Ciel Satellite
Receives Approval In Principle To Develop Six Canadian Spectrum
Licences
(9 July 2008) The Ciel Satellite Group
announced today that Industry Canada has issued Approvals in Principle to Ciel
to develop the following spectrum: Ka FSS at 91°W and 109.2°W; 17 GHz
BSS at 91°W, 103°W and 107.3°W; and 12 GHz BSS at
138°W.
Preliminary assignment to Ciel of these frequencies
and orbital positions was announced by Industry Canada in June 2007. Ciel
recognises the Government of Canada's leadership in promoting a more
competitive and innovative Canadian telecommunications industry through this
licensing process.
Dave Lewis, CEO and President of Ciel Satellite
Group, said, "We are pleased that the efforts to commercially develop these
opportunities can now begin in earnest, and we look forward to meeting the
growing need for next generation satellite facilities in Canada and
abroad."
About Ciel Satellite
Ciel is a Canadian owned and
controlled organisation that is supported by a strong combination of partners,
including: BPC Telecommunications Corp, a company controlled by Borealis
Infrastructure, which is part of the OMERS Pension Plan's group of companies;
Canadian satellite pioneer Brian Neill; and SES Americom, an SES S.A. company,
a world-wide leader in the satellite industry. Launch of Ciel-2, the largest Ku
BSS spacecraft ever constructed, is anticipated to occur in the Fourth Quarter
of 2008.
(source: Ciel Satellite)
