| Volume 1 . Issue #4 . November 2006 |
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Shin Satellite Celebrates Anniversary — Proudly Serving Asia-Pacific for 15 Years
On November 7, 1991, Shinawatra Satellite Company Limited was founded. And in December that year, His Majesty, King Bhumiphol Adulyadej, graciously provided a name for Thailand’s satellite program: THAICOM, symbolizing the link between Thailand and modern communications technology.
Looking back, in only fifteen years Shin Satellite has come a long way. Today we are one of the most dynamic satellite operators in the world. And our brands both THAICOM and IPSTAR
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| IPSTAR TV Commercial Receives Prestigious CASBAA Award 2006 |
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Shin Satellite has been awarded with this year's CASBAA Advertising Award for Best Business/Corporate TVC.
A total of 165 commercials from the Asia-Pacific Region competed in 10 categories. |
| The IPSTAR “Pizza” commercial won the award in the category of Business/Corporate TVC, already scoring the second award after receiving Thailand's TACT Award earlier this year. |
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| THAICOM and IPSTAR on the Move |
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More than 200 Customers Attend Annual IPSTAR and THAICOM Users Seminars
The month of November marked two big customer events for Shin Satellite: the “International IPSTAR & THAICOM Users Seminar 2006” (I-TIUS ‘06) and the “IPSTAR & THAICOM Users Seminar 2006” (I-TUS '06). More than 200 regulars from throughout Asia-Pacific attended this year's events.
In the fine tradition of these exclusive seminars, once again it was amazing to see what happens when customers, management, engineers, sales, technical staff, and ... More » |
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Meet us @ ITU TELECOM WORLD 2006, Hong Kong
From 4 – 8 December, Shin Satellite will proudly showcase a number of exciting IPSTAR broadband satellite solutions and products at its booth 8012, Hall 8, at the Asia Expo.
IPSTAR connects rural communities, businesses, and the public sector quickly and directly to the world, providing 40+ Gbps satellite bandwidth capacity ... More » |
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| Feature |
Got Milk? How BayCity Cultivates New Zealand’s Farmside with a little Help from IPSTAR
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As we know, the key benefits of the IPSTAR system are its ability to provide an immediately available, high-capacity ground network with affordable bandwidth and end-user terminals. The system allows for rapid deployment and flexible service locations anywhere within its extensive footprint.
In the meantime, IPSTAR has reached New Zealand’s shores and the country’s rural communities are already reaping the benefits IPSTAR broadband satellite has to offer and where terrestrial lines are not available. |
New Zealand’s BayCity Technologies teamed up with IPSTAR to provide state-of-the-art remote tools for the country’s rural communities both via the IPSTAR satellite and conventional ADSL. Among the solutions developed by BayCity is a remote management tool for farmers, including the ability to manage milk storage on dairy farms. More »
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 If you have any story ideas, suggested topics, or other information you would like to see covered in this newsletter,
please let us know by sending an email to mcd@thaicom.net |
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