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Vietnam to provide satellite services abroad
Viet Nam has signed several MoUs on the provision of satellite services abroad, said the Deputy Director of Vietnam Telecom International VTI - a subsidiary of Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group – which was assigned to operate the country’s first satellite.
VTI Deputy Director Lam Quoc Cuong said on August 21 that VTI has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Asia Broadcast Satellite of Hong Kong, China, on business cooperation and the exchange of satellite capacity, and another with the Universal Telecom Services of the US on the sale of Vinasat-1 frequency bands.
VTI is also negotiating with foreign partners on cooperation to offer Vinasat-1-based services in the Asia-Pacific, including Thailand ’s Thaicom and Singapore ’s Protostar satellite exploitation firm.
Vinasat-1 was launched into orbit with help of an Ariane 5 rocket from the European Union Arianespace launching pad at Kourou, French Guyana, at 5:17 a.m ( Vietnam time) of April 19, 2008.
VNA
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