Focus: Asia-Pacific
June 19, 2019
Tom Choi is wasting no time as he looks to make his mark in the satellite industry, post ABS. Having launched Curvalux, an affordable and power efficient wireless broadband platform, Choi has now launched another company, Saturn Satellite Networks (Saturn), a US Delaware Corporation that is building what he claims is the world’s first space…
June 19, 2019
Hughes Network Systems' JUPITER System platform was selected by five service providers to help bridge the digital divide across Indonesia. The service providers – including Lintasarta, Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN), Teleglobal, and Telkom/TelkomSat – won the tender bids from BAKTI, a division of the Indonesian Ministry of Communications and Information, to deploy 8,000 cellular backhaul…
June 18, 2019
The governments of South Korea and Japan are each in the midst of building up their respective position, navigation and timing (PNT) satellite constellations to provide more accurate service to their militaries and civilian users, officials said June 11. Many countries – to include the United States, Russia and others – have built up their…
June 17, 2019
MEASAT Satellite Systems revealed its agreement with Celebrities Management Private Limited (CMPL) to distribute the Travelxp 4K High Dynamic Range (HDR) channel across the Asia Pacific. The international travel channel will join MEASAT’s Ultra High Definition (UHD) video neighborhood at 91.5 degrees East, where it will be distributed to television platforms and operators in more…