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EXECUTIVE SPOTLIGHTBack to Contents32October 2006SATMAGAZINE.COM
Back to Contents33FEATUREAPSCC 2006 Conference HighlightS-DMB Developments in AsiaBy Bernardo SchneidermanThe APSCC 2006 Satellite Conference and Exhibition, which washeld on September 26-28, successfullygathered over 500 professionalsfrom the satellite and space-relatedindustries and marked its prestige as themost premier satellite event in the Asia-Pacific region.Also at this year’s, Dr. NongluckPhinaintisart was elected as the newAPSCC President for a two-year termstarting in January 2007. She succeedsDr. Eui K. Koh, President of ASATechnologies, who has served asAPSCC President for the past fouryears. Dr. Phinaintisart iscurrently President of ShinSatellite Public Co. Ltd., asatellite operator in Asia withfive satellites, Thaicom 1A,Thaicom 2, Thaicom 3,Thaicom 4 (IPSTAR), andThaicom 5, in operation.Among the main newsduring the conference was theannouncement of ShinSatellite’s Sales of UserTerminals that reached 50,000in Asia-Pacific. IPSTARAustralia (IPA), a subsidiary ofShin Satellite, announced thatit has achieved a deploymentrate of 1,000 subscribers permonth in Australia sinceAugust and is expecting toreach 2,000 new subscribersper month by the end of thisyear. This brings the totalnumber of satellite userterminals provided by ShinSatellite to over 50,000 in the Asia-Pacific Region.Another main announcement camefrom the Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS)about the acquisition of LockheedMartin Space Communications Ventures(LMSCV) and Lockheed MartinIntersputnik (LMI) from LockheedMartin Global Telecommunications(LMGT). LMSCV owns and operates theLMI-1 satellite and LMI has the right tomarket the capacity on LMI-1. As aresult of the transaction, LMSCV andLMI have been renamed Asia BroadcastSatellite Holdings and Asia BroadcastSatellite Ltd., respectively. The LMI-1satellite has also been renamed ABS-1.ABS-1 offers coverage to Asia, Africa,Middle East and Eastern Europe with 28C-band and 16 Ku-band transpondersproviding DTH and CATV distributionAPSCC Conference Theme was“Satellites - Growing with Asia”provided a great degree of businessopportunities in the region through aseries of CEO Roundtable discussionsby the most prominent and influentialCEOs of the industry. APSCC 2006 alsooffered an outstanding selection of 6panel discussions and 7 sessions thatOctober 2006SATMAGAZINE.COM
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