BEIJING—By the end of the year, China will set up a new telecom carrier, the China Telecommunications Satellite Group Corporation, by merging the satellite subsidiaries of several existing companies, including China Telecommunications Broadcast Satellite Corporation and ChinaSat.
Zhou Zehe, who is currently heading ChinaSat, has been appointed general manager.
In China, satellites are still underused for transmitting telecom signals. The company will also offer Internet access and Internet Protocol (IP) telephony.
Hughes, one of the world’s biggest satellite service providers, opened a China subsidiary in mid-October.
