Connectivity

[Via Satellite 06-07-2016] Office des Postes et Telecommunications of French Polynesia (OPT) has signed a new and expanded contract for Ku-band satellite solutions on Intelsat 18, located at 180 degrees […]

[Via Satellite 06-07-2016] Iridium plans to begin the commercial availability of its Iridium Certus service the second quarter of 2017, the company announced today. Iridium Certus is an upcoming satellite […]

[Via Satellite 06-07-2016] Thuraya and satellite solutions firm Satlink have teamed up to support the Walk On Project (WOP), a foundation that raises awareness and research funds for those with […]

[Via Satellite 06-07-2016] QVC, a video and e-commerce retailer, has signed a capacity extension deal with SES, and decided to move a significant block of its regional shopping channel content […]

[Via Satellite 06-06-2016] Satellite Telecommunications Network (STN) is using Elemental Technologies video processing to power a unified headend to deliver both broadcast and Over-the-Top (OTT) television content. Elemental is providing […]

[Via Satellite 06-06-2016] International Datacasting Corporation (IDC) shareholders approved a merger with Novra Technologies on May 30. Shareholders of IDC will have more than 40 percent ownership of the combined […]

[Via Satellite 06-03-2016] Lower cost connectivity is enabling cities around the world to go “smart,” and Venezuela-based Vikua is one of the companies leading the charge in creating the smart […]

[Via Satellite 06-03-2016] American Airlines has selected ViaSat to outfit its new Boeing 737 Max fleet with the company’s In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) service. ViaSat also delivers its in-flight Internet service […]

[Via Satellite 06-03-2016] Arabsat and Algerian channel DTV have signed a contract today to broadcast the DTV channel over the Maghreb geographic region and Northwest Africa on the Badr 5 […]

[Via Satellite 06-03-2016] SES Platform Services (SES PS) and Fox Networks Group (FNG) Germany have signed a multi-year contract for SES PS to continue delivering content management and provide playout […]

[Via Satellite 06-03-2016] Funds managed by Apax Partners completed the acquisition of Marlink, Airbus Group’s commercial satellite communication business, Marlink announced June 3. The acquisition did not include Airbus Defence […]

[Via Satellite 06-03-2016] Inmarsat has appointed Gautam Sharma as managing director to head its operations in India. Sharma joins Inmarsat having most recently held a series of senior international positions […]

[Via Satellite 06-02-2016] Inmarsat Aviation’s Vice President of Strategy Frederik van Essen sees the Asia-Pacific region as a huge growth point for the satellite-based In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) market. Aviation mandates […]

[Via Satellite 06-02-2016] A total of 22 participants in this year’s Marathon Des Sables extreme running race received rescue services though the use of Globalstar’s Spot Gen3 safety devices. Each […]

[Via Satellite 06-02-2016] KDDI Corporation (KDDI), a Japan-based global telecommunications company, has teamed with Intelsat to use the operator’s High Throughput Satellite (HTS) platform, Intelsat EpicNG, to provide regionalized video […]

[Via Satellite 06-02-2016] Burmese TV station and systems integrator Sky Net has selected Gilat’s network for cellular backhaul in Myanmar. Sky Net and Gilat won the bid of a prominent […]

[Via Satellite 06-02-2016] SES has entered a long-term partnership with Studiotech Poland, an audiovisual engineering company and manufacturer of digital broadcast solutions, to provide satellite capacity to the Polish public […]

[Via Satellite 06-01-2016] The digitization of film and other content to movie theaters and venues in the U.S. has reached the point where it is nearly ubiquitous, creating opportunity for […]

[Via Satellite 06-01-2016] AsiaSat has announced two new contracts in Myanmar to provide satellite connectivity services. KBZ Gateway, a subsidiary of the Kanbawza (KBZ) group, one of the largest privately-owned […]

[Via Satellite 06-01-2016] VT iDirect and SpeedCast International have demonstrated GTP/LTE traffic being transmitted at speeds above 350Mbps on the downstream and 90Mbps on the upstream in lab tests with […]

[Via Satellite 06-01-2016] RigNet has named Steven E. Pickett as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and president. He will be based in Houston, Texas and succeeds Marty Jimmerson, who […]

[Via Satellite 05-31-2016] Following satellite capacity and equipment purchases with Eutelsat, Spacecom, Hughes, SES and Gilat, Facebook has now joined forces with Microsoft to build new terrestrial telecommunications infrastructure in […]

[Via Satellite 05-31-2016] This week in Dubai, experts from Arabsat, EMC, Eutelsat, Hispasat, Inmarsat, Intelsat, SES, Thuraya and Yahsat are conducting technical training for humanitarian personnel to support the provision […]

[Via Satellite 05-31-2016] SpeedCast International has entered new contract with Telesat for high throughput capacity on the Telstar 12 Vantage satellite, as well as to place new ground infrastructure at […]

[Via Satellite 05-31-2016] Saudi Telecommunication Company (STC), a provider of integrated mobile, fixed and broadband communications services, has expanded its relationship with Intelsat and entered into a new contract for […]

[Via Satellite 05-27-2016] Panasonic Avionics’ acquisition of ITC Global last year took many in the industry by surprise when announced at the SATELLITE 2015 Conference & Exhibition. The deal brought […]

[Via Satellite 05-27-2015] SES raised $1.01 billion in a recently completed capital raising to fund the acquisition of the remaining shares in O3b Networks. After investing $20 million on April […]

[Via Satellite 05-27-2016] Myanmar’s Ministry of Transport and Communications (MOTC) has entered an agreement with Intelsat to use services from two of the operator’s satellites to advance the deployment of […]

[Via Satellite 05-27-2016] OC Sport has selected SpeedCast to provide two-way secured satellite communication services to the fleet of 15 yachts competing in the Transat AG2R La Mondiale race. Spanning […]

[Via Satellite 05-26-2016] South Korean satellite pay-TV provider KT SkyLife has purchased Ericsson‘s High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) encoders to support its Ultra-HD broadcasts. The deal marks KT SkyLife’s fifth […]