Telenor and INTELSAT launch new satellite partnership at 1 degree West
Fornebu
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Telenor of Norway, one of Europes leading satellite operators, has purchased a quarter of the capacity available on the INTELSAT satellite that is to be launched in 2003, both organisations announced today, Thursday.
The purchase, totalling more than $100 million, gives Telenor Satellite Services - a part of Telenor Broadband Services - the rights to the use of two spot beams that will cover Europe from the new INTELSAT 10-02 satellite. The satellite, which is to operate from 1°West (359°East), will make it possible for Telenor to transmit about 100 digital TV and radio channels.
Under the agreement, Telenor will have access to a total of 10 high-power Ku-band transponders on the two spot beams over Europe ensuring Telenor stable satellite capacity at 1°W/359°E for the future. Telenor has been leasing Ku-band and C-band capacity on INTELSAT satellites at the 1°W location since 1986, and leases currently nearly all available broadcast capacity on the INTELSAT 707, which is located at 1°W. This satellite will be moved once the INTELSAT 10-02 is in operation.
Satellite broadcasting is an important part of Telenors broadband commitment and the purchase strengthens Telenors position as one of Europes leading satellite operators and distributors of satellite TV to the Nordic region and to selected areas in Europe via 1 degree west.
"With this agreement, Telenor continues to build on a co-operation with INTELSAT," said Dr. Fjøsne, Chief Technology Officer at Telenor Broadband Services "The INTELSAT satellite provides coverage and capacity to help us bring our users the content and connectivity they require."
Conny Kullman, Director General and CEO of INTELSAT, said, "Telenor has played a major role in building the success of this orbital location and this new deal cements even more strongly our long-standing relationship. This is a welcome development leading up to the privatisation of INTELSAT, which is targeted for next April."
Telenor is a world-wide provider of high quality telecommunications, data and media communication services with a particularly strong focus on mobile, Internet and broadband services. Headquartered in Oslo, Norway, the company is present in more than 30 countries, has more than 22,000 employees and had revenues of US$3.9 billion in 1999. Internationally, Telenor has over the last few years steadily increased its investments with mobile, Internet, TV-distribution and satellite communications.
Telenor Broadband Services is one of four core business areas within the Telenor Group. Telenor Broadband Services is the largest distributor of analogue and digital pay-TV services in the Nordic region. The business area also includes Satellite Mobile, a provider of satellite-based voice and data services and Satellite Networks which offers fixed network services based on the VSAT standard. Telenor owns and operates the three telecommunication satellites Thor I, Thor II and Thor III. For more information, visit the Telenor Web site.
INTELSAT owns and operates a global communications satellite system providing capacity for voice, video, corporate/private networks and Internet in more than 200 countries and territories. For more information, visit the INTELSAT Web site.
Under the agreement, Telenor will have access to a total of 10 high-power Ku-band transponders on the two spot beams over Europe ensuring Telenor stable satellite capacity at 1°W/359°E for the future. Telenor has been leasing Ku-band and C-band capacity on INTELSAT satellites at the 1°W location since 1986, and leases currently nearly all available broadcast capacity on the INTELSAT 707, which is located at 1°W. This satellite will be moved once the INTELSAT 10-02 is in operation.
Satellite broadcasting is an important part of Telenors broadband commitment and the purchase strengthens Telenors position as one of Europes leading satellite operators and distributors of satellite TV to the Nordic region and to selected areas in Europe via 1 degree west.
"With this agreement, Telenor continues to build on a co-operation with INTELSAT," said Dr. Fjøsne, Chief Technology Officer at Telenor Broadband Services "The INTELSAT satellite provides coverage and capacity to help us bring our users the content and connectivity they require."
Conny Kullman, Director General and CEO of INTELSAT, said, "Telenor has played a major role in building the success of this orbital location and this new deal cements even more strongly our long-standing relationship. This is a welcome development leading up to the privatisation of INTELSAT, which is targeted for next April."
Telenor is a world-wide provider of high quality telecommunications, data and media communication services with a particularly strong focus on mobile, Internet and broadband services. Headquartered in Oslo, Norway, the company is present in more than 30 countries, has more than 22,000 employees and had revenues of US$3.9 billion in 1999. Internationally, Telenor has over the last few years steadily increased its investments with mobile, Internet, TV-distribution and satellite communications.
Telenor Broadband Services is one of four core business areas within the Telenor Group. Telenor Broadband Services is the largest distributor of analogue and digital pay-TV services in the Nordic region. The business area also includes Satellite Mobile, a provider of satellite-based voice and data services and Satellite Networks which offers fixed network services based on the VSAT standard. Telenor owns and operates the three telecommunication satellites Thor I, Thor II and Thor III. For more information, visit the Telenor Web site.
INTELSAT owns and operates a global communications satellite system providing capacity for voice, video, corporate/private networks and Internet in more than 200 countries and territories. For more information, visit the INTELSAT Web site.