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Company Profile
Mission
To build a dynamic technology hub that nurtures diverse set of talents, accelerates innovation, and strengthen our nation’s digital independence and data sovereignty.
Vision
To empower the nation’s economic growth and beyond through diverse talent.
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CEO Profile
With a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and a Master’s in Communication Management, Lim Ming Soon has been a pioneer in the telecommunications industry for the past 27 years. He began as a field Engineer then moved up in his career to Chief marketing officer at TelBru, the Chief Executive Officer of B.Mobile, and sits on Board of Directors Membership for several Joint Venture Companies locally and internationally, such as ACPL, ACASIA, ComQuest, NIAT, etc.
In 2017, he was appointed as the Chief Executive officer of NIAT, Over the years at NiAT, Ming Soon’s ethos has been to train, upgrade, and maintain the competency of the company’s local talents. His effective leadership, which focuses on open communication and embracing teamwork culture towards developing a high performing managerial team, has generated tremendous strides in the satcom industry. This ultimately culminated in NiAT receiving its first international recognition as the Best Asia Start up Award at the Asia Corporate Excellence and Sustainability (ACES) Awards in 2018, subsequently, Best Manager of the Year by Oxford Award Agency iin 2021, and then Satellite Company of the Year by Asian Telecom award and ACES Award for Asia’s Most Promising SMEs in 2024. As innovation being part of our sustainability strategies, we have also won BICTA award with our in house GeoSpatial solution in 2022 and 2023.
Continuos Personal Development has always been his passion and enthusiasm. In his personal time, he self-studied to pursue certification in Internation Arbitration in 2023 and then a Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) in 2024.
Yearly Milestones
- NIAT won Asian Telecom Awards for Satellite Company of the Year
- NIAT joining Brunei 40th National Day for the 1st time
- NIAT x UBD renew Collab
- NiAT x BIL Signing, Providing New Opportunities
- OBSERVE Seminar: Harnessing Geospatial Intelligence for Climate Change
- Awarded 5-year contract with an Oil and Gas Company
- NiAT Rebranding
- BICTA Awards, Winner under Consumer & Business Services for OBSERVE’s MataGrid
- MoU Signing between NiAT & UTB
- NiAT x UBD Commerates MoU for Academia Grant
- BICTA Awards, 2nd Runner Up under ICT Industry for OBSERVE’s Maritime Domain Awareness
- Sukang & Melilas 4mbps link install and start officially under education ministry
- GIS Day Hackathon with IBTE Students
- Launch of ACTIVATE services to our end users
- First Ku Band vessel installation and service delivery to local defence ministry
- Achievement Forum award (excellence in quality award)
- World GIS Day Webinar
- Testing and POC Sukang & Melilas link using KA Band
- Collaborative partnership with MAXAR
- Awarded a 5-year contract for c band site (Aviation Monitoring)
- First satellite imagery customer with local ministry
- Launched OBSERVE™
- Training and certification of staff at ESRI Malaysia for geospatial and drone services
- Received Asia’s Best Startup Award from Asia Corporate Excellence & Sustainability Awards (ACES) 2018 in Singapore
- First service order for offshore Ku-band services from local Oil and Gas company
- Head office relocated from iCentre, Berakas to Kg Menglait
- First solar energy project for UBD
- First proof of concept for Ku Band services
- IT & Network Management Services
- Started offering Thuraya and Iridium Services
- Awarded 5-year contract local Oil & Gas company (Teleport and Backhaul Telecommunications Project)
- Awarded 2-year C band contract with an international service provider
- NiAT underwent and completed ITIL Certification for system standardisation
- Started offering equipment testing and basic repair services
- Upgraded Telisai Satellite Earth Station to achieve high SLA
- Fleet Broadband Proof of concept and commissioning (Defence and oil & gas sector)
- Joined the Brunei Pavillion in CommunicAsia
- Start offering Technical Services and AAIC Services
- Signed Collaboration Agreement with Telbru
- Digital Microwave Network set up to increase SLA level and redundancy system
- Signed Channel Partner Agreement with Inmarsat
- Signed first oil and gas C-band VSAT customers for 3-year contract
- Awarded dealer license from AITI
- Awarded SeTi license from AITI
- Incorporated in May (1 June 2010)
- Joint venture between TelBru and TS Global Networks Sdn Bhd (Malaysia)
- First 2 C-Band VSAT customets sign up within 1 month of incorporation