Industry Satellite service Type of business Private | Founded 1995 | |
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Gulfsat provides satellite communications solutions in the state of Kuwait. It was established in 1995 with the partnership of the Kuwait Ministry of Communications and Hughes Network Systems. Gulfsat is a member of KIPCO Group, the region’s leading investment group.
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Gulfsat communications
Company history
Gulfsat started in 1995 by leasing ministry of communication uplink facility in Um Al-Hayman. In 2002 Gulfsat started expanding its operations by investing in building two worldwide hubs in the United States and Germany currently not operationally . Gulfsat owns and operates its own communications infrastructure through leasing satellite capacity from AM-44 satellite Russian satellite owned by RISCC, thus maintaining long-term partnerships with its customers. Gulfsat is not a licensed Satellite service provider in the State of Kuwait as Kuwaiti telecom authority didn't authorize any one as of February 2016.