AsiaSat Forges Agreement with Australia's Telecom GiantThe Hong Kong-based Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company (AsiaSat) announced December 6 that it signed an agreement with Australia's Telstra Corporation to provide satellite connectivity for Telstra.Under the agreement, Telstra has initially reserved four Ku-band transponders on AsiaSat 3S's steerable beam. The high power steerable beam will be fixed over Australia to support new broadband satellite services. "This agreement marks a great step forward of our entry into the Australian market through our strategic partnership with Telstra," said Peter Jackson, chief executive officer of AsiaSat, Asia's leading satellite operator serving over two-thirds of the world's population with its fleet of satellites. John Hibbard, managing director global wholesale of Telstra, Australia's leading telecom provider, said that the agreement will boost the already significant satellite capacity available to Telstra and the IP Backbone Company joint venture being established under the alliance with Pacific Century CyberWorks. When the operations begin in the near future, the IP Backbone will be the number one provider of voice and data and Internet traffic in Asia and in the top tier globally, Hibbard added. |
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