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By Nick Mitsis From broadband applications to straight telecommunications, Africa continues to grow as a major area of commercial satellite activity. Industry companies are digging deeper into this continent, further...

By Peter J. Brown In, “Ghostbusters” it is a matter of whom you are going to call. In the emerging realm of two-way broadband multimedia via Ka-band satellite, it is...

by Gerry Oberst Recently, the European Union published the new data protection directive for electronic communications services. This document applies to satellite operators just as much as it does to...

Peter J. Brown Throughout the next 18 months, the North American skyscape will undergo a significant transformation as a long-awaited sequence of commercial Ka-band satellite launches get underway. It starts...

by Theresa Foley The two entrepreneurial ventures aimed at bringing Internet services to aircraft are making headway, despite the decline in the airline industry following the events of September 11,...

People BOEING: Promotes Regional Vice President The Boeing Co. named Paul Walters regional vice president, Southeast Asia. He will be responsible for coordinating all company business activities in a number...

By James Careless Data broadcasting via satellite: whether one-way or two-way, this application continues to push back the boundaries. That is because, in today’s digital world, everything is data: whether...

Spanish military operator Hisdesat has inked a deal with Arianespace to launch Spain’s first military satellite, SPAINSAT. The deal serves to emphasise the growing importance of military satellite communications to...

BSkyB has inked a four-year deal with Telewest under which three of BSkyB’s channels – Sky One, Sky Sports News and Sky News – will be carried on Telewest. All...

Canal+ Technologies, which is being bought by Thomson Multimedia, has launched an advanced version of its MediaHighway middleware. Canal+ said the new MediaHighway Advanced is first-to-market end-to-end MHP middleware for...