Alcatel Space Wins $118 Million Contract to Design and Build High-Capacity Telecommunication Satellite for APT.Business Editors PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 2001 Alcatel Space, a world leader in space technology, has signed a $118 million contract with the APT Satellite Holdings Limited (APT), a leading satellite operator in the Asia Pacific region, to design, manufacture and deliver a high-capacity telecommunication satellite and its associated ground segment. Alcatel Space will supply its advanced SB4000 geo-stationary telecommunications satellite for APT's APSTAR VB project. With 50 Ku-band and C-band transponders, the satellite offers APT the capability to provide advanced broadband multimedia, new digital television services and traditional telecommunications services to telecom and television operators in the Asia Pacific region. The transponders are tailor-made for APT based on the latest space technology, enabling the powerful commercial satellite to have a footprint that extends over almost the whole Asia Pacific region from India, China to Australia, increasing terrestrial reception quality and reducing the size of satellite receiving dishes. China is covered with a dedicated high power Ku-band beam for broadband multimedia transmission. Chen Zhaobin, executive director and president of APT said, "The powerful satellite and the advanced technology provided by Alcatel will enable us to offer more value-added services, such as broadband or multimedia in telecommunication and broadcasting, to our customers." About APT consortium Listed on the Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. and New York stock exchanges New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. , APT Satellite Holdings Limited (the "Group" which include all the subsidiaries) is a leading provider of high-quality satellite transponder A receiver/transmitter on a communications satellite. It receives a microwave signal from earth (uplink), amplifies it and retransmits it back to earth at a different frequency (downlink). A satellite has several transponders. and telecommunications network A telecommunications network is a of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. services. Through its Satellite Control Centre in Tai Po, Hong Kong, the Group currently operates three in-orbit geostationary Aligned with the earth. Refers to satellites (GEOs) that travel at the same rotational speed as the earth (they are geosynchronous) and are always the same distance from the earth. See GEO. satellites comprising APSTAR I, APSTAR IA and APSTAR IIR IIR - Infinite Impulse Response . We expect to launch APSTAR V, a high power satellite in the middle of 2003 to replace the APSTAR I. The Group is also committed to constructing APSTAR VB as the backup satellite for APSTAR V. About Alcatel Space Alcatel Space ranks among the world's leading space systems prime contractors. Leveraging its dual expertise in civil and military applications, Alcatel Space develops satellite technology solutions for telecommunications, navigation, optical and radar observation, meteorology meteorology, branch of science that deals with the atmosphere of a planet, particularly that of the earth, the most important application of which is the analysis and prediction of weather. , and scientific applications. Alcatel Space established its world leadership in satellite orders in 2000, winning the most orders for geo-stationary communications satellites, with a total of 10 satellites (27% of the market). A fully-owned subsidiary of Alcatel (100%), Alcatel Space generated 2000 revenues of 1.4 billion Euros and has 6,000 employees. About Alcatel Alcatel (Paris: CGEP CGEP Commonwealth Graduate Engineering Program (Virginia) CGEP Center for Gifted Education Policy .PA and NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : ALA) builds next generation networks, delivering integrated end-to-end voice and data networking solutions to established and new carriers, as well as enterprises and consumers worldwide. With sales of EURO 31 billion in 2000 and 110,000 employees and, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. |
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