Australia - Newcrest has partnered with telecommunications and technology company, Telstra, to become the first gold miner in the southern hemisphere to deliver O3b’s high-speed broadband through its new 100 megabits per second (Mbps) satellite link to the Lihir gold mine in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. The new medium-earth-orbit (MEO) satellite link, which has increased bandwidth to Lihir by over 600 per cent, is the result of a partnership between Newcrest, Telstra and satellite … [Read more...] about Newcrest partners Telstra
Telecommunications
AsiaSat extends agreement with Globecast
Hong Kong – Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) has extended an occasional use (OU) service agreement with Globecast, the global solutions provider for media. As a long time customer of AsiaSat, Globecast’s affiliates in Asia, Europe and from around the world use the comprehensive C and Ku-band capacity across AsiaSat’s fleet for the distribution of news content and sports events for their clients who are major international broadcast networks and premium sports right … [Read more...] about AsiaSat extends agreement with Globecast
PCCW and Alibaba collaborates
Hong Kong – Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group, and PCCW Global, the international operating division of HKT, Hong Kong’s telecommunications service provider, jointly announced their strategic collaboration to provide cloud based anti-DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) security products to enterprises. The two companies have cooperated to provide network and IDC (Internet Data Center) services in Hong Kong since June 2015. The new collaboration will deliver Alibaba … [Read more...] about PCCW and Alibaba collaborates
Spacecom sold for $285m
A Luxembourg-based offshoot of Beijing-based Xinwei Group has bought Spacecom of Israel (Space Communications), operators of the AMOS fleet of satellites for $285 million (€252.7m), an impressive premium of 41 percent on the stock market valuation. In a somewhat complicated three-way transaction Spacecom will ‘merge’ with Luxembourg Space Telecommunications (itself a subsidiary of Beijing Xinwei Technology Group). Luxembourg Space Telecommunication shall acquire, by way of triangle reverse … [Read more...] about Spacecom sold for $285m
