Author: Staff Writer

Nera Satcom said earlier this week it received the Satlabs Certificate of Compliance, verifying that Nera’s broadband satellite terminals comply with the DVB-RCS standard and can interoperate with other DVB-RCS-based...

The announced combination of Intelsat and Panamsat will create a large, financially stable Fixed Satellite Services provider with a combined fleet of 53 satellites but could be bad news for...

Panamsat said Sept. 7 it signed a multiyear agreement the Mexican Department of Transportation and Communications to expand the e-Mexico program, an initiative aimed at delivering high-speed digital technology and...

In a disaster on the magnitude like that of Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall Aug. 29 and damaged a significant portion of the Gulf Coast region of the United States,...

Sky Television New Zealand, the satellite pay-TV operator in New Zealand, signed a deal with NDS, which will enable to launch PVR (personal video recorder) services across the country. Sky...

The inventory challenges faced by Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) and others underscored the importance of what MSV and other Mobile Satellite Services providers are doing to develop its next generation...

Multiband Corp. and DirecTV. Inc. announced Sept. 6 a new, exclusive multiyear agreement under which Multiband will offer multi-dwelling unit residents a bundle of services that include voice, data and...

Before satellite technology was used to help disaster recovery efforts in the Gulf Coast Region of the United States, it came into play in helping China’s Shenyang Water Conservancy Bureau...

Vista Satellite Communications Inc. named Jason Land the company’s new vice president of global services. He comes to Vista with more than 10 years of experience in global satellite communications,...

A roundup of what some of satellite companies are doing to help in the disaster recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Telenor Satellite Services Telenor Satellite Services and...