SES AMERICOM RECEIVES TYPE 1 TELECOM LICENSE IN JAPAN
December 16, 2003 Princeton, NJ and Tokyo, Japan SES AMERICOM, an SES GLOBAL Company, (SESG: Luxembourg and Frankfurt Exchanges), announced today that the Government of Japan, through its Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications (the Japanese telecommunications authority), has granted the company a Type 1 Telecommunications Business License which includes the authority to operate an earth station to facilitate satellite services for a broad range of customers distributing content between Japan and the U.S.
Dean Olmstead, President and CEO of SES AMERICOM, said, ?We are privileged and honored to join the highest ranks of telecommunications providers here in Japan. We have plans to be an active participant in the Japanese telecommunications industry through our newly-formed WORLDSAT business, supporting both Japanese and U.S.-based customers with connectivity and bandwidth services.?
Andreas Georghiou, President of WORLDSAT, said, ?We are totally committed to and hope to encourage the growth of the telecommunications market here in Japan; in preparation for this day, we have developed excellent working relationships with SCC and JSAT. With satellites positioned above Asia, and the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, WORLDSAT can provide seamless connectivity to the world?s most important markets through SES satellites serving the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa.?
About SES AMERICOM
The largest supplier of satellite services in the U.S., SES AMERICOM, Inc. is recognized as a pioneer of global satellite communications services. Established in 1973 with its first satellite circuit for the U.S. Armed Forces, the company currently operates a fleet of 16 spacecraft in orbital positions providing service throughout the Americas, across Europe, over the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and throughout Asia. As a member of the SES GLOBAL family, AMERICOM is able to provide end-to-end telecommunications solutions to any region in the world. SES AMERICOM?s key customers include ABC Radio Networks, AT&T Alascom, AOL Time Warner, Deutsche Welle, Discovery, EchoStar, Fox, TV Guide/Gemstar, Gannett, HBO, Hughes Network Systems, NBC, The New York Times, NHK, PaxNet, PBS, TELE Greenland, TV Europa, Verestar, Viacom and, through AMERICOM Government Services, various agencies of the U.S. government.
About WORLDSAT
WORLDSAT creates seamless solutions for international broadcasters, secure data networks, government agencies, value-added resellers and telecoms worldwide by interconnecting the world?s premier satellite systems and covering all major regions. C-band capacity is available across the Atlantic Ocean Region (37.5° West, 47° West), as well as the Pacific Ocean Region (174.3° West, 172° East), and Ku-band is available in Asia (108.2° East). A new business unit of SES GLOBAL, WORLDSAT?s key customers include Antrix Corporation Ltd., Globecomm Systems, JSAT, Korea Telecom, MCI, PCCW, Space Communications Corporation, Teleport Access Services, Unitel Hellas and a number of U.S. government agencies, through AMERICOM Government Services.
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Contact: Monica Morgan
SES AMERICOM
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