• Aldea’s video services help people around the world to enjoy high-quality real-time television services for sports, news, and entertainment. We provide broadcasters and media producers with reliable and easy-to-use worldwide transport services for video content, and offer broadcasters turnkey solutions to cover news and global sports events.

    Reliable Transport Worldwide

    Aldea helps broadcasters and content owners achieve an optimum balance of quality, ease-of-deployment, and cost by offering managed, end-to-end, HD and SD video transport solutions over fiber and satellite.


    Stress-Free Turnkey Solution

    For breaking news events, political events, as well as global sporting events, broadcasters rely on Aldea’s turnkey transport and technical broadcast services solutions. Broadcasters of all sizes can benefit from Aldea’s easy-to-manage, cost-effective, and low-risk remote transmissions.


    History and Capabilities

    Aldea is a pioneer in broadcast video transport over fiber-optic networks, with 10 years of experience as video network operator. Today, we offer our clients global reach over fiber and satellite. Our unique fiber-optic video network reaches all major TV hubs in the Americas and offers an expanding presence in Europe and Asia.



  • Lionel Bentolila – President and Chief Executive Officer

    Lionel Bentolila is President and Chief Executive Officer of Aldea Solutions. Lionel is an entrepreneur and expert in fiber optic systems and video transmission over fiber, having founded and led AldeaVision Network Systems, one of the predecessors of today’s Aldea Solutions, as well as Nexfotel, a manufacturer of SONET/SDH systems for the access network. Nexfotel merged with ABL Canada in 1992, and Lionel went on to hold senior management positions in engineering and product management with ABL. Previously, Lionel led hardware and software development for Consortel, a startup developing fiber to the home (FTTH) systems, after establishing his telecommunications career at Nortel Network’s research and development labs. Lionel received his engineering degree from L’Ecole Centrale de Paris, France in 1982, and his MBA from McGill University in Montreal.


    Eddy Barsetti, P. Eng – Vice-President, Global Marketing

    Eddy Barsetti is an experienced telecom marketing executive with a 26-year international career. As Aldea’s Vice-President, Global Marketing, Eddy is responsible for developing Aldea’s service offerings, managing the company’s global interconnection programs and partnerships, and leading expansion into new market segments. Before joining Aldea, he led and managed multiple marketing and service development teams during a career with Bell Canada, Teleglobe Canada, Stratos Mobile Networks, and Goulet Telecom International. Highlights of Eddy’s international career include being the co-founder and initial Chairman of the Intelsat Working Group on Broadcast Services; acting as Canada’s representative to the Board of Governors of Inmarsat; and leading marketing and telecom consulting projects in South America, Canada, and Africa. Eddy holds a Bachelor of Engineering. (Electrical) degree from Concordia University (Montreal), a Graduate Diploma in Applied Management from McGill University, and is a professional engineer in the province of Quebec.



    Juan-Felipe Gonzalez – Vice-President of Global Sales

    Juan Felipe Gonzalez joined Aldea in October 2008 as Vice-President of Global Sales. Juan Felipe is responsible for directing the global sales force and developing sales strategies worldwide. Prior to joining Aldea, Juan Felipe was Senior Vice-President Sales and Marketing for Aethera Networks. Previously, Juan Felipe spent 15 years at EXFO, during a career which culminated with him being appointed Vice-President, Global Telecom Sales from 2003 to 2007. At EXFO he was responsible for sales in the telecom sector worldwide and managed a team of 80 employees and over 70 distributors. Prior to joining EXFO, Juan Felipe held sales and marketing positions at various organizations in Spain including Reyde S.A and Dow Chemical S.A. Juan holds a B.Sc. Honors in Chemistry from Complutense University, Madrid, as well as an MBA from the School of Industrial Organization in Madrid.



    Karen McCone – Vice-President, Occasional Use/Customer Service

    Karen McCone joined Aldea in January 2009, bringing to the company years of experience as an executive in the broadcast and telecom sectors. In her present role, Karen ensures that Aldea’s occasional use clients receive outstanding personalized service, and that customers’ transmissions over Aldea’s network are the most reliable in the industry. Prior to joining Aldea, Karen was Vice-President of Broadcast Services at Invidex Inc, leading sales and operations for broadcast services, and Vice-President of Program Management at Kangaroo TV, heading up program management for the NFL and PGA TOUR events. Prior to moving into the broadcast industry, Karen held senior positions in the mobile wireless industry with Microcell (Fido), one of Canada’s most innovative mobile operators.



