News
02 December 2019

ADB's first satellite financing to expand internet access in APAC

In:
Telecoms and Communications
Region:
Asia-Pacific

The Asian Development Bank has signed a $50 million agreement with Kacific Broadband Satellites International to provide satellite-based, high-speed broadband internet connections to countries in Asia and the Pacific.The project, which represents ADB’s first satellite financing, will...

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