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SingTel And ProtoStar Announce Joint
Singapore (SPX) Nov 27, 2007 ProtoStar and Singapore Telecommunications announced a two-pronged agreement today for SingTel to provide ProtoStar with satellite control services and at the same time lease C-band capacity on ProtoStar's first satellite. In making the joint announcement in Singapore, Philip Father, President and CEO of ProtoStar Ltd., and Titus Yong, SingTel's Vice President for Satellite, emphasized the growing strategic relationship that these agreements represent for the two organizations. "The agreement with ProtoStar is significant because it enables SingTel to extend its existing coverage into new markets," Mr. Yong said. "This further strengthens our position as Asia's leading communications group. It also clearly demonstrates SingTel's ability to offer comprehensive managed satellite solutions, and not just bandwidth services." For ProtoStar, the agreement supports its strategy of selectively outsourcing support programs and provides a quality anchor customer for ProtoStar I's extensive C-band capacity. "ProtoStar has been working closely with SingTel for some time on joint opportunities, so these agreements now formalize what has been a positive evolving strategic partnership," Mr. Father said while in Singapore. "The decision to locate our new Asian headquarters office in Singapore is consistent with our desire to continue to develop our relationships with both SingTel and the Infocomm Development Authority." Mr. Yong added, "SingTel's innovations are transforming the way satellite operators do business. Our value-added services and applications reduce costs for our customers and boost their business productivity." Under terms of the agreement, Sing Tel will augment its operations center in Singapore to provide telemetry, tracking and control (TT and C) services for the ProtoStar I satellite. ProtoStar I is currently being manufactured at Space Systems/Loral in Palo Alto, CA, for a May 2008 launch on an Arianespace launch vehicle. ProtoStar is developing a satellite constellation of high-powered geostationary satellites that will provide a satellite network enabling robust direct-to-home (DTH) television services in Asia. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links ProtoStar The latest information about the Commercial Satellite Industry
Government Offers 100 Acres Of Land For ISROs' Space Institute
Thiruvananthapuram, India (SPX) Nov 22, 2007Seeking to end the long-drawn row over the land for ISRO's Space Institute here, Kerala Government on Wednesday offered 100 acres of land free-of-cost close to the Ponmudi, a hill station in the district, to the space agency. Disclosing this during his weekly cabinet briefing, Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan denied reports in a section of media that the proposed land at Thennur village was forest land. |
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