[SatNews] Becoming the NSO for Malaysia...

The MEASAT Global Berhad (“MEASAT”) Group has announced that an agreement has been signed with THAICOM Public Company Ltd (“THAICOM”) for the Malaysian payload of the THAICOM 4 (IPSTAR) satellite. The agreement was executed by a MEASAT subsidiary. The agreement allows a MEASAT subsidiary company to become the National Service Operator (NSO) for Malaysian payload of the IPSTAR service, with exclusive rights to provide bandwidth capacity and its related broadband services. In addition, MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn Bhd will secure the existing IPSTAR gateway equipment. The gateway would be moved to the MEASAT Teleport and Broadcast Centre in Cyberjaya. With seven (7) spot beams located across Peninsula and East Malaysia, the Malaysian payload of the IPSTAR satellite is capable of delivering approximately 3Gbps of IP connectivity. The capacity on the payload would be offered to telecom operators and service providers across the country for mobile backhaul services and to support Government initiatives including the Universal Service Provisioning (USP) to areas with little or no terrestrial connectivity. The IPSTAR Malaysian payload will be marketed as MEASAT-5.