Territory of Scientific and Technological Development − Technopolis Gousev” serves as a model of the innovative development of small-town Russia, upon which the future prosperity of our country will depend.

Awards

The Corporation has received a number of awards for its innovations:

• February 2005 - Receiver GS FTA -7001S was ranked the first in the category “For the best domestic innovation (Russia, CIS and Baltic countries) in the area of distributive and subscribers’ equipment for satellite and cable TV”;
• November 2005 − Receiver GS TE-7010 was named the top budget-priced terrestrial receiver  by the German magazine “Digital Fernsehen”;
  
• 2007 − Satellite receiver GS VA-7200 was ranked the first in the category “For the best innovation” at the international exhibition CSTB-2007.
  

The General Satellite Company now has its sights set on participating in the digitization process in a number of European, Asian and African countries with the goal of establishing itself as one of the major players on the international digital equipment market.