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With many un-connected communities, as well as emerging middle classes wanting pay-TV services, the opportunities for satellite companies are plentiful in Africa. We talk to some key operators in the...

Conversations about the African telecommunications landscape today should focus on two major factors: connectivity, and purchasing power. With a rapidly growing population expected to reach 2.5 billion by midcentury, the...

Editor’s note for Via Satellite Middle East and Africa 2015

With accelerated mobile penetration and more OTT offerings coming to market, the future for satellite is far from assured in Africa. Pay-TV could develop in some interesting ways over the...

[Via Satellite 11-03-2015] Harris Corporation is confident it will see growth in optical space systems through its recent acquisition of Exelis, providing an avenue for growth at a time when...

[Via Satellite 11-03-2015] The European Parliament has adopted a resolution supporting the assignment of primary radio spectrum allocation for satellite-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B). European Parliament’s Commissioner for Transport, Violeta...

[Via Satellite 11-03-2015] Orbcomm has reached an agreement with logistics and energy equipment supplier China International Marine Container Company (CIMC) to provide service from its Second Generation (OG2) satellites and...

[Via Satellite 11-03-2015] Signalhorn has received a contract from a preexisting energy customer for a custom Xtend network. The customer, for which Signalhorn already provides VSAT connectivity to more than...

[Via Satellite 11-03-2015] Inmarsat will locate the Satellite Access Station (SAS) for its European Aviation Network (EAN) high-speed in-flight connectivity solution in Greece, under an agreement with OTE, a Greek...

[Via Satellite 11-02-2015] Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) and Hughes Network Systems announced an agreement last week for GEE to use Hughes’ Jupiter System HT Aero Modem to power GEE’s high-performance...