Bangkok--Oct 26--Shin Satellite
Pathum Thani, Thailand: Dr. Dumrong Kasemset, Chairman of the Executive Board of Shin Satellite Public Company Limited, today announced the official opening of Thailand’s IPSTAR gateway. The opening signals the readiness of the Company to commence transferring bandwidth capacity to its National Service Operator in Thailand, TOT Plc, which will sell the bandwidth on to other service providers around the country and for its own use in network expansion.
“This is a day that we have been looking forward to after many years of hard work,” said Dr. Kasemset. “With the official gateway opening, we are in business and expect to be providing service in Thailand wherever the customers are.
“The IPSTAR system will serve up to 300,000 subscribers in Thailand, especially in areas outside of the reach of conventional networks,” noted Dr. Kasemset. “For the first time, they will be able to enjoy a variety of broadband and other internet protocol based applications, such as Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Satellite News Gathering (SNG), video-conferencing and rural telephone services. This is the first of many gateways we plan to open around the Asia Pacific Region.”
Following the successful launch of Thaicom 4 (IPSTAR) in August 2005, Shin Satellite has been planning the opening of gateways in a total of fourteen countries. The Thailand gateway is based at Shin Satellite’s teleport at Lad Lum Kaew, in Pathum Thani, a province just outside Bangkok.
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