Arabsat holds its Board Meeting in Dubai with the participation of nine Arab countries
Arab
Satellite
Communications Organization
–
Arabsat- holds
its 147th
Board of
Directors meetings in
Dubai
-
United
Arab Emirates
from 5th
-
6th
November 2014
, headed by the Saudi
Ministry
of Information Deputy and Arabsat
Chairman Eng. /
Saleh bin
Abdulaziz
AL-Moughaelith.
Nine Arab countries are
participating
in this meeting
, Saudi Arabia
-
Kuwait
- Libya
-
Qatar
- United Arab
Emirates
-
Oman
-
Iraq
- Yemen -
Tunisia.
Khalid Ben
Ahmed
Balkheyour
President & CEO of Arabsat, said
that
this
session of the Board
Meeting will be
preceded by the specialized committees
meetings. The current
Board Meeting will
discuss
numbers of topics most
important of is the project of
manufacturing
and launching
four new
Satellites , two of
them on Arabsat
orbital positions ,
and the other two are
on Hellas-Sat
orbital positions, that
was acquired by
Arabsat last year.
These four
satellites are considered a giant
leap in terms
of
manufacturing
technology and
satellites capabilities and
coverage.
Balkheyour
added that
Arabsat
is the only
Satellite operator in the Middle East,
that offers a full
range of
satellite
telecommunications and
broadcasting services
in addition to
broadband services
through a
growing fleet
of satellites
on 26°
East,
30.5° East
and 20° East
as well as
Hellas-Sat
orbital position 39°East.
