[Satellite TODAY 02-11-11] Star Asia Technologies, a developer of mobile satellite and terrestrial broadband wireless services, signed a multi-year agreement with Broadband Broadcast Services (BBS) to provide wireless and satellite services from the Philippines, Star Asia announced Feb. 10.
   Star Asia’s operating entity, EasyCall Communications Philippine Inc., will co-locate its satellite headend facilities at BBS’s satellite space center to enable service provisioning from the Subic Bay Freeport Zone. The agreement will permit BBS to implement use of satellite antennas and other equipment in the Philippines. Star Asia uses capacity provided by the Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) fleet.
   “This is an important arrangement as we can now advance the marketing and sales activities of our fleet of satellites covering the Philippines, including: ABS-1, ABS-5 and our new ABS-2 satellite, ” ABS CEO Tom Choi said in a statement.