Recognising the strategic importance of Africa, Newskies Satellites N.V. has decided to expand its global presence by opening an office in Johannesburg, South Africa. This location will be responsible for Sub Sahara and Southern African countries and will be headed up by General Manager - Africa, Martin Brasg. Martin brings with him vast knowledge of the ISP industry. Having worked for Global One and UUNET for a number of years, he was instrumental in forging the way forward for Internet start-ups in over 10 African regions.
Newskies Satellites South Africa will be closer to its existing customer base in Africa in addition to expanding and forging long-term partnerships with the telecoms and Internet industries in the region.
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Formed through the partial privatisation of INTELSAT, New Skies Satellites N.V. (New Skies) is a global satellite communications company with five satellites in geosynchronous orbit and ground facilities around the world. New Skies has three new satellites under construction, one due for launch in late 2001 over the Atlantic Ocean Region (NSS-7.) A second in late 2002 over Asia (NSS-6,) and a third in late 2003 (NSS-8) over the Americas. What do we have to sell? New Skies operates NSS K, NSS 803, and NSS 806 in the Atlantic Ocean region, NSS 703 in the Indian Ocean and NSS 513 in the Pacific Ocean region. These satellites provide complete global coverage at C-band, and high-powered Ku-band spot beams over most of the world`s principal population centres. New Skies` spacecraft are established and reliable satellites operating at well-established orbital locations. The satellites have an extensive customer base of blue-chip broadcasting and communications clients. These customers can take advantage of flexible capacity at competitive prices for both fixed term leases and occasional use.
Additional information is available at http://www.newskies.com.
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