SES GLOBAL Receives 'Investment in Canada' Award Honoring Ciel Satellite Initiative; Award Presented by Canadian Ambassador in Brussels.BETZDORF, Luxembourg Betzdorf (Luxembourgish: Betzder) is a commune and village in eastern Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Grevenmacher, which is part of the district of Grevenmacher. The commune's administrative centre is Berg. & BRUSSELS -- SES GLOBAL, the world's preeminent satellite operator (Pink Sheets:SGBAF) (Paris:SESG SESG Systems Engineering Steering Group SESG Software Engineering Support Group SESG System Engineering Sub-Group ) (LuxX:SESG), was recognized today in Brussels, Belgium, the "Investment in Canada" Award from the Canadian Embassy and the Canada-Belgium-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce. This honour recognizes the SES Group's investment in the Ciel Satellite venture. Ciel Satellite LP is Canada's independent satellite facilities operator. Ciel was founded in 2004 and began commercial operations in August 2005. The partners and shareholders in the Ciel venture are: BPC BPC British Potato Council BPC Brewton-Parker College (Mt Vernon, GA) BPC Bible Presbyterian Church BPC Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (Chittagong, Bangladesh) BPC British Pharmaceutical Codex Telecommunications Corporation, owned by OMERS OMERS Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System , one of Canada's largest pension funds with more than $40 billion in assets; Ottawa-based Smyth Satellite Holdings Ltd., a Canadian satellite and telecommunications company See telecom company. established by Kevin Smyth
Kevin Smyth (born November 22, 1973 in Banff, Alberta) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 58 games in the National Hockey League. He played with the Hartford Whalers. and Gerry Wall, Ph.D.; an investment company led by Brian Neill, the founder and former chairman of Star Choice Communications Inc.; and SES GLOBAL S.A. Ciel on March 16, 2006 awarded Alcatel Alenia Space with the contract to construct a new spacecraft to be known as Ciel-2. The Ciel-2 satellite is scheduled to launch in late 2008. Ciel Satellite was awarded the final license to operate a spacecraft at 129 degrees West from Industry Canada Industry Canada is the department of the Government of Canada with responsibility for regional economic development, investment, and innovation/research and development. The department employs 6104 FTEs across Canada. in August 2005. About SES GLOBAL SES GLOBAL (Pink Sheets:SGBAF) (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) wholly owns three market-leading satellite operators, SES ASTRA in Europe, SES AMERICOM in the US and New Skies Satellites in regions other than North America and Europe. The Company also holds strategic participations in AsiaSat in Asia, Star One in Latin America, SES Sirius in Europe, Ciel in Canada and Quetzsat in Mexico. Americom Government Services provides network solutions and bandwidth to the US government and its contractors. SES GLOBAL provides outstanding satellite communications solutions via a fleet of 43 satellites across the globe. Additional information on SES GLOBAL is available at: www.ses-global.com |
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