Focus: Asia-Pacific
February 27, 2020
Thaicom has migrated its customers from the Thaicom 5 satellite to Thaicom 6 and other satellites, the company announced Thursday. The company said the migration and service restoration were completed on Feb. 20, and the company completed deorbiting Thaicom 5 on Feb. 26 at 4.52 p.m. local time. The Thai satellite operator announced in January…
February 24, 2020
U.S. satellite broadband provider Hughes Network Systems may have to shut its Indian operations due to unpaid levies owed to the government, which could put thousands of banking services at risk, a company letter seen by Reuters showed. India’s Supreme Court late last year ordered a number of telecom companies, including Hughes and larger firms…
February 21, 2020
Huawei presented its 5G products and solutions in London on Thursday, claiming that the Chinese technology firm is supporting 41 telecom operators in their 5G commercial releases. Yang Chaobin, President of Huawei's 5G Product Line, unveiled the Blade AAU antenna, and said it that it integrates the active 5G AAU and passive 2G/3G/4G antennas into…
February 19, 2020
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has completed a new satellite production facility at the company's Kamakura Works in Kamakura, Japan. Between this facility and existing facilities, Mitsubishi Electric's plans to increase annual capacity will increase to 18 satellites, up from 10 at present, saying it will enable the company to fulfill demand for governmental satellites in Japan…