Thaicom

Thaicom is a telecommunications service provider in Thailand. The business of Thaicom is divided into four areas: leasing of satellite transponders, telephone services, Internet and media services, as well as the publication of telephone directories and business directories. The Thaicom satellites use the two orbital positions of 78.5 ° and 120 ° Ost078.5 Ost0120.

Name and owner

The company was founded on November 7, 1991 under the name Shinawatra Satellite Company, a subsidiary of Shin Corporation. As of 18 January 1994 it was listed on the stock exchange. The first renaming of the company took place on 2 August 1999 in Shin Satellite. Since 10 April 2008, the company bears the name of Thaicom, according to the satellite, which operates the company. The largest shareholders (as of August 2012) are the Shin Corporation, which now operates under the name INTOUCH, with 41.14 % and the Thai NVDR with 7.78% of the shares.

Satellite Operations

The Shinawatra Satellite Company in 1991 received a license to build the first Thai satellite to start and operate. The license has a term of 30 years. The launch of the satellite Thaicom 1 on 17 December 1993. 2014 was followed by five additional satellites. Currently, more than 450 television programs via the Thaicom satellite broadcast.

The satellite Thaicom 6 will also provide under the name Africom 1 Africa with television programming and telecommunications services.

In order to preserve the right to the assigned orbital position at 120 ° Ost0120, Thaicom closed in December 2011 an agreement with the competitor AsiaSat. In 2014, a joint satellite is to be placed at 120 °, which is to carry the two numbers 7 and Thaicom, AsiaSat 6.