Thaicom Deal Allows NBN To Add 9,000 Subscribers

摘要

Australian broadband provider NBN Co. on July 22 ceded to consumer pressure and agreed to provide interim satellite service on Thaicom's IPStar satellite for up to 9,000 additional consumers until NBN's own satellites are launched in 2015. The decision, which came just two months after Sydney-based NBN refused new satellite subscriptions, will be good news for Thaicom and its ground terminal provider, Gilat Satellite Networks of Petah Tikva, Israel. IPStar and Gilat had already filled their NBN-ordered Interim Satellite Service subscriber quota of 44,000, with subscribers signing on faster than NBN had expected.