Presided over by ARABSAT CTO, Mr. Mueid Al-Zahrani, the 7th Arabsat Telecom Forum in Al-Jadidah, Morocco, was attended by over 115 delegates from the field of telecommunications, broadband service providers and Arabsat customers.
The Forum discussed the technical aspects, payload and coverage maps of future ARABSAT satellite missions and the latest technology for satellite telecommunications services. The Forum was an ideal platform for Magrib Area Satcom Officials to share their experience with ARABSAT and other experts from around the world.
ARABSAT CTO Eng. Mueid Al-Zahrani commented: “Active participation of TAQNIA Space, Cetel, MICT, Level 421, SNL etc have added more colors to the forum by presenting their Network Solutions on ARABSAT fleet and coming Ka-Band solution on-board Hellas-Sat-4 that will eventually create new business streams in GCC and beyond”.
Eng/ Khalid Balkheyour, President & CEO of ARABSAT, stated: “We are currently working on the design of our new satellite fleet ARABSAT 6A at 30.5 Deg.East and HS-4 in partnership with Taqnia Space on Hellas-Sat orbital position to develop broadcasting & telecommunications services and enhancing the possibility of utilizing these orbital positions to promote and develop the services offered by Arabsat to its customers not only in the European continent, but in the Middle East, MENA, South Africa and beyond.” (Source: ARABSAT press release)