Arab Satellite Communications organization – Arabsat – was awarded “Best Satellite Operator of the Year” while participating at SATCOM Africa 2013 inJohannesburg,South Africa.
Arabsat was chosen for this year’s award since it has met the criteria for the award by being the service provider who has made a difference to the satellite industry in Africa, also being the satellite operator who made new and innovative services available and accommodated the changing needs of the system inAfrica.
Eng \ Khalid bin Ahmed Balkhyour, President & CEO of Arabsat said “We are very pleased with this award, as it crowned the efforts of Arabsat to expand the geographical coverage to serve all customers in the African continent and in all coverage areas, as well as the services offered by Arabsat through its up to date fleet, which is considered the youngest in the region, the latest of which is Badr -7, the first satellite of the 6th generation satellites, which was designed according to the latest technologies including satellite broadcast and telecommunications, creating a new era of convergence between satellite communication and TV broadcasting at Arabsat 26° East (Hot Spot), due to be launched in 2015.”
Arabsat previously won the award for best satellite service provider at Satcom Africa 2010.
About Arabsat: Founded in 1976, Arabsat has been serving the growing needs of the Arab world for over 30 years. Now one of the world’s top satellite operators and by far the leading satellite services provider in the Arab world, it carries over 450 TV channels, 160 radio stations, 4 Pay-TV networks and wide variety of HD channels reaching tens of millions of homes in more than 80 countries across the Middle East, Africa, Europe—and way beyond around the world—including an audience of over 170 million viewers in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region alone tuned into Arabsat’s video “hotspot” at 26° East.
Operating a growing fleet of owned satellites at the 20° East, 26° East, 30.5° East and 34.5° East positions of the geostationary orbit, ARABSAT is the only satellite operator in the MENA region offering the full spectrum of Broadcast, Telecommunications and Broadband services. This capacity will continue to expand with the launching of new satellites, making the ARABSAT satellites’ fleet the youngest in the region.