    Evans Castonguay - Director of Software Development & Systems

    As Director of Software Development and Systems, Evans Castonguay leads Aldea’ software and IT teams and oversees development of Aldea’s network management software and specialized business process software for the video broadcast industry. With 12 years of experience in Software Development and IT, Evans has as an extensive background in management information systems with global leaders including Ericsson and IBM. While at IBM, Evans developed patented technology later used by IBM’s Deep Blue supercomputer, and received the IBM Netfinity Cluster and Solution Development Award. In addition, he has played key software development roles for a number of smaller organizations including Invidex, Ryma, RD6 and Okiok Data. Evans holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Sherbrooke.




    Michel Coté, P. Eng. - Director, Network Engineering

    Michel Coté joined Aldea in February 2009, becoming the guiding force for the evolution of Aldea’s network. Michel has over 30 years of experience in telecommunications, having established his credential during a 20-year career with Bell Canada. Immediately prior to joining Aldea, Michel was the Operations Director for the Réseau de l’Information Scientifique du Québec (RISQ), the premier telecommunications carrier for research and education institutions in Quebec. From 2002 to 2006, Michel worked as a consulting engineer for some of the most important clients in Canada, including the Caisse de Depot et Placement du Québec (The Caisse) and Desjardins Investments. Previously, he was Vice-President at CDP Capital Communications, responsible for evaluating investments in the telecom sector. Michel also held several senior positions with Nortel Europe, including Director of Operations and Director of Development and Sales Support for continental Europe and North Africa. Michel holds an engineering degree from Laval University, as well as an EMBA from the Centre International de Recherches et D’etudes en Management (CIREM), part of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales de Montreal (HEC Montreal). He is a professional engineer in the province of Quebec.



    Daniel Gonzalez, Director of Corporate Projects

    Daniel Gonzalez is Director of Corporate Projects for Aldea, and is responsible for the expansion of Aldea’s video services in Mexico. Daniel has more than 20 years of experience in sales and marketing for the IT and telecommunications markets. Prior to joining Aldea, Daniel spent eight years as Vice-President of Sales and Marketing at Aldea’s parent company, Marcatel. At Marcatel he drove the growth of the telecommunications business unit in Mexico. From 1995 to 2001 he was Regional Manager for Anixter, a leading international distributor of telecommunications infrastructure equipment, and was responsible for commercial operations in the north of Mexico. Daniel’s previous roles included account manager and process reengineering consultant. He also taught computer science at The Instituto Tecnologico of Monterrey (ITESM), where he had previously earned a BS in electronic engineering with honors. In 1997, Daniel completed an executive management program at the IPADE business school in Monterrey.





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  • Aldea is dedicated to the success of our clients as a prerequisite to our own success. Moreover, we firmly believe that it is the commitment, skill and innovation of our employees that maintains the integrity of our products, enables our clients’ success, and drives Aldea’s continued growth.
    We commit to these values to guide our decisions and our behaviors:
    Strong Ethics
    We value respect, honesty and integrity in our actions and behavior.

    Action Oriented
    We strive to deliver on-time and every time, and recognize that personal initiative, responsiveness and applying a sense of urgency are key ingredients of success.

    Pursuit of Excellence
    We aim to provide the highest quality in our work and services.

    Team Work
    We succeed by working as a team.

    Commitment
    We deliver what we promise.

    Innovation
    Innovation is the basis for creating value.

    Open Communications
    Open and clear communications are essential for the operation of the business.

    Persistence
    Nothing replaces persistence!

  • Aldea’s permanent video services offer broadcasters and content owners the means to realize the full value of their television content by distributing it to a worldwide market. Permanent links over Aldea’s network are ideal for continuous and nearly continuous transmissions, and offer the benefits of highly scalable, cost-effective bandwidth and predictable communications costs.

    Aldea offers complete video and corporate data communications packages that combine high quality broadcast video services with data links for file-based workflows and corporate LAN/WAN services. You reap the benefits of obtaining video transport from broadcast experts; with the additional benefits of having a single provider for all your communications services, with a single bill, and a single point of contact.

