U.S. broadcasting firm plans to expand into Indonesia<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Besides the overseas satellite-based telephone
\nsystem and other telecommunications services, WorldSpace, a U.S.
\nsatellite-based radio broadcasting firm based also plans to
\nexpand into Indonesia.<\/p>\n
WorldSpace's vice president for Asian affairs, Mike Yuh-Hung,
\nsaid yesterday his company would launch three satellites to offer
\ndirect digital delivery radio service.<\/p>\n
Yuh-Hung said WorldSpace would operate three satellites with
\nthe L-band working at the 1.5 gigahertz frequency.<\/p>\n
\"The first satellite, called Afristar, will be launched in
\nmid-1998, the second, Asiastar, in late 1998 and the last one,
\nCaribstar, in mid-1999.\"<\/p>\n
He said the Asiastar satellite would be placed at the 105
\ndegree east longitude and be in orbit over Riau.<\/p>\n
He said WorldSpace would offer special portable radios with
\nchips allowing people to listen the same broadcasting station
\nwithin a 14-million-square-kilometer area.<\/p>\n
\"Radio broadcasting stations have to lease channels at one of
\nthe three satellites to have such a global service,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The Washington-based WorldSpace was set up in 1990 to answer
\ncritical information needs by delivering a broad spectrum of
\nhigh-fidelity radio channels, ranging from amplitude modulation
\n(AM)-equivalent to compact disc (CD)-quality sound.<\/p>\n
Yuh-Hung said France's Alcatel made the satellites, while
\nEuropean consortium Arianespace would launch them.<\/p>\n
He said WorldSpace was negotiating with several Indonesian
\nfirms to form a joint venture firm.<\/p>\n
\"We need the presence of a joint venture company to serve and
\nrun the business in Indonesia.\"<\/p>\n
Several overseas satellite-based telephone and other
\ntelecommunications services are interested in entering Indonesia.
\nThey include Iridium, Globalstar and Inmarsat.<\/p>\n
Hughes Communications Inc also plans to enter Indonesia with
\nits new business, Spaceway, a Ka-band spectrum satellite system
\noffering \"bandwidth-on-demand\" -- to transmit and receive voice,
\ndata, video, audio and multimedia at any time from any place.
\n(icn)<\/p>",
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