ProtoStar Ltd. and PlanetSky Ltd. have announced a strategically important anchor customer lease agreement today wherein PlanetSky will secure C band capacity on ProtoStar’s first satellite, which is to to be launched in May 2008. The agreement provides PlanetSky with five 36MHz equivalent transponders for its rapidly-expanding global satellite systems that support GPRS and GSM broadband services, wireless, VoIP, broadcasting and radio transmissions.
In making the joint announcement, Philip Father, President and CEO of ProtoStar Ltd., and Gerasimos Bonanos, Chief Executive Officer of PlanetSky Ltd., emphasized how the agreement allows PlanetSky to extend the reach of its media and entertainment services for its customer base further into Asia from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. For ProtoStar, the agreement extends its customer base into Europe and the Middle East from its Asian base in Singapore. ProtoStar I is currently being manufactured at Space Systems/Loral in Palo Alto, CA, for a May 2008 launch on an Arianespace launch vehicle. ProtoStar is developing a satellite constellation of high-powered geostationary satellites that will provide a satellite network enabling robust DTH services in Asia.—San Francisco, California & Limassol, Cyprus
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