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IPSTAR Sees Strong Growth of Satellite Broadband in Australia as Sales of Terminals Reaches 50,000 in Asia-Pacific |
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SYDNEY, Oct. 2, 2006/Satnews Daily/ — IPSTAR Australia Pty Ltd. (IPA), a fully owned subsidiary of Shin Satellite Plc., said it has achieved a deployment rate of 1,000 subscribers per month in Australia since August and is expecting to reach 2,000 new subscribers per month by the end of this year. This brings the total number of satellite user terminals provided by Shin Satellite to over 50,000 in the Asia-Pacific Region.
Gordon Tudor, director of Australia Private Networks and a leading IPSTAR Australia Service Provider and Partner, said “the performance and scalability of the IPSTAR solution allows us to offer a variety of services to our customers now and into the future.”
IPA partners are providing IPSTAR services starting from only AUD 29.95/month under the Australian Government’s Broadband Connect program. IPA estimates the market size to be approximately one million households and small businesses in Australia and New Zealand.
“The IPSTAR satellite system provides a reliable, ubiquitous, and affordable broadband solution, enabling us to meet the needs of remote Australia and New Zealand,” said Teerasak Sawekpun, general manager, IPSTAR Australia. “We expect to reach the 10,000 subscriber mark in Australia early 2007. This speaks well of the quality of our IPSTAR services and the capability to deploy and support our customers of our operations in Australia.”
Shin Satellite launched the IPSTAR satellite on August 11, 2005 and has successfully introduced true broadband via satellite ever since. IPA was established in December 2003 and has its headquarters located in Sydney. Two IPSTAR Gateways were constructed in Kalgoorie and Broken Hill with a total capacity of over 7 Gigabytes per second (Gbps)—more than enough to support 600,000 broadband users based on today's usage profile.
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