https://spacewatch.global/tag/asia/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 14 Nov 2024 12:46:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/asia/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/guarantco-and-pidg-technical-assistance-support-kacific-in-covid-19-response/ Tue, 26 May 2020 05:00:58 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22876 GuarantCo, with funding from the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) Technical Assistance, is providing a US$500,000 grant to support Kacific Broadband Satellites Group (Kacific) efforts to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic by distributing satellite communication systems. These systems will allow free connections of up to 1,000 rural health posts and clinics across Asia Pacific. A […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/phase-four-inks-partnership-with-marubeni-corporation/ Tue, 26 May 2020 05:00:40 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22719 Phase Four, makers of radio frequency (RF) plasma engines for next generation space platforms, announced on 18 May 2020 that it has inked an agreement with Marubeni Corporation as an exclusive representative of its Maxwell line of satellite engines in Japan, one of the world’s fastest-growing space economies. Phase Four will also partner with Marubeni […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/gsma-opens-innovation-fund-for-mobile-internet-adoption-and-digital-inclusion-and-calls-for-applications/ Fri, 01 May 2020 05:00:03 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22094 The Global System for Global Communications Association (GSMA) has opened applications for the Innovation Fund for Mobile Internet Adoption and Digital Inclusion.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/spire-maritime-announces-revenue-growth-and-expansion-into-asia/ Fri, 24 Apr 2020 05:00:57 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21768 Spire Global, a global data service provider and leader AIS data solutions and weather forecasting, announced today the year-over-year results for its maritime business unit. Spire Maritime expanded into Asia and celebrated a four-fold increase in bookings in 2019. It continued to build on its successes after launching in January 2019 offering its first weather […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/08/uaes-yahsat-completes-acquisition-of-thuraya-appoints-new-thuraya-ceo/ Mon, 06 Aug 2018 05:00:50 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9779 Yahsat, the Abu Dhabi-based satellite communications operator, has completed its buyout of Dubai-based Thuraya, a leading mobile satellite services operator, and has also announced the appointment of a new chief executive officer for Thuraya, Ali Al Hashemi.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/04/uaes-thuraya-launches-x-5-touch-worlds-smallest-satellite-phone/ Mon, 16 Apr 2018 05:00:37 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8338 UAE’s Thuraya Telecommunications Company has announced the launch of its X5-Touch satellite phone, the world’s smallest, in its attempt to become a market leader in the satellite communications user market.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/01/satcom-along-belt-road-sri-lankas-supremesat-receives-investment-chinas-tatwah-smartech-co-ltd/ Wed, 17 Jan 2018 05:00:44 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=7148 Xiaoru Cai, the Chairman of China’s Tatwah Smartech Co. Ltd., took part in a ceremony on January 15, 2018, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, announcing a U.S.$30 million investment in SupremeSAT, the only Sri Lankan satellite communications company. The investment is intended to help SupremeSAT expand its geographical reach with its satellite communication services. SupremeSAT is […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/01/uaes-yahsat-tanaza-partner-increase-number-public-wi-fi-hotspots-globally/ Fri, 12 Jan 2018 05:00:41 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=7066 Yahsat, the UAE based satellite operator, announced on January 10, 2018, the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tanaza , the Italian Wi-Fi cloud management software provider. Under the terms of the MoU, Tanaza will provide Yahsat with a web platform to manage multiple users accessing Wi-Fi and social hotspots across the operator’s […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/01/eutelsat-china-unicom-provide-satellite-communications-belt-road-initiative/ Wed, 10 Jan 2018 05:00:13 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=7052 On the occasion of French President Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to China, Eutelsat Communications has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with China United Network Communications Co., Ltd. (China Unicom) that is aimed at addressing the fast-growing satellite communications market in Asia-Pacific in the framework of the Belt and Road initiative. The MoU, which was signed […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/12/israels-gilat-selected-kddi-cellular-backhaul-solution-japan/ Fri, 08 Dec 2017 05:00:47 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=6569 Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions, and services, announced on December 6, 2017, that KDDI chose Gilat’s unique satellite based LTE cellular backhaul solution to extend reach and resilience with high speed data and high-quality voice over LTE (VoLTE) throughout Japan. KDDI has chosen Gilat’s LTE cellular backhaul solution […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/09/uaes-etisalat-intelsat-expand-relationship-creating-gateway-intelsat-epicng-services-middle-east/ Thu, 21 Sep 2017 07:30:21 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=5737 Intelsat S.A., operator of the world’s first Globalized Network and leader in integrated satellite communications, and Etisalat UAE, a leading telecommunications services provider in the Middle East and Africa, today detailed their plan to expand the distribution of Intelsat EpicNG services in the Middle East region. Under a multiyear expansion, Etisalat will upgrade its network […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/09/israels-gilat-ses-networks-provide-connectivity-democratic-republic-congo/ Mon, 11 Sep 2017 07:00:04 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=5624 SES Networks’ longtime customer in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Gilat Telecom, has expanded the satellite capacity under contract with SES Networks in the country, now topping more than 3.0 Gbps. Gilat has been providing Kinshasa, the capital and largest city in DRC, with expansive internet connectivity services for many years, and has […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/08/turksat-6a-satellite-moves-onto-production-stage/ Thu, 24 Aug 2017 07:15:47 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=5471 The Türksat 6A project, which will be Turkey’s first domestic communication satellite, is approaching the end of the design phase. At a meeting the Minister of Transportation, Maritime Affairs, and Communication, Ahmet Arslan, along with the Minister of Science, Industry and Technology, Faruk Özlü, discussed the latest situation concerning the Türksat 6A Domestic Communication Satellite […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/08/swmethemes-chinas-space-silk-road-middle-east-indian-perspective/ Thu, 24 Aug 2017 07:00:50 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=5430 In Part Four of the SpaceWatch Middle East multi-week theme on China’s Space Silk Road and the Middle East, Dr. Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan of the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) in New Delhi, India, offers an Indian perspective on China’s Space Silk Road, and points out that despite the rhetoric from Beijing, the Space Silk Road should […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/08/swmethemes-chinas-space-silk-road-middle-east-japanese-perspective/ Wed, 23 Aug 2017 07:00:53 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=5425 In Part Three of this SpaceWatch Middle East multi-week theme on China’s Space Silk Road and the Middle East, Professor Kazuto Suzuki of Hokkaido University, Japan, argues that Japan’s recent space policies have been developed in response to China’s Space Silk Road, and that Japan has been very proactive in the Middle East as a commercial provider of space […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/08/swmethemes-chinas-space-silk-road-middle-east-chinese-space-silk-road/ Mon, 21 Aug 2017 06:30:07 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=5413 In Part One of this multi-week SpaceWatch Middle East Theme on the Chinese Space Silk Road and the Middle East, we invited Dr. Malcolm Davis of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) to provide an overview of the Space Silk Road for readers. The emergence of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (formerly known as One […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/08/blockstream-satellite-broadcasting-bitcoin-space/ Thu, 17 Aug 2017 07:00:15 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=5388 Blockstream, the leader in blockchain and financial cryptography, today announced the availability of Blockstream Satellite, a new service that broadcasts real-time Bitcoin blockchain data from a group of communication satellites in space to almost everyone on the planet. Blockstream Satellite enables further participation in Bitcoin, including the billions of people in the world without internet […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/07/swmethemes-middle-east-new-space-resource-economy/ Mon, 17 Jul 2017 07:00:04 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=5121 In the first of our week-long #SWMEThemes on the Middle East and Space Resources, Dr. Tom James of Navitas Resources LLP argues that with its heritage in extracting oil and gas from harsh environments and recent investments in space programmes, many Middle Eastern countries are well-placed to take advantage of the nascent space resources economy. The […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/06/inmarsat-awards-contract-additional-gx-satellite-thales-alenia-space/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=4761 Inmarsat, the world’s leading provider of global mobile satellite communications, has announced that it has awarded the contract for the construction of an additional Inmarsat Global Xpress (GX) broadband network communications satellite to Thales Alenia Space. This award reflects Inmarsat’s strategy of adding capacity to its already established, unique, high-speed global broadband network in areas […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/06/government-space-programme-spending-reaches-62-billion-2016/ Thu, 15 Jun 2017 07:00:43 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=4726 According to Euroconsult’s newly released research report, Government Space Programs: Benchmarks, Profiles and Forecasts to 2026, global space budgets totaled $62.2 billion in 2016, down 2% from the previous year. Governments launched 75 satellites, less than the historical peak of 2015 but in line with the last five year average. “The good news is that […]]]>