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[Via Satellite 02-12-2015] MTN Communications has signed two new global cruise line operators as customers for maritime connectivity, and has renewed a contract with a long-term European customer. Noble Caledonia,...

[Via Satellite 02-12-2015] CNES, the French space agency, and the Agencia Espacial Mexicana (AEM), Mexico’s space agency, have agreed to step up the cooperation initiated in April 2014 on space-based...

[Via Satellite 02-12-2015] SES has started simulcasting its Ultra-HD demonstration channel from the 19.2 degrees east orbital position to audiences in the U.K. and Ireland from the Astra 2E satellite...

With demands for data increasing at an exponential rate, the demand for bandwidth continues to surge. In emerging markets, a lack of infrastructure means satellite is once again increasing in importance as a

Yahsat, based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), expects to have an equal split between commercial and government revenues in four years. This is one of the company’s main ambitions outlined by Yahsat CEO

Global providers of satellite broadband services potentially face an increasingly complex compliance burden as a result of a rapidly-developing data policy environment. Fueled by robust initiatives for law

Military communications networks are undergoing significant overhaul in established forces, whilst others are working toward building capabilities on similar lines. Strategic communications (StratCom) is experiencing a shift from Integrated Services...

Patrick Shannon, vice president of SpaceQuest, a manufacturer of small satellites and satellite components, grew up reading the science fiction works of legendary authors like Arthur C. Clarke and Isaac

I would like to start by offering congratulations on behalf of the whole Via Satellite team to Dan Berkenstock of Skybox (Google) who has been announced as our Satellite Executive of the Year for 2014

In 2007, Dan Berkenstock was in grad school at Stanford University in California, trying to figure out a future direction. Less than eight years later, he is the Satellite Executive of the Year for 2014. To