    Service Description
    A permanent service consists of a point-to-point, point-to-multipoint, or multipoint-to-point link that is available for video traffic 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Aldea furnishes complete solutions, including (as required): encoding and decoding equipment, standards conversion, transport equipment, switching, as well as the actual video and data links.

    To ensure the highest levels of broadcast reliability, all permanent video services on Aldea’s network are monitored continuously from our Network Management Center.

    Benefits

    • Build audience loyalty with high quality broadcasts. Aldea fiber-based solutions offer low latency and high bandwidth. They are ideal for HD and SD transmissions of real-time events like sports broadcasts. Moreover, bandwidth is easy to add as the growth of HD broadcasting accelerates.
    • Safeguard your broadcasts and content. Aldea offers turnkey end-to-end video solutions engineered, furnished, and maintained by video experts. Moreover, video signals transmitted over Aldea video fiber are practically impossible to intercept or pirate.
    • Accelerate your workflow and reduce operating costs. Transfer large video files between facilities more quickly and more simply than could ever be achieved by physically transporting tapes and disks.
    • Right-size your solution. We can offer a wide range of bandwidths, ranging from typical bandwidths for dedicated links of 5 to 12 Mb/s for SD video, and 9 to 50 Mb/s for HD video. Clients can request even higher bandwidths, and can combine their video bandwidth with any size data service.

     



  • Aldea’s occasional use services offer news and sports broadcasters, as well as content owners, worldwide transport of SD or HD video. Aldea’s video expertise, proprietary fiber network, flexible satellite availability, and business process tools assure our clients that their broadcasts will be seamless and error-free – anywhere, anytime.

    Thanks to our pan-American fiber network, Aldea’s occasional use Video Fiber services are ideal for distributing daily and weekly broadcasts to rights licensees throughout the western hemisphere.

    By logging on to Aldea’s Video Fiber services, you gain access to all of the nodes on our fiber network, and simple, reliable access to on-demand bandwidth. Video Fiber subscribers also have access to Aldea’s online web-based automated bookings for occasional use services.




    • Service Description

      Aldea's Video Fiber network transports HD and SD quality content.
      Clients can access Aldea's Video Fiber services through direct connections to our Media Hubs, from major metropolitan video switches, from our play-out service locations, or via satellite uplinks to teleports served by Aldea fiber. For details about our locations, please see our Coverage page.

      Aldea's Video Fiber services provide customers with the inherent capabilities of fiber transmission such as minimal latency and higher quality. The services are supported by a dedicated operations and monitoring team at Aldea's headquarters in Montreal, Canada.





  • Aldea’s global End-to-End services offer broadcasters and content owners custom-made solutions for remote production and global video transport.

    Government agencies, educational institutions and corporations can also take advantage of the service to bring unique events to general and specific audiences, no matter where their event takes place.

    Service Description

    Aldea’s End-to-End services include transport over our high quality fiber network, as well as satellite access from any point on the globe.

    Beyond transport, broadcasters can also take advantage of one-stop-shopping for technical broadcast services. We can coordinate technical broadcast service packages including: play outs, ENG/SNG units and crews, camera positions, and studio facilities.

    To ensure reliable remote transmissions, Aldea’s Network Management Centre provides pre-line up coordination with all suppliers and supervises every transmission to ensure video and audio quality. Our experienced staff will adapt to changes required during the broadcast, and are ready to troubleshoot any issues immediately.


    Benefits

    • Maximize the value of your content. Whether your broadcast consists of a premier sports event or breaking news, Aldea’s extensive fiber network and flexible satellite coverage allow you to connect to thousands of broadcasters, distribution platforms, and value-added production facilities.
    • Simplify your events coverage and go anywhere. Aldea’s expertise in assembling international transmissions and technical broadcast services — furnished by our network of over 2500 supplier facilities worldwide — means that you can program remote transmissions from distant locations that would otherwise be beyond reach.

  • Aldea’s occasional use services offer news and sports broadcasters or content owners worldwide transport of SD or HD video. Aldea’s video expertise, proprietary fiber network, flexible satellite availability, and business process tools assure clients that their broadcasts will be seamless and error-free – anywhere, anytime.

