MARSHALL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION PREPARES FOR THE NEW INTERNET (IPv6)

ASHUBRN, VA. – 24 February 2006 – Marshall Communications Corporation (MARSHALL) announces that it is preparing to assist and support customers at the onset of the upcoming conversion to the new Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) by establishing a Transition and Interoperability Test bed/Lab.  Being an innovative leader in advanced technologies and systems integration, MARSHALL is capable of and poised to work with all Federal Government Agencies in the transition to the IPv6 standard, which has been mandated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Department of Defense (DOD) to become the new global standard.

MARSHALL’s IPv6 Test Bed will initially be used to support 1-way and 2-way satellite communications networks.  The IPv6 lab will use over-the-air satellite networks to test and evaluate applications, protocols and data.  However, MARSHALL realizes that the migration from the current IPv4 standard is not going be easy and is looking to offer services to those Agencies needing IT support for their LANs/WANs during the transition to the new IPv6.  “With this lab, we can test and evaluate  legacy (IPv4) applications, mobile addressing, streaming video, as well as IPsec in both dual stack (IPv4/IPv6) and IPv6 native networks before actual deployment”,  according to Sonny Marshall, President and CEO.

MARSHALL recently used the newly established IPv6 test bed to trouble shoot and provide technical assistance to the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) in support of a DVB-RCS (Digital Video Broadcast, Return Channel via Satellite) satellite communications deployment for CENTCOM.  The test bed has proven to be an invaluable tool in identifying and resolving problem areas that were not ordinarily noticeable and that required additional systems interoperability performance evaluation.

The IPv6 standard provides inherent advantages over IPv4, especially with the depletion of IPv4 addressing.  IPv6 will offer a substantially larger address space, as well as, enhanced security, mobility, and multicasting.  Since the DOD and OMB are moving full speed ahead to meet the 2008 compliance date, MARSHALL intends to be available to help those Agencies who may need additional assistance with coordinating complex issues associated with any network conversions.

ABOUT MARSHALL
Headquartered in Ashburn, Virginia, Marshall Communications Corporation is a small disadvantaged (SDB), Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB), and was established in 1991.  MARSHALL is a leader in broadband satellite and multimedia services and is the only small business in the region (one of only two nationwide) to have won one of a series of satellite service contracts awarded by the U.S. General Services Administrations’ Federal Technology Service (FTS).  MARSHALL was recently awarded a Schedule 70 (Contract # GS-35F-0195S) by the GSA Federal Supply Service (FSS).  MARSHALL’s team has over 90 years of satellite communications network operations, planning, and systems engineering experience.  The Company specializes in delivering value-added, end-to-end integrated satellite and IP-based systems.

In addition to providing systems engineering and integration services, MARSHALL is a satellite
communications service provider, with its own DVB-S/IP network called “EagleStreams.”  For more information on this state-of-the-art technology, please send an e-mail to MARSHALL at contactus@marshallcomm.com.


For more information about MARSHALL, please contact:
                                 
Courtney Coleman                    
Vice President, Business Development
Voice:  571.223.2010
Fax:  571.223.2012
E-mail:  CourtneyC@marshallcomm.com