Bermuda and Hong Kong - ABS announced a strategic partnership with one of the largest telecommunications operators in SE Asia for the delivery of 500Mbps of IP backbone services on ABS-2 at 75°E. “ABS is proud to be awarded this contract with one of the largest telecom operators in Southeast Asia for expansion IP backbone capacity. At half a gigabit per second, it represents a significant milestone for ABS for the delivery of GEO-based connectivity services. We strive to guarantee both … [Read more...] about ABS announces a strategic partnership on ABS-2
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ABS partners PT Sarana Media Vision
Macau - ABS has announced that it will partner with PT Sarana Media Vision (SMV), using SMV’s DTH license to launch a consumer FreeView satellite service ‘FreeViewSat’ across Indonesia in January 2017. The service will be called SMV FreeViewSat and will initially broadcast over 60 television channels via the ABS-2, ABS-2A and ABS-6 satellites in both Ku and C-band. For the first time in Indonesia, a free-to-view platform will be available throughout the entire country, allowing … [Read more...] about ABS partners PT Sarana Media Vision
TRACE with ABS-2
APOS - Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia– ABS and TRACE have announced an agreement to broadcast TRACE Urban via ABS-2, Global C-band beam across the Asia Pacific region – The channel will debut on 1st May 2016. TRACE Urban gives unique insight into urban culture and featuring the most popular urban music genres: R&B, hip-hop, dance, and rhythmic pop. TRACE Urban is available in 130 countries to 60 million subscribers, and covers all aspects of urban and youth culture. … [Read more...] about TRACE with ABS-2
ABS-2 satellite launched successfully
Kourou, French Guiana – ABS has announced that the ABS-2 satellite was successfully launched into space at 18:30 Kourou (9:30pm UTC) on February 6. The satellite was launched on an Ariane ECA launch vehicle from the Guiana Space Center, Europe’s Space port in Kourou. ABS-2 was manufactured by Space Systems/Loral (SSL). The highly sophisticated multi-mission satellite features up to 89 … [Read more...] about ABS-2 satellite launched successfully
SSL delivers ABS-2 satellite in Kourou
Palo Alto — Space Systems/ Loral, the ABS-2 satellite, designed and built for ABS, has arrived at the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, where it will be launched aboard an Ariane 5 launch vehicle by Arianespace. “ABS-2 is a very advanced satellite that has the capability to improve the human experience by providing services for 60 percent of the world’s population,” said John Celli, president of SSL. “SSL has provided us with one of the largest … [Read more...] about SSL delivers ABS-2 satellite in Kourou
ABS announces the development of ABS-2A
Hong Kong - Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) has confirmed the build of ABS-2A, a multi-beam 48 transponder Ku- satellite which will be launched in the fourth quarter of 2015 to ABS’ prime 75°E location. ABS-2A will follow ABS-2, the largest satellite to be launched over Asia scheduled in late 2013. With 2.6 GHz of Ku-band spectrum, ABS-2A nearly doubles the available Ku-band frequencies available at 75°E. Together with ABS-2, ABS-2A will deliver a total of 100 x 54MHz … [Read more...] about ABS announces the development of ABS-2A