    Thanks to its pan-American fiber network, Aldea offers occasional use {HYPERLINK} Video Fiber services that are ideal for applications that require repetitive short broadcasts. Video Fiber services offer clients access to all of the nodes on Aldea’s fiber network, and simple, reliable access to on-demand bandwidth. Video Fiber subscribers also have access to Aldea’s online web-based automated bookings for occasional use services.

    For customized video solutions from any point on the globe, Aldea offers {HYPERLINK} End-to-End services, including equipment, fiber and satellite transport, and monitoring. We also offer a range of technical broadcast services to simplify our clients’ broadcasts from remote locations.



    • Service Description

      Aldea's Video Fiber network transports HD and SD quality content.
      Clients can access Aldea's Video Fiber services through direct connections to our Media Hubs, from major metropolitan video switches, from our play-out service locations, or via satellite uplinks to teleports served by Aldea fiber. For details about our locations, please see our Coverage page.

      Aldea's Video Fiber services provide customers with the inherent capabilities of fiber transmission such as minimal latency and higher quality. The services are supported by a dedicated operations and monitoring team at Aldea's headquarters in Montreal, Canada.


      Benefits


      • Maximize the value of your content. Aldea’s extensive fiber network allows you to send content anywhere in the Americas, or from the Americas to our gateways in Europe.
      • Simplify your live bandwidth bookings. You can book transmissions within minutes by phone or email, or via Aldea’s automated web-based booking tool. With ample bandwidth available, you can request large channels – a 40 Mbps HD channel, for example – with confidence and on short notice.
      • Simplify your distribution management. You can confirm complex transmissions with a single point of contact, while Aldea takes care of coordinating and testing the transmission with all receivers.
      • Reduce your costs thanks to by-the-minute charges, and eliminate the risk of rigid broadcasting windows. If an event goes over the scheduled time, Aldea Video Fiber solutions can instantaneously adjust to make sure your broadcast is seamless.

      Web-based Automated Bookings

      Aldea was the first company in the Video Network Services industry to offer online, web-based self-provisioning for our on-net Occasional Use service.

      Aldea’s online web booking interface allows clients to take full control of their transmissions. Subscribers can easily book, configure, and change transmissions with real-time response.

      With Aldea’s automated booking service, clients still have the security of knowing that Aldea actively monitors all transmission, regardless of whether they are booked in person or via the web



  • Aldea’s global End-to-End services offer broadcasters and content owners custom-made solutions to bring their content to a worldwide audience. Government agencies, educational institutions and corporations can also take advantage of the service to bring unique events to general and specific audiences, no matter where their event takes place.

    Service Description

    Aldea’s End-to-End services include transport over our high quality fiber network, satellite access from any point on the globe, and hybrid solutions that combine the reach of satellite with the low latency and quality of fiber. Users have the choice of ad-hoc transmissions with no commitment, or they can benefit from bulk discounts by booking committed blocks of transmission time.

    Aldea’s Network Management Centre supervises every transmission to ensure video and audio quality, to adapt to changes required during the broadcast, and to troubleshoot any issues immediately.

    As well as transport, broadcasters can also take advantage of one-stop-shopping for technical broadcast services. Aldea can coordinate a package of technical broadcast services including: play outs, ENG/SNG units and crews, camera positions, and studio facilities.

    Features and Benefits

    • Maximize the value of your content. Whether your broadcast consists of a premier sports event or breaking news, Aldea’s extensive fiber network and flexible satellite coverage allow you to connect to thousands of broadcasters, distribution platforms, and value-added production facilities.
    • Simplify your events coverage and go anywhere. Aldea’s expertise in assembling international transmissions and technical broadcast services — furnished by our network of over 2500 supplier facilities worldwide — means that you can program remote transmissions from distant locations that would otherwise be beyond reach.
    • Reduce the risk of remote transmissions thanks to Aldea’s expertise, tools, and processes. To ensure seamless transmissions, Aldea provides pre-line up coordination with all suppliers, actively manages video and audio quality on every transmission, and responds to any transmission issues immediately.
    • Minimize your costs thanks to by-the-minute charges, and eliminate your financial exposure to technical glitches that may affect your transmission – you won’t be billed if a transmission suffers an outage, regardless of where along the transport path the fault occurred.
    • Count on dedicated customer support. Aldea’s operations and sales staff are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to support your urgent transmissions with engineered services, cost-effective solutions, and clear quotations.
    • Adapt to evolving technology and changing requirements. Aldea can easily modify transmission coding and channel bandwidths. We can also add bandwidth for new channels and to support your migration to HD.
    • Transport video signals worldwide across different network standards thanks to Aldea’s conversion services – for example PAL to NTSC, or HD to SD.



