Award recognizes Intelsat’s satellite communications leadership in
the Middle East and Africa
LUXEMBOURG & DUBAI, United Arab Emirates--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 2016--
Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I), operator of the world’s first Globalized
Network, powered by its leading satellite backbone, tonight was named
“Satellite Operator of the Year” during the 2016 Arab States
Broadcasting Union (ASBU) presents BroadcastPro Selevision Awards. The
result was announced during a ceremony in Dubai.
Nominees were judged by a panel of experts across the MENA region on
their work toward improving communications in the Middle East and North
Africa and the lives of the people living there. Intelsat, as well as
other operators in the region, enable voice communication, provide
Internet access to fiber-lacking areas and give access to education or
healthcare to those in remote locations.
“This award recognizes Intelsat’s continuing leadership as the innovator
in space-based communications. In 2016, Intelsat delivered on the
promise of high throughput satellite (HTS) technology when it launched
the first two satellites in the Intelsat EpicNG network,
providing immediate benefits to users,” said Shahrokh Khanzadeh-Amiri,
Managing Director, MENA, Intelsat. “The launches established Intelsat as
the first operator to implement a backward-compatible, open architecture
HTS platform. Intelsat EpicNG will support the growth of
telecom operators, service providers and media organizations with higher
performance, improved economics and simplified access.”
Intelsat has also continued to give communities access to affordable,
high-quality and reliable television/video programming. Intelsat 36,
which has now entered service, bolsters the penetration of high
definition programming for viewers in the broader Middle East and Africa
regions.
The ASBU presents BroadcastPro Selevision Awards cover a broad range of
categories to reward excellence in various fields across the broadcast
workflow, from production and post-production to traditional broadcast
and new media platforms.
About Intelsat
Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I) operates the world’s first Globalized Network,
delivering high-quality, cost-effective video and broadband services
anywhere in the world. Intelsat’s Globalized Network combines the
world’s largest satellite backbone with terrestrial infrastructure,
managed services and an open, interoperable architecture to enable
customers to drive revenue and reach through a new generation of network
services. Thousands of organizations serving billions of people
worldwide rely on Intelsat to provide ubiquitous broadband connectivity,
multi-format video broadcasting, secure satellite communications and
seamless mobility services. The end result is an entirely new world, one
that allows us to envision the impossible, connect without boundaries
and transform the ways in which we live. For more information, visit www.intelsat.com.
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