ABS Granted Landing Rights in Brazil for ABS-3A on C and Ku-bands at 3°West

March 7 2016

ABS announced it has been granted landing rights from the Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL) in December 2015 to operate its first satellite in Brazil, the new revolutionary ABS-3A satellite on both C and Ku-bands. ABS-3A is the first commercial all-electrical propulsion satellite in the industry and entered into operation in August 2015.  The satellite is available to serve a wide range of verticals in Brazil, including mobile backhaul, rural broadband, video, Oil & Gas, and mobility applications.  

ABS-3A is a high-power satellite providing 720 MHz in C-band and 216 MHz in Ku-band over Latin America.  It also provides superb coverage across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.  Due to its innovative design and wide beam coverage, ABS-3A provides the ideal capacity to serve video, data, mobility and government applications in continents on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

“The approval of the landing rights in Brazil is an important milestone for ABS in the region.  We recognize the importance of Latin America and ABS-3A will satisfy the increasing demand for bandwidth for this market,” commented Tom Choi, CEO of ABS. “We are looking forward to serving such a vibrant and expanding area which is one of the key emergent markets requiring greater satellite capacity to support its fast growing economies.”