{"id":87636,"date":"2010-01-18T21:47:02","date_gmt":"2010-01-18T13:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/africasat-2-enters-service\/"},"modified":"2010-01-18T21:47:02","modified_gmt":"2010-01-18T13:47:02","slug":"africasat-2-enters-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/africasat-2-enters-service\/","title":{"rendered":"AfricaSat-2 Enters Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[01-15-10] <strong>Measat Satellite Systems<\/strong>\u2019 AfricaSat-2 entered service Jan. 13, the operator announced. <br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The satellite provides both C and Ku-Band capacity for telecommunications and broadcasting services across Africa, Southern Europe and the Middle East from an inclined orbital slot at 5.7 degrees East. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cThe African market is emerging as a key market for satellite communications. The commissioning of AfricaSat-2 strengthens our network coverage in this key region,\u201d Measat Senior Vice President Ali Ebadi said in a statement.<\/p>\n<h2>Related Stories-<\/h2>\n<p><b class=\"titlelink\">Backhaul Market Remains Strong<\/b>&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tVia Satellite&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tDecember 1, 2009<br \/>\nForecasts for the wireless backhaul market in Asia remains strong, as demand in the region remains strong and new technology will help the market meet that demand. An April release from ABI Research forecasts that despite a slow economy around\u2026<\/p>\n<p><b class=\"titlelink\">Measat Wins Sundance, WE TV Distribution Contract in Asia-Pacific<\/b>&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tSatellite Today&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tNovember 12, 2009<br \/>\n[11-11-09] Measat Satellite Systems reached an agreement with Rainbow Media and Ascent Media to distribute Rainbow Media\u2019s Sundance and WE TV channels across the Asia-Pacific region via the Measat-3a satellite, the operator\u2026<\/p>\n<p><b class=\"titlelink\">Satellite Fights for Frontline Role In Africa<\/b>&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tVia Satellite&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tApril 1, 2009<br \/>\nThe combination of increased demand for video, data and Internet services on a large land mass with many rural communities means satellite could be at the forefront of the new digital economies emerging in Africa. However, satellite players have\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[01-15-10] Measat Satellite Systems\u2019 AfricaSat-2 entered service Jan. 13, the operator announced. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The satellite provides both C and Ku-Band capacity for telecommunications and broadcasting services across Africa, Southern Europe and the Middle East from an inclined orbital slot at 5.7 degrees East. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cThe African market is emerging as a key market for satellite [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87636"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87636\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}