  • When broadcasters are under pressure to cover distant events, while ensuring the highest levels of quality and minimizing costs, they count on Aldea’s years of expertise creating complete transport and technical services solutions.

    Our events coverage service allows broadcasters and news organizations to extend their coverage of scheduled events and breaking news without the cost and risk of setting up their own international communications facilities and on-site production.

  • Aldea offers its clients transport and technical broadcast solutions in advance of scheduled international events such as sporting championships and diplomatic summits. We also have the agility to rapidly deploy service packages for breaking news.

    Aldea’s End-to-End services include transport over our high quality fiber network, as well as satellite access from any point on the globe, and in addition we offer one-stop-shopping for technical broadcast services The range of Technical Broadcast Services we can coordinate includes: play outs, ENG/SNG units and crews, stand-up positions, and studio facilities.

    Aldea’s Network Management Centre supervises every transmission on our network to ensure video and audio quality, to adapt to changes required during the broadcast, and to troubleshoot any issues immediately.

  • • Widen your events coverage. Booking with Aldea’s events coverage service allows you to cost-effectively cover breaking news events, political events, and sports events anywhere in the world. Our worldwide remote broadcasting experience and proprietary database of suppliers puts previously inaccessible locations within reach.
    • Offer an improved experience for viewers and journalists. Our low-delay, fiber-based solutions mean conversations with field reporters during interviews are natural and fluid, without objectionable delays and pauses.
    • Count on dedicated support. Our event project team supports your broadcast requirements from start to finish of the event. Moreover, we provide added support at larger events with on-site, multilingual staff to coordinate local activities and provide direct, personal support to our clients.
    • Take advantage of complete service flexibility – Aldea can coordinate whatever communications and technical services your team needs to bring the news to your audience.

  • Global sports events like the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup are unique opportunities for broadcasters to distinguish themselves in front of a national audience.

    If you plan to cover international sporting events, Aldea has the expertise to help you maximize your coverage while avoiding the cost and complexity of setting up your own international communications facilities and interfacing with the event’s host telecom provider. In addition, we offer a full range of on-site technical broadcast services through reliable partners.


    Rights Holders

    Aldea works hand in hand with rights holders from the initial planning to the close of each event. Broadcasters can take advantage of cost-effective end-to-end solutions over our Video Fiber network, which offer low latency, ample bandwidth for SD and HD video, as well as broadband data and voice services to simplify your operations and reduce costs. To ensure the reliability of your broadcasts, you can always count on support from dedicated staff at our Network Management Center, as well as on-site multi-lingual staff that ensure the on-time and successful performance of each service provided. For maximum reliability, we also offer the option of diverse and redundant fiber routes.

    Non-rights Holders

    Aldea offers full transmission and production services specific to your requirements. We enhance each customer’s reporting coverage by partnering with local production companies to provide added local event and country knowledge.

  • Aldea offers its clients telecommunications and technical broadcast service packages for major international events such as the summer and winter Olympic Games, the FIFA Word Cup, and the Confederation Cup.

    Aldea’s Global Sports Events service packages are based on customized Video Network Services over our own high quality fiber network. We also offer a range of Technical Broadcast Services such DSNG facilities and camera positions. Aldea’s Network Management Centre supervises every transmission on our network to ensure video and audio quality, to adapt to changes required during the broadcast, and to troubleshoot any issues immediately.

