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Hispasat launches
Ka-band
services in
Mexico
S
panish satellite communications
operator Hispasat is offering
a new service to the Mexican
telecommunications market with the aim of
responding to the need of bringing broadband
connectivity to remote or hard-to-reach areas
of the country where there is no access to high-
quality Internet, thereby helping to reduce the
digital gap that currently exists in Mexico.
Hispasat’s Amazonas 5 satellite, which
has been operational since November 2017,
includes HTS (High Throughput Satellite)
satellite technology and has seven coverage
beams over Mexico in the Ka frequency band.
It offers increased power in communications
at lower connection prices. This satellite covers
77% of the Mexican population and it will be
able to reach 100m people, which represents
approximately 27.2m homes.
Ka-band satellite coverage is more
concentrated and enables the power of the
satellite to be directed over smaller regions.
This, along with the availability of a higher
bandwidth and the possibility of reusing
frequencies that allows for HTS technology,
Bron|Broen for
DirecTV
The Scandinavian thriller
series about Saga Norén is
returning to Latin American
screens. DirecTV Latin
America has acquired the
fourth and final season of the
award-winning thriller series
Bron | Broen (aka The Bridge)
from ZDF Enterprises.
The first three seasons
of the suspense series have
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represents a direct increase in information
that can be transmitted, reaching higher
speeds and securing more competitive rates
this platform include access to internet in
homes, corporate networks, government
services, cellular backhaul as a complement
to mobile networks, mobility services (land,
air and sea) and other types of solutions such
as telemedicine or distance learning, among
many others.
In many areas of Mexico that are still
digitally isolated, the Ka band offered by
Hispasat may be the solution to opening the
doors of the Information Society to many
Mexicans who currently cannot enjoy the
advantages that the digital world offers for
economic and social development.
Hispasat has been present in Mexico for
more than 15 years with the launch of the
first satellite of the Amazonas fleet in 2004,
providing communication services on the
C and Ku frequency bands throughout the
entire Mexican territory, which has led to a
history of growth and success in this market.
It is worth noting the service provided to the
México Conectado government project, which
provides connectivity to public schools and
institutions in order to contribute to reducing
the digital gap in the country. To date, more
for the end customers. Furthermore, the user
than 10,000 locations have been connected
terminals required in order to receive these
to the Internet via the Amazonas 2 and
signals are compact and easy
Amazonas 3 satellites which,
In many areas moreover, offer other types of
to deploy. This has enabled
of Mexico that services, such as audiovisual
significant improvements in the
performance of connectivity
are still digitally services for important Mexican
services via satellite.
isolated, the Ka companies in the world of
Hispasat has built a new
band offered by telecommunications.
teleport in Ixtlahuaca de Rayón
Furthermore, Hispasat
Hispasat may be signed a multi-year
(State of Mexico) to operate
the solution agreement with the Mexican
this service and has chosen
the telecommunications
telecommunications company
company Gilat as the supplier
GlobalSat to offer broadband
of the powerful satellite bandwidth platform
communication services in the scope of small
SkyEdge II-c, through which it will manage
and medium-sized companies in Mexico.
the connectivity service. Accordingly, Hispasat
The agreement offers business solutions with
confirms its commitment not only to the
high-quality satellite connectivity for SMEs
Mexican market, but also to establishing
of any sector (banking, energy, mining, oil,
alliances with companies of this country in
agriculture, etc.) that wish to cover their
order to launch the new service.
current broadband needs and are unable
The applications that Hispasat can provide
to find suitable technological options in the
to Mexican companies and citizens through
market.
already been successfully
broadcast on the Latin
America pay-television
provider’s exclusive
entertainment channel,
OnDirecTV. The fourth season
of Bron | Broen has already
been sold to more than 140
countries.
ZDF Enterprises and
DirecTV Latin America share a
long partnership. OnDirecTV
has been credited with
launching ‘Scandinavian Noir’
in Latin America. DirecTV
also licensed the award-
winning hit series The Killing
(Forbydelsen) from ZDF
Enterprises.
“We’re proud to have
been the channel to widely
introduce Latin American
audiences to the incredible
storytelling of Scandi-noir,”
said Willard Tressel, General
Manager of OnDirecTV.
“Though we’re sad to say
goodbye to Bron | Broen, we
can be assured our viewers
will be captivated with this
very special series finale.”
“DirecTV is the appropriate
home for Bron | Broen in
Latin America and we are
pleased that the series works
so well for them,” declared
Fred Burcksen, President
and CEO of ZDF Enterprises.
“We are glad to see the
worldwide success of Bron |
Broen continue with the latest
season.”