Connectivity

[Via Satellite 09-02-2014] O3b Networks has completed in-orbit testing of the four Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites launched on July 10. This brings the company’s current constellation up to eight […]

[Via Satellite 09-02-2014] Onlime has signed for additional transponder capacity from Measat on Africasat 1a. The new capacity will be used to support growth in African markets. Launched in 2013, […]

[Via Satellite 09-02-2014] Panama is one of the first countries in Latin America where Inmarsat’s IsatHub connectivity service will be offered. IsatHub launches globally this month, providing a secure network […]

[Via Satellite 08-29-2014] C-Com Satellite Systems reports its customer Japan Satellite Communications (JSC) has deployed iNetVu mobile antennas in response to landslides in Hiroshima, Japan. Heavy rain triggered the landslides, which […]

[Via Satellite 08-29-2014] Inmarsat has received a $9.1 million dollar Phase 2 quarterly payment from LightSquared within the 60 day contractual cure period. LightSquared’s July 2, 2014 notice of default […]

[Via Satellite 08-29-2014] VSAT service provider Bentley Walker has expanded its coverage to include Iraq. The company has installed a Newtec IP Broadband Hub at Avanti’s Makarios Teleport gateway, located […]

[Via Satellite 08-28-2014] Satellite pay-TV provider Dish Network has filed a petition to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) against the proposed $45.2 billion merger of Comcast and Time Warner […]

[Via Satellite 08-28-2014] KCA Deutag has expanded its contract with Signalhorn for maintenance of its satellite and terrestrial network in Oman. Due to the requirements of KCA Deutag’s business, rigs […]

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[Via Satellite 08-26-2014] Global Mexican airline Aeromexico has signed a definitive agreement with Gogo for the company’s new 2Ku In Flight Connectivity (IFC) solution. The new agreement solidifies discussions from December 2013, where […]

Intelsat's teleport in Fuchsstadt, Germany. Photo courtesy of Intelsat. Intelsat top executives (from left to right): Stephen Spengler, president and CCO, Thierry Guillemin, EVP and CTO, and David McGlade

[Via Satellite 08-25-2014] Ka You Systems has installed a satellite uplink system for Laredo Community College (LCC), located in Southern Texas. The academic institution serves more than 12,000 students across […]

[Via Satellite 08-25-2014] O3b Networks has signed a multi-year agreement with Our Telekom, located in the Solomon Islands, for Internet backhaul services. O3b plans to begin initial service rollout in […]

[Via Satellite 08-22-2014] Hispasat is providing two mobile units equipped with satellite transmission systems to provide satellite communications for the 2014 Vuelta a España cycling race. Journalists and the host […]

[Via Satellite 08-21-2014] Airbus Defence and Space is growing its Terralink satellite connectivity service for enterprise users. The expanded service employs the Newtec Dialog platform, which was introduced earlier this […]

[Via Satellite 08-21-2014] ViaSat has begun initial offerings of its “virtually unlimited” satellite broadband service in Alaska, Hawaii and Florida. Customers can access up to 150 GBs of data per […]

[Via Satellite 08-20-2014] NSR analysts predict satellites will distribute 820 Ultra-HD channels through Direct to Home (DTH), IPTV and satellite-to-cable headends in their newest report “Ultra-HD via Satellite, 2nd Edition.” […]

[Via Satellite 08-19-2014] Spain-based satellite operator Hispasat has set its sights on Latin America as the company’s new top growth market. The consequences of Europe’s economic situation have resulted in […]

[Via Satellite 08-19-2014] After an auction held in May, Anatel, Brazil’s national telecommunications agency, has approved satellite exploitation rights to SES-subsidiary SES DTH do Brasil’s for orbital positions at 48 […]

[Via Satellite 08-19-2014] Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) reports that the number of citizens accessing the Internet via Ka-band satellites has crested 5,000 users. On average, the speed of user […]

[Via Satellite 08-18-2014] ITC Global, a satellite communications provider for maritime, oil and gas and mining sectors, has extended its contract with Australian satellite operator Optus. ITC Global will use […]

[Via Satellite 08-18-2014] In a new agreement with the Africable and Media Plus-led consortium of West African broadcasters, SES will provide satellite capacity on two transponders for Direct-to-Home (DTH) television. […]

[Via Satellite 08-15-2014] The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for satLINK Max, an Iridium-based Air Traffic Services (ATS) satcom solution for air […]

[Via Satellite 08-14-2014] RigNet has upgraded the VSAT bandwidth of a global offshore drilling customer in the Barents Sea to 8 Mbps. Typical customers use around 1 Megabit per rig. […]

[Via Satellite 08-13-2014] Solomon Telekom Company has signed a multimillion-dollar agreement with Kacific for broadband services from the upcoming Kacific 1 High Throughput Satellite (HTS). Under the five-year contract, the […]

[Via Satellite 08-13-2014] ViaSat has announced new “Freedom” plans that provide virtually unlimited satellite Internet through Exede. Customers on the Eastern Seaboard and the Gulf Coast, as well as some […]

[Via Satellite 08-13-2014] ITC Global has appointed David Kagan, the former CEO of Globe Wireless and former president and CEO of MTN Communications to the role of president. Kagan was […]

[Via Satellite 08-13-2014] Colombia has approved the sale of Inmarsat’s IsatPhone. Globalsat Colombia, the local arm of the Latin American Globalsat Group will distribute the IsatPhone 2 and IsatPhone Pro […]

[Via Satellite 08-12-2014] By 2017, Globalstar hopes half of its subscriber base will be made of non-North American customers. During the company’s second quarter earnings call, Tim Taylor, VP of […]

[Via Satellite 08-12-2014] GenCom, the communications arm of Genco Energy Services (GES) signed an additional contract with SCS Networks to use iDirect technology for a private satellite network. Under the […]