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Shin Satellite CEO Dr. Dumrong Kasemset was quoted in an official
release saying, " We have to thank the governments of both China
and Thailand for their continual support, leading to a reasonable
and equitable resolution. We believe that with this agreement the
customers using satellites located at the two slots will be protected
from interference. This is also a good example of how Asian regional
satellite operators can cooperate for the benefit of all."
Asiasat CEO Peter Jackson added, " This agreement demonstrates
that the normal ITU processes work exceptionally well in cases where
potential harmful interference could occur between satellites. The
agreement between AsiaSat and Shin Satellite fully protects Asiasat's
clients in China and Australia from the signals at Ku band generated
by iPSTAR.
"Asiasat's Ku band clients will be able to use 60 cm antennas
for receiving only DTH type applications and 80 cm antennas for
two way communications applications. Protection criteria for C band
applications were also agreed. This will ensure that clients of
both companies do not suffer from adjacent network interference."
Turnkey satellite operator Shin Satellite provides a C-band and
Ku-band transponder leasing, teleport and other value-added and
engineering services to users in Asia, Africa, Europe and Australasia.
Shin Satellite owns and operates Thaicom 1A, 2, and 3. Thaicom 1A
is located at 120°E, and Thaicom 2 and 3 are both located at 78.5°E
with a total capacity of 49 C-band and 20 Ku-band transponders offering
over 70 channels. Thaicom is a hotbird for Indochina and India,
an emerging platform of choice for transcontinental Sat TV broadcasts
from Europe to Australia.
Asiasat claims to be the leading regional satellite operator in
Asia. It serves over two-thirds of the world's population with its
satellites. The Asiasat satellite system provides services to both
the broadcast and telecommunications industries. Over 120 analogue
and digital television channels and 90 radio channels are now delivered
by the Company's satellites, reaching over 80 million households,
with more than 300 million viewers across the Asia Pacific region.
The release adds that many telecommunications customers use Asiasat
for services such as public telephone networks, private VSAT networks
and high speed Internet and multimedia services.
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