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Loral Skynet to Provide Hawaii Pacific Teleport with Enhanced Satellite Connectivity to Asia |
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BEDMINSTER, NJ, Oct. 21/Satnews Daily/ — Loral Skynet has signed an agreement with Hawaii Pacific Teleport (HPT), a provider of teleport services between North America and Asia, to provide capacity on Loral's recently launched Telstar 18 satellite.
Vince Waterson, HPT vice president of business development said the broad reach and power of Telstar 18 makes it a premier satellite to offer HPT customers with feeds coming into or out of Asia.
"In addition to our regular digital and analog turnaround services, HPT plans to use Telstar 18 for its public switched videophone network (PSVN) to provide low-cost videoconferencing services throughout Asia for a new customer," he added.
Patrick K. Brant, Loral Skynet president said with Telstar 18 and the already orbiting Telstar 10 at 76.5 East, customers around the world can now choose from two satellites that offer excellent coverage of Asia and links to the Americas and Europe through Skynet's global network.
Telstar 18, located at 138 degrees East longitude has extensive coverage that stretches from Central Asia through the Indian sub-continent, China, Korea, Japan, South East Asia, Australia and Hawaii. In addition to hosting intra-regional applications, Telstar 18 offers low cost connectivity to and from the US mainland via the satellite's Hawaiian coverage and Skynet's fiber network that connects Hawaii with North America.
HPT is located on the southwest shore of the island of Oahu, Hawaii, from where it connects global businesses through a network of satellites and fiber optic cables reaching from North America as far west as the Indian subcontinent. Unlike American mainland teleports, HPT can 'see' all the Asia-Pacific orbital slots between 128 degrees East and 165 degrees East. According to HPT, this coverage enables the company to serve customers located as far West as Pakistan and in all countries eastward to Hawaii plus customers in Australia, New Zealand and many Pacific Islands.
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