  • • Offer expanded coverage. Ample bandwidth is available to cost-effectively carry multiple HD and SD feeds. You can also send and receive materials 24 hours a day, without the cost and complexity of booking additional satellite space.
    • Streamline operations and reduce costs. Aldea sports events solutions can include additional services — return video channels, corporate data links, Internet access, and VoIP — to improve your operations while reducing total costs.
    • Minimize the burden of global sports events coverage on your organization. Aldea offers complete end-to-end solutions, including video and data services, and one-stop-shopping for technical broadcast services.
    • Ensure seamless coverage of large-scale sports events. Thanks to Aldea’s technology, complete end-to-end solutions, and major events experience, you can offer reliable and very high quality coverage of global sports events, no matter how distant they are from your home audience.
    • Count on dedicated support. Our event project team supports your broadcast requirements from the planning phases well before the event, through to the closing ceremonies. Moreover, we provide added support with on-site, multilingual staff to coordinate local activities and provide direct, personal support to our clients.



  • Aldea’s end-to-end transport solutions offer broadcasters and content owners a reliable and easy-to-use method to send video content around the globe. Our solutions are personalized to your needs to ensure reliable performance and cost-effectiveness. And all our solutions are managed by video experts, relieving you of much of the burden and complexity of international video transport.

    Network Overview

    Aldea’s international fiber network transports live video such as news, sports, and entertainment to locations worldwide, with exceptional coverage of the Americas. We have points-of-presence in 19 cities located in 11 countries in North America, South America, and Europe. The network offers ample bandwidth to support SD transmissions and high-bandwidth HD transmissions.

    Thanks to Aldea’s highly interconnected network our customers benefit from cost-effective transport from virtually any location worldwide. Our extended network reach includes interconnections with metropolitan video switches and satellite teleports in major cities throughout North and South America, several major capitals in Europe, as well as gateways to Asia and Africa.

    Our network is highly reliable, thanks to redundancy protection of key sites, route diversity between nodes, and video sensing points that facilitate monitoring and troubleshooting.


  • Video Fiber Network


    • Aldea’s Network Management Center (NMC), located in Montreal, Canada, is equipped with sophisticated hardware and software tools to configure, provision, and test video transmissions over our network.
    • To ensure seamless transmissions Aldea’s team of video experts — most with 10 years or more of experience in the broadcast and video transport industries — designs, configures, and tests each solution, while NMC staff actively monitor video and audio quality on all circuits.
    • Our operations and support staff are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our specialists are always available by phone and by email – you can verify at any time that your transmission is being managed by real people who are committed to quality and customer satisfaction.


    End-to-End Services

    • Aldea manages the complexity of End-to-End video services, which can involve teleports, space segments, SNG units, studio facilities as well as international fiber transport, and presents customers with turnkey solutions.
    • Aldea’s expertise and technology help you minimize the risk associated with remote productions. We have a rich set of global partners, tools to manage end-to-end services, and the expertise that comes with setting up remote transmissions for multiple clients on a worldwide basis.
    • Our team of broadcast experts ensures that technical broadcast services, such as stand-up positions, meet the standards of international broadcasters.
    • To ensure seamless transmissions, Aldea provides pre-line up coordination with all suppliers, actively monitors video and audio quality on every transmission, and responds to any transmission issues immediately.



  • At Aldea, we turn our network into a competitive advantage for our customers. Broadcasters can build their ratings by attracting and retaining viewers with improved quality transmissions – in SD or HD – thanks to Aldea’s high-reliability international Video Fiber network . Content owners can maximize the value of their productions by reaching out to a worldwide audience — with the highest reliability, and minimal compression and delay.

    Aldea’s fiber-based services provide the tools for broadcasters to simplify their operations and reduce their costs. You can rely on single trusted provider to resolve all your telecommunications needs — broadcast video as well as data, Internet, and VoIP services — with the convenience of a single provider and a single bill.

  • By choosing Aldea, you partner with a company founded and operated by video experts. We’re recognized for the integrity of our Video Network Services and Broadcast Services, as well as for our knowledgeable, responsive, and personal customer support. Moreover, Aldea offers the stability of being a business unit of Marcatel, an international telecom carrier with over 1000 employees that offers all types of residential and enterprise services.

    The many customers that count on Aldea to transmit major events like the FIFA World Cup, the Olympic Games, and major political events, are proof of our expert capabilities.

  • Aldea makes it simple and easy for our clients to offer innovative international services and world-class remote broadcasts. Clients rely on Aldea’s video broadcast expertise to deliver no-compromise end-to-end, managed solutions, arranged through a single point of contact. Our solutions combine fiber and satellite, as appropriate, to ensure the best quality performance, at the best price, from anywhere in the world.