Science: Satellite deal
(CE.cn)
Updated: 2006-04-26 15:29
Shin Satellite PCL (SATTEL.TH), Asia's leading commercial satellite operator,
has reached an agreement with China Satellite Communications Corporation (China
Satcom) to cooperate in order to launch iPSTAR broadband services in China.
The first iPSTAR gateway in Beijing will be available for service in May
2006. Additional iPSTAR gateways will later be available in Shanghai and
Guangzhou.
There are currently about 64 million broadband users in the china market and
this is expected to reach 100 million. Shin Satellite expects iPSTAR to attract
about one million users in total.
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