please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message this article needs to be updated . please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . february 2014 see also aces disambiguation aces asia cellular satellite is a regional satellite telecommunications company based in jakarta indonesia . it offers gsm like satellite telephony services to asian market . the coverage area includes indonesia malaysia thailand philippines sri lanka vietnam china and india . the company operates the garuda 1 satellite launched on february 12 2000 . a second satellite garuda 2 was planned but never materialized . aces was formed by a joint venture of pt . pasifik satelit nusantara psn lockheed martin global telecommunication lmgt jasmine international overseas ltd of thailand and philippine long distance telephone co. pldt . aces services are marketed by national service providers nsps in six countries ; pt . pasifik satelit nusantara in indonesia aces regional services in thailand smart aces in the philippines tmtouch celcom in malaysia avco in nepal and mobitel in sri lanka . the satellite and most network operations are controlled by aces network control center in batam island indonesia . the nsps operate ground stations which provide links to the terrestrial telephone networks . aces has been assigned the virtual country code 88220 an international networks code rather than a gmss code as the system does not operate globally . the company currently supplies only one handset type the ericsson r190 which derived many components from gh688 model . 1 r190 is a dual mode satellite gsm phone which automatically switches to satellite mode when terrestrial gsm network is not available . it accepts standard gsm sim cards and since aces has international roaming agreements with many gsm networks worldwide the phone can be used in virtually any country . the handset supports most standard services such as call forward and call waiting but does not support short message service sms in satellite mode . the demise of ericsson mobile phone business in 2001 has left aces with no other handset available to offer to its customers citation needed . as ericsson left the mobile phone business production of the r190 was then continued by aces and rebranded to be the aces r190 . additionally aces has developed a land phone version the aces fr 190 that allowed many villages and rural areas throughout asia access to basic telephony services . 2 at its conception aces network was designed to serve up to 2 million subscribers . it aimed for markets unserved by regular terrestrial cellular networks such as rural areas forestry mining and marine industries . however sales grew slowly and after five years of operation aces had fewer than 20 000 subscribers . the company failed to attract more customers with its huge debt and its only satellite nearing its end of life aces is considered by many as a commercial failure . in 2006 aces entered into a collaboration agreement with inmarsat . see also edit geo mobile radio interface o3b references edit aces asia cellular satellite archived august 22 2007 at the wayback machine . aces fixed phone . aces . archived from the original on december 22 2010 . external links edit main web site list of communications satellites retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title aces & oldid 742003281 categories communications satellitesmobile phone companies of indonesiasatellite telephonyindonesian brandshidden categories articles with wayback machine linksarticles needing additional references from february 2014all articles needing additional referenceswikipedia articles in need of updating from february 2014all wikipedia articles in need of updatingall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran aisitalianolatvie upolskiportugu ssuomi edit links this page was last modified on 1 october 2016 at 01 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view