Skybrokers de-installed a teleport in New York USA.

Skybrokers de-installed a teleport in New York USA

In April 2016 Skybrokers was contracted to dismantle and remove five large Earth Station antennas (VertexRSI 6.1m, VertexRSI 7.2m, Andrew 7.3m, VertexRSI 9.0m and a RSI 9.2m) at the Reuters teleport facility in Hauppauge on Long Island close to New York City, USA.

Over the course of three weeks Skybrokers technicians de-installed the antennas and loaded them into ocean going containers and the site was cleaned up. This project was subject to detailed planning and logistics. We could not have done this without the help of our logistic partners and local help. Special thanks to John Knight of CTS Media who made this project happen.

The antennas were transported to our antenna facility in Europe for refurbishment. The majority of the antennas found a new home in Greenland, Italy, UK and Cyprus.

Reuters is an international news agency owned by Thomson Reuters and is one of the largest news agencies in the world. It employs around 2,500 journalists and 600 photojournalists in about 200 locations worldwide.

The agency was established in London in the UK in 1851 by the German-born Paul Reuter. It was acquired by the Thomson Corporation in 2008 and now makes up the media division of Thomson Reuters.