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.”
