Milestones

Founded in 1976 by the 21 member-states of the Arab League, Arabsat has been serving the growing needs of the Arab world for over 30 years. Now ranked as the world’s 10th largest satellite operator & by far the leading satellite services provider in the ME & Africa, it reaches millions of homes in over 100 countries across the ME, Africa & Europe; including more than 164 million people within the 21 Arab countries.

Operating a growing fleet of owned satellites at the 26° East and 30.5° East positions of the geostationary orbit, Arabsat is the only satellite operator in the MENA region offering the full spectrum of Broadcast, Telecommunications and Broadband services. This capacity will continue to expand with the launch of new satellites from 2010 to 2012, making the Arabsat satellite fleet the youngest in the region with the highest possible reliability coupled to ultimate flexibility. This translates to a now unrivalled in-orbit backup, as well as more space capacity than any other player in the region for more TV and radio broadcasting services, professional data network solutions, telephony and IP trunking backbone connectivity, and broadband Internet access for media and entertainment companies, corporate customers and government entities.

Arabsat also maintains strategic partnerships with most of the world's leading satellite companies and VAS integrators, allowing customers to reach farther than ever and deliver content or state of-the art solutions to any end-viewers audience or business partner around the world.

Arabsat is committed to staying at the forefront of satellite services in the region, continuously expanding its range of customer oriented solutions with an unparalleled level of quality, bringing in cutting-edge technology, and providing the largest ever amount of capacity to meet the growing and evolving needs of its customers across the Arab world - and beyond. To support this ambition, Arabsat has announced that, after launching two new Satellites in 2007 & 2008, Arabsat will continue to launch one new satellite every year over the coming four years.