Press Releases
Thuraya Signs Pan-Telecom as Service Provider in Ukraine
Thuraya is further reinforcing its growing presence in Eastern Europe and CIS region with the signing of a Service Provider Agreement in Ukraine. Pan-Telecom of Ukraine has become Thuraya’s 34 th Service Provider.
Read More...Thuraya Acquires GMPCS MoU Mark Approval From ITU
Thuraya has obtained the GMPCS-MoU mark approval from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). This approval means that Thuraya may affix the GMPCS-MoU mark on its handheld terminals.
Read More...Mattel Becomes Thuraya’s Service Provider in Mauritania
Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company has recently appointed the Mauritanian-Tunisian Telecommunications Company (Mattel) as the Service Provider for its mobile satellite telephony services in Mauritania.
Read More...Thuraya System for Inmarsat Broadband Data Services
Thuraya has concluded an agreement with Inmarsat that enables Inmarsat service users to have faster access to Internet and intranet content and solutions, email, and remote LAN access over Europe (excluding Scandinavia), Northern Africa, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent.
Read More...Orbita-Plus Becomes Thuraya’s Service Provider in Kazakhstan
Thuraya has established a strategic presence for its mobile satellite system in the CIS region, through a commercial alliance with Orbita-Plus which has become its Service Provider in Kazakhstan
Read More...GloCall BV Signs up as Thuraya’s Service Provider in the Benelux Countries
Thuraya continues to reinforce its position as a leading mobile satellite operator in Europe. It has signed GloCall BV as its service provider in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.
Read More...Thuraya Signs Service Provider Agreement with Cameroon
Thuraya’s growing network of Service Providers Partners in Africa was reinforced with the addition of Telecom Industry Corporation (TIC) of Cameroon.
Read More...Launch of Thuraya-1 Satellite Set for 21st October
The launch of Thuraya-1, the first satellite for the UAE-based Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company is set for 21 October 2000 (UAE time). Thuraya-1 will be launched by a Sea Launch rocket from the middle of the Pacific Ocean, near the equator.
Read More...Thuraya Mission Profile
The Thuraya launch will place a commercial telecommunications satellite into Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit in October 2000.The spacecraft separation will occur 1,388 miles above South America.
Read More...Thuraya and Investcom Sign Major Service Provision Deal Investcom becomes Thuraya’s Service Provider in Four Countries
Investcom Global Limited has become Thuraya’s Service Provider in four countries – Lebanon, Ghana, Guinea and Benin.
Read More...Thuraya Signs up Danimex Communications as its Service Provider in Denmark
Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company has expanded its partnerships in the Europe with a new a commercial alliance with Danimex Communications Ltd in Denmark.
Read More...Chairman's Annual Statement to Thuraya's Shareholders
The major strides taken by Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications company in 1999 stress two important facts: first, Thuraya is steadily progressing towards the realisation of the vision of its founding shareholders: and second, that the company is increasingly becoming one of the most viable options for mobile satellite telephony. The developments in the Global Mobile Personal Communications via Satellite (GMPCS) industry versus Thuraya’s achievements in 1999 bear this out.
Read More...Thuraya Signs Up Partner in Bangladesh
With the launch date of its regional mobile satellite system approaching, Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company is steadily progressing in expanding its commercial partnerships in the region, the latest being in Bangladesh.
Read More...Global Communications Services Romania in Alliance with Thuraya
UAE—Thuraya has added a new partner for provision of its services in Romania. Global Communications Services Romania has become Thuraya’s twenty first Service Provider.
Read More...Sea Launch Delivers PAS-9 Satellite to Orbit
Long Beach , Calif , - Sea Launch, the multinational ocean-based launch services company, returned to flight operations with a perfect launch of the PAS-9 satellite.
From the equatorial launch site at 154 degrees West Longitude, the Sea Launch Zenit-3SL rocket lifted off from the Odyssey Launch Platform at exactly 3:42 p.m. PDT and soared […]